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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; shining; black; pronotum, scutellum, and abdomen testaceous; elytra with reddish tinge at humeri. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 incrassate; 2 ¾ length of 1; 3–4 elongate, 3 as long as 1 and 2 combined, longest; 4 ¾ length of 3; 5–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 longer than 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin sinuate then rounding to anterior angle, margined, very finely serrulate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate, punctures more dense laterally and basally; disc nearly impunctate; transverse basal impression present; pronotal length 1.3 mm; pronotal width 2.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, moderately margined, finely serrulate below humerus; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; moderately punctate-striate, punctures obsolete apically; with medial longitudinal depression on disc; elytral width 4.2 mm; elytral width 2.2 mm. Venter: obscured by card mount. Leg: femur and tibia punctate, each puncture with pale seta. Total length: 7.0 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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Peru.
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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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