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Taxonomy
Cryptocephalus bispinus Suffrian, 1858
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: Cryptocephalina
SUMMARY
"Pronotum: Red to orange with lighter basal oblique spots (sometimes vague), lateral and apical margin orange or yellow, lighter areas usually not sharply delimited, rarely almost entirely red with lateral and apical margins yellowish; punctation dual, larger punctures minute to small. Elytra: Each elytron creamy yellow to orange with two dark orange to red or even black vittae as follows: from base of second, third, and fourth intervals to apex of first interval, always complete (rarely with scutellar and first interval also dark); from humerus to apex of fourth, fifth, and sixth intervals, nearly always complete, rarely interrupted once. With eight rows of punctures, sixth and seventh rows confused, punctures small, dense, much finer apically; inner and outer rows distinct at apex, usually clearly meeting. Prosternum: Anterior margin evenly arcuate in both sexes. Length: 4.0 to 6.7 mm." (White, 1968: 37).