Description
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Elongate; flattened; head (except yellow frons), antennae, and scutellum black; pronotum yellow with medial black macula narrowing toward base, macula extremely variable in shape; elytra black with medial yellow vitta on each elytron, vitta begins at humerus and goes to apical 1/5, from puncture row 6 to puncture row 7 or 8 (variable in width), narrower at base, widens slightly, does not follow puncture rows entire length; venter yellow medially, black laterally; leg tibia black; femur yellow basally, black apically. Head: vertex strongly, densely punctate, Y-shaped medial sulcus present; frons with some large punctures, not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, robust, longest, flattened laterally, fringe of setae at apex; 2 elongate, ¼ length of 1; 3 triangular, 1½ length of 2; 4–6 elongate, each shorter than 3; 7–10 transverse, each shorter than 6; 11 2× length of 10, bluntly pointed; 1–4 punctate with scattered setae; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight then rounding to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle acute, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc flattened; surface with scattered large punctures laterally and basally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.1–1.3 mm; pronotal width 1.5–1.6 mm. Scutellum: triangular; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, slightly produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; moderately punctate-striate; elytral length 4.1–5.1 mm; elytral width 1.9–2.1 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin truncate medially in male; weakly rounded medially in female. Leg: slender; impunctate; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 5.7–7.0 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
Distribution
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Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama.
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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
- author
- Carlos García-Robledo