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Description . Length: 7.2-9.3 mm; Width 4.2-5.1 mm. 



Body elongate, dorsally rounded, widest at basal third of 

 elytra; shiny with weak microreticulations; yellow-tan to 

 orange-red with black color pattern (Fig. 27) . 



Head edged in black, frons and vertex paler. Pronotum 

 edged in black, with 3 large basal spots connected to each 

 other at base; narrow black anterior margin between eyes. 

 Scutellum black. Each elytron with fine black suture and 

 lateral edge; epipleural fold basally orange and edged in 

 black; small free scutellar spot well separated from base 

 and suture; elongate subhumeral spot connected to base; 

 large, free, anteriorly bilobed central spot. Venter pale 

 except for black margins of sclerites; episterna and epimera 

 of meso- and metathorax black. Appendages black; tarsi and 

 palpi paler. 



Head shining, width between eyes = 2.3 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching anterior angle of eye; vertex 

 puncture size = 0.5 to 0.75 x facet, separated by 1 to 3 

 diameters; epistome puncture size = 0.5 to 0.75 x facet, 

 separated 0.5 to 1.0 diameter. Antenna reaching middle of 

 pronotum; antennomere III as long as next 3 antennomere 

 combined; antennomeres X to XI asymmetrical; antennomere XI 

 transversely circular, subtriangular (Fig. 6a). 



Maxillary palp terminal segment triangular, securiform, 

 basally rounded, apical angles nearly 90°, length = 0.66 x 

 width. Labial palp terminal segment elongate, extended on 

 medial side, rounded basally, length = 0.75 x width. Labial 



