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Cephaloleia princeps Baly, 1858
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; depressed; shining; reddish, antennae black, elytra greenish-black, venter reddish. Head: smooth; finely punctured; vertex with small fovea. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 obovate, incrassate, longer than 2; 3 subequal to 1; 4-5 subequal in length, each shorter than 3; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2x length 10, broadly rounded at apex; 1-5 glabrous; 6-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse-quadrate; lateral margin dilated, canaliculate, straight, sinuate apically; anterior margin dilated; anterior angle acute, slightly produced; convex; deeply punctate, more dense laterally, sparse on disc. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth; impunctate. Elytron: elongate; narrowly margined laterally; apex rounded, apical margin thickened; slightly constricted behind humerus; disc flattened; finely punctate-striate. Venter: pygidium smooth, finely punctured, rounded at apex; last abdominal sternite sinuate in male. Total length: 11.25 mm.