Cephaloleia metallescens Baly 1885

Broadly oblong-ovate; small; subdepressed; metallic blue; pronotum with lateral margin paler; venter and legs yellowish-red; antenna with antennomeres 1 and apical ½ of 11 reddish. Head: vertex punctate, medial carina present; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomeres 1–3 elongate; 1 and 3 subequal in length; 2 slightly shorter; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: nearly twice as wide as long; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc transversely subconvex, depressed on each side; surface densely punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.6–0.7 mm; pronotal width 0.7–1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin slightly curved, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus slightly produced, callus extends on base to scutellum; slightly constricted behind humerus; disc subconvex; moderately punctate-striate, interspaces sulcate; puncture rows obsolete at apex; elytral length 2.1–2.3 mm; elytral width 1.4–1.6 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna punctate; metasternum impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded, entire in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.1–3.3 mm.

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.