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Cephaloleia rufipes Pic, 1929
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; subparallel; depressed; shining; black with legs reddish; dorsum glabrous, venter covered with white pubescence (denser on abdomen). Head: concave between eyes; finely, densely punctate; medial sulcus absent. Antenna: robust; reach to humerus; antennomeres 1-2 subequal in length, punctate with scattered setae; 3-5 cylindrical, subequal in length; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2x length of 10, pointed at apex; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; anterior margin truncate; lateral margin straight for basal 2/3 then rounded, narrowly margined; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; convex; irregularly, sparsely punctate; transverse basal impression present medially. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, margined; apex subrounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; strongly, irregularly punctate-striate at base, apex with punctures nearly obsolete; interspaces slightly raised. Total length: 5.0 mm.