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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; reddish-yellow; eyes and antennae (except antennomere 1) black. Head: vertex sparsely punctate, medial sulcus present; keel present between antennal bases; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 subincrassate, obovate, longer than 2; 2 transverse; 3–5 elongate, each subequal in length to 1; 6–10 transverse; 11 rounded at apex, 3× length of 10; 1–3 punctate with scattered setae; 4–11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin nearly straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin weakly emarginate behind eyes; disc subconvex; surface with disc nearly impunctate, some punctures present laterally and basally; transverse basal impression present on each side of middle; pronotal length 1.1–1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.6–2.1 mm. Scutellum: elongate triangular, apex very acute; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obtusely rounded, smooth; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 4.1–4.7 mm; elytral width 2.1–2.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; male with last sternite with apical margin concave, pygidium obtusely truncate; female with last sternite with apical margin bisinuate, slightly produced medially, pygidium obtuse, weakly bisinuate. Leg: slender; impunctate; femur robust; tibia dentate at apex, with fringe of setae on apex. Total length: 5.2–6.4 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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Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama.
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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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