dcsimg

Description

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Small; elongate; ovate; subdepressed; shining; reddish-yellow; antennae, except basal antennomere, black; elytra bluish except lateral margin or totally reddish-yellow. Head: vertex impunctate, medial carina absent, eyes not strongly convex; frons small, not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres 1–5 elongate, cylindrical; 1 2× length of 2; 3–5 subequal in length, each longer than 2; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 5; 11 longest, pointed at apex; 1–2 impunctate; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, moderately margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface finely, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.6–0.8 mm; pronotal length 1.0–1.2 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; flattened along suture; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures confused near apex; elytral length 2.3–2.6 mm; elytral width 1.2–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with white seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin strongly emarginate in male, rounded in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.0–3.5 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 (Rondonia), 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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