Cephaloleia uhmanni Staines 1996

Cephaloleia uhmanni is a species of rolled-leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, first found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Small; elongate; subparallel; subconvex; variable in coloration- head black; antennomeres 1–3 reddish-yellow, 4–11 black; pronotum black with paler margins; scutellum black; elytra black with reddish yellow at humerus and margins or brownish with dark suture; venter with pro-, meso-, and metasterna pale medially, dark laterally, abdominal sterna brownish-yellow; legs brownish-yellow. Head: vertex punctate, medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; slender; antennomeres 1–2 transverse, thick, subequal in length; 3 elongate, cylindrical; 4–10 transverse, subequal in length, each ¾ length of 3; 11 2× length of 10, subequal in length to 3 pointed at apex; 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 rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; anterior margin straight; disc subconvex; surface sparsely, deeply punctate, less dense and finer on disc and anterior margin; basal impression absent; pronotal length 0.6–0.7 mm; pronotal width 0.9–1.0 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth, margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; constricted behind humerus; shallowly punctate-striate, humerus nearly impunctate, rows converge and unite apically; elytral length 2.4–3.0 mm; elytral width 1.1–1.3 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sternite 1 punctate laterally, glabrous; 2–5 punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, truncate in female. Leg: slender; punctate, each puncture with pale seta; femur robust; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 3.3–3.9 mm.

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.