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Cephaloleia saundersii Baly, 1858
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; depressed; shining; black; basal 1/3 of pronotum and longitudinal stripe on elytra yellowish; scutellum and venter yellowish; legs yellowish, tarsi and tibio-femoral joint darker. Head: depressed between eyes; vertex finely punctate; medial carina present. Antenna: reach to humerus; antennomere 1 incrassate, 2x length of 2; 3 subequal in length to 1; 4-7 decreasing in length; 8-10 subequal in length; 11 2x length of 10, rounded at apex; 1-2 punctate with scattered setae, 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate, slightly narrowed basally; lateral margin straight, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle actue; slightly convex; coarsely punctate; transverse basal impression present medially. Scutellum: smooth; pentagonal. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined; apex rounded; apicies conjointly rounded, emarginate at sutural angle; flattened at suture; slightly constricted behind humerus; modersately punctate-striate. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna smooth; abdominal sterna smooth with row of seate apically; last abdominal sternite broadly emarginate in ♂. Total length: 6.75 mm.