Review of the genus Siemssenius Weise, 1922 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of five new species
Author
Lee, Chi-Feng
text
Zootaxa
2016
4158
3
367
384
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.4
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1175-5326
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Siemssenius tsoui
Lee
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 10
A–10F)
Type
locality.
New Taipei city
,
Hsinhsien
(信賢),
24°50’02”N
,
121°31’32”E
,
200 m
.
Type
material
(n= 9).
Holotype
♂
(
TARI
):
Taipei
:
Hsinhsien
(信賢),
7.V.2011
, leg. M.-
H. Tsou
. Paratypes: 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (TARI), same as holotype;
1♀
(
TARI
),
Erhzuping
(二子坪),
29.IV.2016
, leg. C.-
F. Lee
;
2♂♂
,
1♀
(
TARI
),
Tsaikungkengshan
(菜公坑山),
2.V.2012
, leg. S.-
F. Yu
Description.
Aedeagus concave and narrow, sides basally and gradually widened; apico-lateral angles angulate, extremely wide in lateral view, bases of apico-lateral angles sharply arcuate; middle of apical margin with a long, slender tube-like process, extremely wide in lateral view, apex slightly medially depressed; dorsal process subapically slightly swollen in dorsal and lateral views, apex pointed, subapically angulate in lateral view (
Figs 10
A–10B). Ventrite V (
Fig. 10
C) not modified in female, apical margin narrowly rounded, sometimes medially depressed. Gonocoxae reduced. Ventrite VIII (
Fig. 10
D) heart-shaped, with extremely short spiculum and dense elongate setae along apical margins of triangulate processes. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 10
E) with apex pointed and dense setae on disc. Receptacle of spermatheca (
Fig. 10
F) weakly swollen, barely separated from pump, pump much narrower and longer, sharply curved; proximal spermathecal duct long and narrow.
Diagnosis.
Siemssenius tsoui
sp. nov.
is characterized its sharply arcuate bases of the apical-lateral angles of the aedeagus (
Figs 10
A–10B).
Host plants.
Lonicera hypoglauca
Miq., 1866 (Caprifoliaceae)
(
Figs 3
D, 3E);
Hydrangea angustipetala
Hayata, 1911 (Saxifragaceae)
(
Fig. 3
F).
Etymology.
This new species is named after Mr. Mei-Hua Tsou, a member of the TCRT and first to collect this new species.
Distribution.
Lowlands in northern
Taiwan
(
Taipei
county and city) (
Fig. 4
).