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Description

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Small; elongate; subparallel; subdepressed; head and legs reddish-brown; antennomeres 1–2 reddish-brown, rest darker; pronotum yellow with variable black markings; scutellum black; elytra yellow with variable black oblong markings; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna reddish-brown medially, black laterally, abdominal sterna reddish-brown; legs yellowish. Head: vertex densely punctate, faint medial carina present; frons punctate, not projecting; depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; slender; antennomere 1 elongate, cylindrical longer than 3; 2 transverse, short; 3–5 elongate, cylindrical, subequal in length; 6–10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 longer than 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, not produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin straight; base slightly excavated transversely; disc subconvex; surface strongly, densely punctate; pronotal length 0.7–0.9 mm; pronotal width 0.8–1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; alutaceous. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; strongly punctate-striate, rows slightly confused at apex; elytral length 2.6–2.7 mm; elytral width 1.2–1.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna 1–2 impunctate medially, punctate laterally; sterna 3–5 punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.4–3.8 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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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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