Description
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Small, ovate-elongate; subconvex; yellowish-brown; antennae, head, and mouthparts black; black vitta present on pronotum and elytra; elytra with black orbicular macula present on suture around scutellum, narrowing and disappearing before middle; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna yellow medially, dark laterally, abdomen reddish-brown; leg yellowish, femur dark at apex. Head: vertex densely punctate, golden seta in each puncture, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; not depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, slightly clavate; 2 elongate, shorter than 1 or 3; 3 elongate, longer than 1, slightly shorter than 11; 4–10 elongate, subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 11 2× length of 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1–5 punctate with scattered setae, 6–11 setose. Pronotum: narrow, transverse, widest at base; lateral margin straight, margined; anterior angle rounded, with small tooth; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; surface coarsely, irregularly punctate; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.9–1.2 mm; pronotal width 1.0–1.4 mm. Scutellum: impunctate; pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, punctures larger on disc; humerus nearly impunctate; elytral length 3.1–3.5 mm; elytral width 1.7–1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; punctate; femur and tibia with short seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner apex, apex dentate. Total length: 4.3–4.7 mm.
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- copyright
- 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