Description
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Elongate; subdepressed; shining; reddish-yellow, antennae (except basal antennomere), eyes, and apical ⅓ of elytra darker. Head: vertex sparsely punctate near eyes, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; robust; antennomeres 1–5 laterally subcompressed in male, 2–3 subequal in length, triangular; female with 1 incrassate, 2½ x length of 2; 3 ¾ length of 1; 4–5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6–10 subequal in length, transverse; each shorter than 5; 11 2× length of 10, rounded at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.9–2.2 mm; pronotal width 2.3–2.6 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined, smooth; apical margin rounded, smooth; sutural angle emarginate; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; subconvex, somewhat flattened on disc; moderately punctate-striate; elytral length 6.0–6.2 mm; elytral width 2.8–3.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; pygidium obtuse; last sternite with apical margin sinuate in male, truncate in female. Leg: punctate; femur robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.8–9.0 mm.
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- copyright
- Charles L. Staines, Carlos García-Robledo
- bibliographic citation
- Staines C, García-Robledo C (2014) The genus Cephaloleia Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) ZooKeys 436: 1–355
- author
- Charles L. Staines
- author
- Carlos García-Robledo