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Cephaloleia championi Baly, 1885
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
SUMMARY
Reddish-yellow with black head, antennae (except last 2 antennomeres), margins of pronotum, and sutural and lateral vittae of elytra. Head: vertex black, striate-punctate; faint medial carina present; frons yellow, slightly projecting. Antenna: black; antennomere 1 elongate, robust; 2-4 compressed, triangular; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex, densely clothed in reddish-yellow setae. Pronotum: yellow with all margins black; punctate; widest at base; side converging anteriorly; anterior angle acute, slightly rounded; posterior angle rounded; pronotal length 1.7-1.9 mm (n=15); pronotal width 2.0-2.6 mm. Scutellum: black, acutely triangular, smooth. Elytron: mostly yellow with black sutural and lateral vittae which unite at apex; deflection at 7th puncture row; lateral margin black; punctures little impressed; side margined, smooth; apices cojointly rounded; punctures larger and more impressed on disc; elytral length 5.7-7.3 mm; elytral width 2.7-3.3 mm. Venter: prosternum black; mesosternum yellow medially, black laterally; metasternum black; abdominal sterna yellow with black margin. Leg: femur yellow with base and apex dark; tibia dentate at apex, with setae. Total length: 8.0-9.6 mm. Immature stages are unknown.