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 Description . Length: 3.5-4.6 mm; Width: 2.0-2.7 mm. 



Body ovoid, widest at basal third of elytra; 



microreticulate, shining; black or dark brown, dorsally with 



metallic blue sheen; antenna black, terminal club segments 



pale white; legs black, palpi and tarsi brown (Fig. 50) . 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.2 x eye width; 

 eye raspberry-like, facets large; ocular striae strong, 

 reaching base of antenna; vertex puncture size = 0.33 x 

 facet, separated by 3 to 4 diameters; epistome puncture size 

 = 0.5 to 0.75 x facet, separated by 1 diameter. Antenna 

 reaching base of pronotum; antennomere III as long as next 2 

 antennomere combined; antennomeres IX to XI symmetrical, all 

 equal in width; antennomere XI subcircular (Fig. 6h) . 



Maxillary palp terminal segment semicircular, sides 

 slightly flattened, apical angles 90° or less, length = 0.8 

 x width. Labial palp terminal segment triangular, extended 

 on medial side, length = 0.75 x width. Labial palp width = 

 0.6 x maxillary palp width (Fig. 7i) . Mentum with plate 

 triangular, length = 0.75 x width, sides straight to convex, 

 ridge medial extension acutely pointed (Fig. 8f) . 



Pronotal disc medial puncture size = 0.33 x facet, 

 separated by 3 to 4 diameters; lateral puncture size = 0.75 

 x facet, separated by 1 diameter. Scutellum elongate 

 pentagonal, nearly triangular; length = 0.6 x width. Each 

 elytron with sutural striae complete; striae II to V 

 indicated basally by 2 to 4 foveate punctures, size = 1 to 2 



