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Cephaloleia basalis Pic, 1926
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
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SUMMARY
ADULT
Oblong; shining; testaceous; elytra black with base reddish; antennae black with antennomeres 1-2 reddish. Head: vertex sparsely punctate; medial sulcus present; eye slightly convex. Antenna: longer than head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 incrassate; 2-4 cylindrical; 2 ½ length 1; 3 longer than 2; 3 & 4 subequal in length; 5-10 transverse, decreasing in length; 1-2 punctate, with scattered setae; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate; lateral margin straight, canaliculate; anterior angle produced, rounded; posterior angle acute; basal margin straight for 1/6 then angled 45° posteriorly for 1/6, then straight along scutellum, then angled 45° anteriorly for 1/6, and angled to lateral margin; angulate laterally; strongly, sparsely punctate. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, moderately margined; apices rounded; humerus rounded, not produced; strongly punctate-striate; convex. Total length: 5.0 mm.