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Taxonomy
Cryptocephalus cerinus cerinus B.E. White, 1937
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: Cryptocephalina
Species:
Cryptocephalus cerinus cerinus B.E. White, 1937
SUMMARY
"Pronotum: Almost uniformly light orange with more or less distinct fine speckling, this absent in two vague basal oblique areas and at lateral and apical margins. Punctation dual, smaller punctures minute and dense, larger punctures very small, not dense. Elytra: Nearly uniformly light orange, punctures dark, intervals four and six sometimes vaguely darker, humerus more or less clouded. With seven distinct and even rows of punctures and a short series behind humerus, punctures fine and dense, finer to apex as usual; inner and outer rows distinct at apex, not or just meeting. Prosternum: Anterior margin of prosternum in female produced into a distinct, ventrally directed, pointed lobe. Length: 5.5 to 6.0 mm" (White, 1968: 42).