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Cephaloleia flava Uhmann, 1930
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
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SUMMARY
ADULT
Reddish brown with eyes and apex of antennae darker. Head: vertex impunctate; slightly depressed between eyes; slight medial sulcus; frons not projecting. Antenna: antennomeres 1-5 reddish-brown, 6-11 black; 1 incrassate, punctate, as long as 2-3 combined; 2 and 3 with projection on inner margins in male, cylindrical in female; 5-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex, subequal in length to 1. Pronotum: almost as wide as base of elytra; convex; scattered large, shallow punctures; disc virtually impunctate; side margined, canaliculate, parallel, anterior angle rounded, produced; posterior angle acute; pronotal length 1.3 mm (n=1); pronotal width 2.3 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: side margined, smooth; apices cojointly rounded; convex; punctures little impressed, rows confused at apex; humerus rounded, callous virtually impunctate; elytral length 5.5 mm; elytral width 3.3 mm. Venter: reddish-brown; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 fused in middle; female with last abdominal sternite bisinuate. Leg: femur robust, punctate; tibia curved, incised. Total length: 7.2 mm (Staines 1996).