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Elongate; subparallel; flattened; black; pronotum with lateral margin yellow; elytra with lateral margin yellow and yellow vitta from humerus to middle; legs yellow. Head: vertex punctate; carina present near base of antennae; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: nearly ½ length of body; slender; antennomeres 1 and 2 transverse, subequal in length; 3 elongate, as long as 1 and 2 combined; 4–10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1 and 2 with scattered setae; 3–11 covered with yellow setae. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight and slightly divergent for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex with scattered punctures; surface impunctate medially; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.0 mm; pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded, smooth; sutural angle emarginate, without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.9 mm; elytral width 2.0 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin broadly truncate-emarginate in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.0 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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Brazil.
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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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