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Cephaloleia puncticollis Baly, 1885
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Reddish-brown, eyes and antennae darker. Head: vertex and front punctate; not depressed between eyes; medial sulcus absent; frons not projecting. Antenna: reddish-brown; filiform; more than ½ body length; cylindrical; antennomere 1 slightly thickened and compressed, longer than 2, subequal in length to 3; 2 transverse; 3 cylindrical; 4-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 pointed at apex. Pronotum: ⅓ wider than long; disc densely punctate; side margined, straight from base to near apex, then rounded and converging to anterior angle; anterior angle obtuse; posterior angle produced, acute; pronotal length 1.0-1.1 mm (n=20); pronotal width 1.4-1.9 mm. Scutellum: broadly triangular. Elytron: wider than base of pronotum; side margined, smooth, straight; slightly dilated beyond middle; convex, flattened along suture; strongly, regularly punctate-striate, punctures little impressed; humerus rounded, slightly produced; elytral length 3.7-4.3 mm; elytral width 2.0-2.4 mm. Venter: pro-, meso-, and metasterna punctate laterally. Total length: 5.0-5.9 mm.