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Description

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Elongate; subdepressed; shining; black; palps and basal half of elytra and epipleuron yellowish-brown; male with venter black; female with prosternum and base of abdomen reddish-yellow; antennae dark. Head: vertex finely, densely punctate, faint medial carina present; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomeres oblong; 1 elongate; 2 shorter, oval; 3 longer than 2, elongate; 4–5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6–10 each longer than 5; 11 longer than 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface punctate except medial longitudinal line on disc; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0–1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.3–1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, finely margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures becoming obsolete apically; elytral length 4.2–4.6 mm; elytral width 1.9–2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate, 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 sinuate medially in male; truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.5–6.0 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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Bolivia, Brazil (Matto Grosso), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.
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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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