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Cephaloleia caeruleata Baly, 1875
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; slightly shining; dorsum metallic-blue, antennae black. Head: vertex coarsely punctate; interocular space slightly raised, flattened; carina present between antennal bases. Antenna: ½ length of body; scarcely thickened apically; antennomere 1 slightly thickened; 2 ¾ length 1; 3 nearly ½ longer than 2; 4-6 decreasing in length; 7-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2x length 10, acutely pointed at apex; 1-5 glabrous; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, slightly sinuate and rounded and convergent apically, canaliculate; anterior and posterior angles acute; laterally foveolate-punctate; disc and anterior margin behind head nearly impunctate. Scutellum: pentagonal; as wide as long; sharply pointed at apex; with two fovea apically. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined; apex rounded; slightly convex; disc slightly flattened; humerus with ill-defined protuberance; regularly punctate-striate, punctures larger laterally, moderately impressed. Venter: last abdominal sternite rounded, slightly sinuate on either side. Total length: 6.1 mm.