Description
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Large; elongate, subparallel; subconvex; reddish-brown, with antennae, eyes, and parts of legs darker; elytra with narrow black sutural vitta present on some specimens; venter with abdominal sterna dark, paler laterally; legs variable in color- all dark or tibia and tarsi dark, femur pale. Head: vertex finely, sparsely punctate, more punctate toward eyes, medial sulcus present; frons not projecting; carina between antennal bases on front; depressed between eyes. Antenna: reaches to humerus; robust; female with antennomere 1 thick, compressed at base, 2–11 elongate; male with 1–4 compressed, dilated, 1 subclavate, 2–4 subtriangular, 2 short, wider than long, 3–4 less dilated, each longer than 2, 5–10 transverse, subequal in length, each shorter than 4, 11 2× length of 10, pointed at apex; 1–4 punctate; 5–11 setose. Pronotum: slightly wider than long; lateral margin convergent to anterior angle, margined; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle angulate; anterior margin emarginate behind head; disc subconvex; disc sparsely punctate; punctation more dense laterally; basal impression absent; pronotal length 1.4–1.9 mm; pronotal width 2.0–2.7. Scutellum: elongate, pentagonal, apex acute, impunctate. Elytron: lateral margin straight, smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; subconvex; strongly punctate-striate, puncture rows converge and unite at apex; humerus almost impunctate; elytral length 5.9–7.3 mm; elytral width 2.8–3.6 mm. Venter: prosternum impunctate medially, rugose laterally; meso- and metasterna impunctate medially, punctate laterally; abdominal sterna punctate, each puncture with pale seta; suture between sterna 1 and 2 complete; last sternite with apical margin emarginate medially in male, rounded in female. Leg: robust; sparely punctate; femur and tibia with pale seta in each puncture; tibia with fringe of setae on inner margin of apex. Total length: 7.6–9.6 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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Colombia, Costa Rica, 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