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Cephaloleia formosus Staines, 1996
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Narrow, elongate, flattened; black with yellow elytral vitta. Head: densely, deeply punctate; medial sulcus absent; not depressed between eyes; frons not projecting; eyes pale. Antenna: antennomere 1 cylindrical, subequal in length to 3; 2 cylindrical, shorter than 1 or 3; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, shorter than 1 or 3. Pronotum: curved from base to apex; large, shallow punctures laterally, very few punctures on disc; side margined, serrate, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; pronotal length 0.9-1.0 mm (n=8); pronotal width 1.1-1.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal, alutaceous. Elytron: side margined, smooth; truncate at apex; puncture rows little impressed, almost obsolete laterally and apically; elytral length 3.4-3.8 mm; elytral width 1.3-1.6 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 fused in middle; 3-4 punctate; 5 setose. Leg: tarsi yellow, rest black; femur and tibia punctate. Total length: 4.4-5.3 mm (Staines 1996).