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Cephaloleia polita Weise, 1910
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; shining; dorsum reddish; antennomeres 1-3 yellowish-brown, 4-11 darker. Head: flat between eyes; sparsely, irregularly punctate; medial sulcus absent. Antenna: as long as head and pronotum combined; antennomere 1 incrassate, long; 2 ½ length of 1; 3-5 subequal in length, each shorter than 2; 2-4 laterally compressed and triangular in male; 6-10 transverse, subequal in length; 11 2x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-4 punctate with scattered setae; 5-11 setose. Pronotum: quadrate; lateral margin straight, rounded apically, canaliculate; anterior angle rounded, slightly produced; posterior angle acute; disc slightly convex, smooth, sparsely punctate laterally; basal impression absent. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, narrowly margined; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; weakly punctate striate in male, strongly punctate-striate in female; scutellar row long. Venter: last abdominal sternite arched in male; truncate in female. Total length: 8.5 mm.