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Cephaloleia nigriceps Baly, 1869
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; subparallel; depressed; reddish-yellow, head and antennae darker. Head: finely punctate; slightly depressed between eyes. Antenna: ½ body length; antennomere 1 subclavate; 2 thicker than 3, subequal in length to 4; 3 2x longer than 2; 5-10 subequal in length; 11 2x length of 10, broadly rounded at apex. Pronotum: lateral margin straight and diverging to near apex, then rounded and converging, slightly canaliculate; anterior angle obtuse; posterior angle acute; convex; transverse medial basal impression present; disc sparsely punctate, larger punctures at sides, disc nearly impunctate. Scutellum: broadly pentagonal; smooth; impunctate. Elytron: subovate; lateral margin straight, narrowly margined; apex conjointly rounded; constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, punctures nearly obsolete at apex; ill-defined longitudinal sulcus behind humerus. Venter: last abdominal sternite quadrate-emarginate sinuate medially in male. Total length: 5.6 mm.