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Cephaloleia partita Weise, 1910
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Yellowish with eyes, antennae, and apical ½ of elytra black. Head: vertex impunctate, not depressed between eyes; medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting. Antenna: antennomere 1 clavate, longer than 3; 2 transverse; 3-5 cylindrical, subequal in length; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 rounded at apex. Pronotum: flattened; scattered punctures along basal and lateral margins; side margined, straight for basal ¾'ths then rounded and convergent; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; pronotal length 1.0-1.1 mm (n=10); pronotal width 1.4 mm. Scutellum: yellow, smooth, triangular. Elytron: side margined, smooth; apices cojointly rounded; punctures moderately impressed; humerus almost impunctate; elytral length 4.3-4.4 mm; elytral width 1.9 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna smooth; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 not fused in middle; last abdominal sternite deeply rounded in male, broadly truncate in female. Leg: tibia with setae on apex. Total length: 5.9-6.0 mm.