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Cephaloleia steinhouseni Uhmann, 1961
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
SUMMARY
ADULT
Ovate; shining; reddish-yellow; antennae, except basal antennomere, black; elytra bluish except lateral margin or totally reddish-yellow. Head: frons small, convex; eyes not strongly convex; vertex smooth; medial carina absent. Antenna: reach to humerus; antennomere 1 2x length of 2; 3-5 subequal in length, each longer than 2; 6-10 subequal in length; 11 longest; 1-2 smooth; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, rounded anteriorly, moderately margined; posterior angle acute; weakly convex; finely, sparsely punctate; basal impression absent. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight; apices individually rounded; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; convex; finely punctate-striate, punctures confused near apex. Venter: abdominal sterna sparsely punctate with white setae; last abdominal sternite strongly emarginate in male, rounded in female. Total length: 3.0-3.5 mm.