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Taxonomy
Cryptocephalus cerinus nevadensis B.E. White, 1937
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: Cryptocephalina
SUMMARY
"Pronotum: Light orange in most areas with darker orange speckling; with vague reddish markings at center of disk and basally on each side; coloring lightest in two vague oblique basal spots, at sides, and at apex. Punctation dual, larger punctures small, fine, and sparse, smaller punctures minute, moderate in density. Elytra: Background color light orange, vittae brown to black. Each elytron with three vittae as follows: on second interval, indistinct apically; on fourth interval, sometimes indistinct basally; on sixth interval. With seven rows of even, distinct punctures and a short series behind humerus, punctures distinct and dense, finer to apex as usual; inner and outer rows distinct at apex and nearly or quite meeting. Prosternum: Anterior margin in male produced ventrally into a pointed lobe, in female produced ventrally into a broad, not distinctly pointed lobe. Length: 5.0 to 6.3 mm"(White, 1968: 43).