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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subconvex; reddish-brown; eyes dark; antennomeres 1 or 1–2 yellow, 3–11 darker. Head: vertex impunctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; male with antennomeres 1–4 or 1–5 compressed; 1 clavate, almost twice length of 2, subtriangular; 2–3 nearly equal, subtriangular; in female 3 longer than 2; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–6 punctate with scattered setae; 7–11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin slightly rounded, somewhat dilated, broadly canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface very finely and sparsely punctate; disc surface impunctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4–1.7 mm; pronotal width 1.9–2.6 mm. Scutellum: broadly triangular, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex obtusely rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; slightly convex; disc flattened; indistinct longitudinal sulcus at humeral callus; puncture rows moderately impressed, rows faint and confused at apex; elytral length 5.0–6.0 mm; elytral width 2.4–3.1 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin truncate, slightly sinuate medially in male, broadly but slightly sinuate in female. Leg: short; robust; femur sparsely punctate; tibia spatulate, setose at apex. Total length: 6.7–8.0 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, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru.
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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
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Carlos García-Robledo
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