dcsimg

Description

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Small; narrow; elongate; depressed; shining; black; pronotum margined in red; elytra with broad Y-shaped yellow vitta on disc and lateral margins red. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–2 thicker than others; 1 elongate, cylindrical; 2 transverse, shortest; 3–5 elongate, cylindrical; 3 2× length of 2; 4 slightly shorter than 3; 5 ¾ length of 4; 6–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2× length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight and divergent for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, margined, serrulate; anterior angle angulate, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface densely coarsely punctate laterally, finely punctate medially; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9–1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.2–1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, narrowly margined; apex strongly truncate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; strongly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; interspace 5 slightly carinate behind humerus, flattening posteriorly; elytral length 3.5–3.6 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin broadly concave in male. Leg: slender; punctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 4.9–5.0 mm.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
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Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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Distribution

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Brazil (Goiás, Matto Grosso), Colombia.
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Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
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Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
author
Charles L. Staines
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Carlos García-Robledo
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