Revision Of Neolepta Jacoby, 1884 And Related Galerucines From The Oriental Region, Including Descriptions Of Two New Genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
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Hazmi, Izfa Riza
Author
Wagner, Thomas
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2013
2013-02-28
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10.5281/zenodo.4508559
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Paraneolepta imitans
(
Jacoby, 1894
)
,
new combination
(
Figs. 31–36
)
Ochralea imitans
Jacoby, 1894: 321
Monolepta aemula
Weise, 1922: 107
; new synonym
Remarks
.
—
Monolepta aemula
is a replacement name.
Weise (1922)
transferred the species to
Monolepta
and named it new to avoid the homonymy with
Monolepta imitans
Jacoby, 1888
from Central America.
Type material
.
—
Lectotype
, female, “Type H. T /
Perak
/
Ochralea imitans
Jac.
/
Jacoby
coll. 1909-28a,” (
BMNH
;
Fig.36
). Type locality:
Malaysia
,
Perak
,
4°48'N
/
101°09'E
. Jacoby gave no number on the specimens he studied, but there must be more than one concerning the original description, and we herein designate a
lectotype
to fix the name on single specimen.
Further material examined
. —
Indonesia
.
1 ex.
, N. O.
Sumatra
,
Tebing Tinggi
,
3°19'N
/
99°09'E
,
Dr. Schulteiss
, coll.
Kraatz
(
MNHU
)
;
1 ex.
,
Dinding Island
,
2°30'N
/
107°35'E
,
H. N. Ridley
, 1900–111 (
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Sipora Island
,
West Sumatra
,
2°13'S
/
99°40'E
,
Oct.1924
, C. B. K. and N. S. (
BMNH
)
;
4 ex.
,
North East
Sumatra
Deli
,
Kuala Simpang
,
Medang Ara Estate
, lowland forest,
3°34'N
/
98°40'E
,
Feb.–Mar.1954
,
A. Sollaart
(
NNML
)
. –
Malaysia
.
6 ex.
,
Malay Penin.
,
Selangor
,
Bukit Kutu
,
Foot
of hill,
3500 ft.
,
5500 ft.
,
3°33'N
/
101°43'E
,
Apr.1915
,
5–10 Sep.1929
,
H. M. Pendlebury
(
BMNH
)
;
6 ex.
,
Malaya
,
Doherty
,
Perak
,
4°48'N
/
101°09'E
,
Fry
coll. 1905–100 (
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Malay Penin.
,
Pahang
, F. M. S,
Batu Balai Jerantut
,
3°56'N
/
102°22'E
,
19 Mar.1927
(
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Sarawak
,
Bau
,
1°25'N
/
110°09'E
,
27 Sep. – 15 Oct.1909
,
C. J. Brooks
, B.M.1936–681 (
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Perak
, F. M. S.
Larut Hills
,
3700–4000 ft.
,
5°N
/
100°53'E
,
11 Feb.1932
,
H. M. Pendlebury
(
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Baly
coll. (
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Lundu
,
West
Sarawak
,
1°40'N
/
109°48'E
,
Jan.1914
,
G. E. Bryant
(
BMNH
)
;
2 ex.
,
Malay Penin.
,
Pahang
, F. M. S.,
Fraser Hill
,
4200 ft.
,
5°N'
100°53'E
,
22 Jul.1936
(
BMNH
)
;
1 ex.
,
Sandakan
,
Borneo
,
5°50'N
/
118°03'E
,
Baker
(
NHRS
)
;
1 ex.
,
Perak
,
Temenggor
,
5°19'N
/
101°22'E
,
Ekspedisi
MNS-Belum,
29–30 Jan.1994
,
Salleh
&
Ismail
(
UKM
)
;
2 ex.
,
Kelantan
,
Pasir Putih
, J.
Linang
,
5°49'N
/
102°22'E
,
28 May 1994
,
Ismail
&
Zabidi
(
UKM
)
;
1 ex.
, N.
Sembilan
, K.
Kelawang
,
2°56'N
/
102°05'E
,
16 Jun.1987
,
Salleh
&
Ismail
(
UKM
)
;
1 ex.
,
Kedah
,
Sik
,
Hutan Lipur Lata Mengkuang
,
5°48'N
/
100°44'E
,
15 Jun.1994
,
Ismail
,
Ruslan
,
Yusof
(
UKM
)
.
Total length
.
— 6.65–8.00 mm (mean:
7.03 mm
; n = 10)
Head
.
— Reddish-brown, impunctate. Antennae entirely black and only the first basal antennomeres usually contrasting reddish-brown (
Fig. 31
). Ratio length of second to third antennomere 0.80–0.83 (mean: 0.81); ratio length of third to fourth antennomere 0.42–0.46 (mean: 0.44;
Fig. 32
).
Thorax
.
— Pronotum reddish-brown, coarsely punctuated. Pronotal width
1.80–2.25 mm
(mean:
1.98 mm
), ratio length to width 0.60–0.63 (mean: 0.61). Scutellum black. Elytra entirely yellow to brown, sutural and lateral margin narrowly black. Elytral length 5.00–
6.25 mm
(mean:
5.51 mm
), maximal width of both elytra together
3.60–4.50 mm
(mean:
3.95 mm
), ratio of maximal width of both elytra together to length of elytra 0.69–0.74 (mean: 0.72). Legs yellow to brown, black line along dorsal part of femur, tibiae and tarsi blackish.
Fig. 24. Holotype of
Luperodes marginata
Baly, 1886
: a, with labels; b, detail.
Figs. 25–29.
Paraneolepta limbella
(
Baly, 1886
)
. 25, dorsal colour pattern. 26, antennae: a, male; b, female. 27, median lobe: a, dorsal; b, lateral; c, ventral. 28, three different spermathecae. 29, one pair of bursa sclerites.
Abdomen
.
— Yellow to pale brown.
Male genitalia
.
— Median lobe insignificantly narrowed towards apex, where it is blunt (
Fig. 33a
). Tectum parallelsided, with short, pointed tip, much shorter than the ventral part (
Fig. 33b
).
Female genitalia
.
— Spermatheca like description of the genus (
Fig. 34
), two pairs of bursa sclerites like
Fig. 35
.
Distribution
.
— Recorded from Peninsular
Malaysia
, Borneo and Sumatra (
Fig. 22
).
Diagnosis
.
— The body size and colouration of
P. imitans
is most similar to
P. limbella
. The differences on both species can be obtained clearly by median lobe and bursa sclerites. The tectum of median lobe of
P. limbella
is shorter and narrowed towards the pointed tip (
Fig. 27
) while in
P. imitans
is broader at base, and pointed at the tip of it (
Fig. 33
). Two pairs of bursa sclerites present in
P. imitans
(
Fig. 35
) and only one pair of bursa sclerites in
P. limbella
(
Fig. 29
).