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Cephaloleia luridipennis (Weise, 1905)
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: CassidinaeGenus: Cephaloleia
Media
SUMMARY
ADULT
Elongate; black; head dark with metallic sheen; mouthparts reddish-brown; pronotum black with reddish lateral margins; scutellum black with reddish middle; elytra yellowish-brown with suture and apex darker. Head: depressed between eyes; distinctly, finely punctate; medial sulcus absent. Antenna: reach to humerus; slender; antennomere 1 subequal in length to 2; 3 longer than 1; 4-10 subequal in length; 11 2x length of 10, pointed at apex; 1-3 punctate with scattered setae; 4-11 setose. Pronotum: transverse; lateral margin straight, rounded apically; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle acute; disc convex; finely punctate with medial longitudinal impunctate line; transverse basal impression present medially. Scutellum: pentagonal; smooth. Elytron: lateral margin straight, rounded on apical 1/3; apex weakly rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; slightly constricted behind humerus; finely punctate-striate, punctures larger in rows 6-9, puncture rows 5-6 obsolete before apex. Total length: 4.7 mm.