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Cephaloleia bucki Uhmann, 1957
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; subdepressed; shining; brownish-yellow; head black; pronotum black with brownish-yellow lateral margin; antennomeres 8-11 darker. Head: vertex finely punctate; eye convex; medial sulcus absent. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 longer than 3; 3 longer than 2, cylindrical; 4-5 subequal in length, slightly longer than wide; 6-10 subequal in length; 11 acutely pointed at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: wider than long; lateral margin finely margined, sinuate basally then straight and rounded at apex; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; disc convex, nearly impunctate; surface sparsely, irregularly punctate, punctures larger and denser basally; transverse basal impression present medially. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, margined; apex rounded; apices individually rounded; convex; humerus rounded; not produced; finely punctate-striate. Venter: male with abdominal sternite 5 broadly rounded, 6th emarginate; female with abdominal sternite 5 strongly truncate, convex in middle, 6 with semicircular ring at the anal opening. Total length: 3.9-4.0 mm.