Cephaloleia belti Baly 1885

Elongate; flattened; subparallel; head (except yellow frons), antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellowish with medial black vitta, vitta may be obsolete medially; elytra from suture to puncture row 2 black, then through puncture row 5 yellow, then black through puncture row 9, puncture row 10 to margin yellow, sutural vitta narrows and fades toward apex, fails to reach apex; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, black laterally, abdominal sternite 1 yellow medially, black laterally, sterna 2 and 3 black laterally, each has black vitta along apex, rest yellow, sterna 4 and 5 all black; leg femora yellow each dark apex, tibiae and tarsi dark. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; eyes protuberant, finely faceted; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, as long as 2–4 combined, robust, tuft of setae at apex; 2–3 compressed laterally; 2 transverse; 3 triangular, longer than 2; 4–6 transverse, subequal in length to 3; 7–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 6; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc flattened; surface with scattered large punctures laterally, disc impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.3–1.5 mm. Scutellum: sharply triangular; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle with small tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate-striate; elytral length 4.8–4.9 mm; elytral width 1.9–2.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally, each puncture with pale seta; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin u-shaped in male, slightly acuminate in female. Leg: punctate; femur robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.4–6.56 mm; females are larger than males.

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama