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Description

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Elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head, pronotum, scutellum, legs, and antennomeres 1–2 red; antennomeres 3–11 red or black; elytra with black sutural vitta from puncture rows 1 to 4 and lateral vitta which narrows from base to apex and six reddish maculae. Head: vertex very finely punctate, medial sulcus present; frons with white setae, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, as long as 2–4 combined; 2–4 transverse, short, 3–4 with projection on inner margin; 5–10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 4; 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle oblique; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface sparsely punctate laterally, impunctate medially; deep sulcus along lateral margin; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.3–1.4 mm; pronotal width 1.9–2.0 mm. Scutellum: triangular; pointed at apex; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, broadly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; disc flat; moderately punctate-striate; declivity beginning just behind humerus along puncture row 7 with weak carina; rows confused near apex; elytral length 4.6–5.6 mm; elytral width 2.0–2.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin weakly emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: large; impunctate; femur, especially profemur, robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 6.4–8.0mm.
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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, 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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