Revision of Phaedon Latreille from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Author Ge, Si-Qin Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: gesq @ ioz. ac. cn Author Daccordi, Mauro Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona 37129, Italy; E-mail: mauro. daccordi @ tiscali. it Corresponding authors, E-mails: yangxk @ ioz. ac. cn; mauro. daccordi @ tiscali. it Author Ren, Jing Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: gesq @ ioz. ac. cn Author Yang, Xing-Ke Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: gesq @ ioz. ac. cn text Zoological Systematics 2015 40 1 1 30 http://zoobank.org/3c258069-729b-4e0f-85f6-780514e61235 journal article 10.11865/zs.20150101 2095-6827 7176752 3C258069-729B-4E0F-85F6-780514E61235 Phaedon brassicae Baly, 1874 ( Fig.7 ) Phaedon brassicae Baly, 1874: 174 . Phaedon incertum Baly, 1874: 175 . Phaedon baolacensis Achard, 1926: 139 . Description. Body length 3.4–3.9 mm , width 2.2–2.5 mm . Body elongate, rather convex, hind wings present. Colour. Dorsum metallic blue, purple or black, sometimes dark aerugo; underside of body, legs black or dark blue, last segment of abdomen yellowish brown; antennae black, basal two segments of antennae reddish brown. Head. Frons and vertex with very coarse and dense punctures. Antennae shown as Figs 7A, 7B . Thorax and abdomen. Pronotum length 0.65 mm , width 1.75 mm ; disc with dense and coarse punctures, with one longitudinal impunctate stripe in medal line. Scutellum subtriangular, impunctate. Elytra length 3.0 mm; elytra striae regular, ninth stria closed to lateral margin, tenth situated lateral margin, shagreened; interspace with very fine and sparse punctures, sometimes impunctate; epipleuron with dense punctures. Underside. Prosternal process narrow, slightly widened apically. Hypomeron, mesoventriate, metaventrate and abdomen with dense and coarse punctures. Antero-lateral plate of metaventrite large and impunctate. Aedeagus. Shown as Figs 7C, 7D . Spermatheca. Shown as Fig. 7E . Material examined. Holotype , male, China , coll. Baly (BMNH). Other materials : 1 male , Yunnan , Jingjiang , 31 March 1919 , coll. unknown ( IZCAS ) ; 1 male and 3 females , Zhejiang , Mt. Tianmu , 21 September 1953 , coll. unknown ( IZCAS ) ; 1 female , Zhejiang , Zhoushan , Dinghai , 24 April 1991 , coll. unknown ( IZCAS ) ; 2 males , Zhejiang , Qingyuan , Baishanzu (elev. 1 300 m ), 19 April 1994 , coll. Hong Wu ( IZCAS ) ; 1 female , Fujian , Longqishan , 21 May 1991 , coll. Hong Liu ( IZCAS ) ; 1 male , Fujian , Jianyang , Huangkeng (elev. 270 m ), 11 April 1960 , coll. Yi-Ran Zhang ( IZCAS ) ; 1 female , Guangxi , Guilin , 12 October 1932 , coll. unknown ( IZCAS ) ; 1 female , Guangxi , Longzhou (elev. 800m ), 26 March 1998 , coll. Chun-Sheng Wu ( IZCAS ) ; 1 male , 1 female , Guangxi , Daxin (elev. 280 m ), 30 March 1998 , coll. Chun-Sheng Wu ( IZCAS ) ; 1 male , Guangxi , Jingxi (elev. 840 m ), 1 April 1998 , coll. unknown ( IZCAS ) ; 1 female , Yunnan , Wenquan , 26 April 1982 , coll. Chun-Mei Huang ( IZCAS ) ; 2 males , 3 females , China , W. Henan , Quanbaoshan , Xiangershan ( 39°07'N , 111°25'E ; elev. 1 600–2 000 m), 23–24 May 2010 , coll. Jaroslov Turna ( MDC ) ; 1 male , 1 female , China , Shaanxi , bank tributary of Wei He riv., 7 km E Zhouzhi auto-route km 100 ( 106.17°E , 34.09°N ; elev. 400m ), 24 August 1975 , coll. Wrase ( MDC ) ; 1 male and 2 females , China , Yunnan , Dali Bai Nat. Aut. Pref. 4 km E Dali old town, shore terrain of Er Hai Lake , Young willows with knotgrass under vegetation in roots ( 25°42'N , 100°01'5"E ; elev. 2 020 m), 27 August–21 October 2003 , coll. Wrase ( MDC ) . Remarks. The species is similar to Phaedon alticola Chen , but it can be distinguished by the following characters: dorsum with same colour; head with dense punctures; interspace of elytra with very fine and sparse punctures, sometimes impunctate. The ninth stria of elytra is closed to lateral margin. Distribution. China ( Anhui , Jiangsu , Zhejiang , Hubei , Hunan , Fujian , Taiwan , Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan), Japan , Vietnam . Host plant. Brassica sp. , Pekinensis sp., Rupr sp. or Ruppia , Raphanus sp. , Capsella sp. , Allium sp. , Beta sp. , Lactuca sp. © Zoological Systematics , 40(1): 1–30 Fig. 7. Phaedon brassicae Baly, 1874 . A. Antenna, male. B. Antenna, female. C. Aedeagus, dorsal view. D. Aedeagus, lateral view. E. Spermatheca. Scale bars: A–B =0.5 mm; C–D =0.2 mm; E =0.1 mm. © Zoological Systematics , 40(1): 1–30