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Cephaloleia corallina Erichson, 1847
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; subdepressed; bright shining red; antennomeres 1-6 red, 7-11 black. Head: faint medial sulcus present; sparsely, irregularly punctate around eye. Antenna: antennomere 1 compressed, subclavate, obliquely truncate at apex, longer than 2; 2-3 in male triangularly expanded, cylindrical in female; 3 longer than 2; 4-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 11 bluntly rounded at apex. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin canaliculate, straight, rounded in front, produced; anterior margin slightly convex; anterior angle obtuse; posterior angle acute; surface convex, distinctly but sparsely punctate; transverse medial basal impression present. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly reflexed; apex obtusely rounded; moderately convex, scarcely flattened at suture; constricted behind humerus; short longitudinal sulcus at base near humerus; moderately punctate-striate, punctures large, ovate; pygidium obtusely rounded. Venter: last abdominal sternite rounded, sinuate at apex in male, rounded, entire in female. Total length: 9.0-9.6 mm.