Cephaloleia brunnea Staines 1996

Cephaloleia brunnea is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, first found in Trinidad.

Elongate; subconvex; small; brown; pronotum and head slightly darker than elytra; elytra with suture darker; venter dark brown; leg with tarsi and apex of tibia paler than rest. Head: vertex densely punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse, shorter than 1 or 3; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1 and 3; 1–2 punctate with scattered setae; 3–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight for basal ¾ then rounding to anterior angle, canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc slightly convex; surface deeply punctate; punctures more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 1.0–1.1 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; punctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 3.0–3.1 mm; elytral width 1.3–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna sparsely punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin broadly emarginate 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: 4.0–4.1 mm.

Trinidad.