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Cephaloleia nigropicta Baly, 1885
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; head yellow; antennae black, except antennomere I or I and 2 which are yellow; pronotum yellow with black triangular macula; scutellum black; elytra yellow with black humeral maculae and black transverse band beyond middle; legs yellow. Head: eyes darker; vertex smooth; medial sulcus present; slightly depressed between eyes; frons not projecting. Antenna: filiform; less than ½ body length; antennomeres 1 or 1-2 yellow, rest black; 1 cylindrical; 2 transverse; 3-4 cylindrical, shorter than 1; 5-10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate, wider than long; slightly convex; disc impunctate; slight depression on side near base; large black macula from apical margin to near base; side margined, straight; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle rectangular; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm (n=15); pronotal width 1.3-1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; micropunctate. Elytron: yellow with black humeral maculae, black fascia just after midline from suture to lateral margin; wider than base of pronotum; side margined, smooth, slightly dilated at apex; apices cojointly rounded; convex, slightly flattened along suture; punctate-striate, striae finely sulcate; puncture rows converge and unite on apical 1/5; humerus virtually impunctate; elytral length 4.3-4.7 mm; elytral width 1.8-2.0 mm. Venter: yellowish; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 fused in middle; 3-5 setose. Leg: yellowish, apex of tibia and tarsi darker. Total length: 5.8-6.3 mm.