Revision of Menippus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Taiwan and Menippus dimidiaticornis species group with a new generic synonymy
Author
Lee, Chi-Feng
Author
Bezdĕk, Jan
Author
Suenaga, Haruki
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-08-17
3427
1
16
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3427.1.1
97ad468b-42f8-40b3-9494-173836944acb
1175-5326
210575
Key to Taiwanese species and
dimidiaticornis
species group of
Menippus
1. Punctures on head and pronotum larger than those on elytron................................................... 2
- Punctures on head and pronotum equal to those on elytron in size (
dimidiaticornis
species group)...................... 3
2. Pronotum without black spots, sides abruptly constricted at basal 1/3; legs black (
Fig. 1
)..............
M. asahinai
(Chûjô)
- One big black spot on each side of pronotum; sides of pronotum not constricted (
Fig. 3
); legs yellowish-brown, apex of femur, apex and base of tibia, and tarsi black.....................................................
M. hsuehleeae
sp. nov.
3. Penis extremely asymmetric, right margin rounded and left margin angular or concave; tectum prominent (
Figs 12
b, 16b, 17b).................................................................................................... 4
- Penis symmetric; tectum absent (
Figs 10
b, 11b, 15b).......................................................... 6
4. Apical margin of endophallic sclerite smooth without teeth (
Fig. 17
b)..............................
M. sericea
(Weise)
- Apical margin of endophallic sclerite with teeth (
Figs 12
b, 16b)................................................. 5
5. Penis extremely wide in lateral view (
Fig. 16
a), apex of endophallic sclerite wider; apex of tibia, and tarsi black..............................................................................................
M. nepalensis
sp. nov.
- Penis relatively slender in lateral view (
Fig. 12
a), apex of endophallic sclerite narrower; legs yellowish-brown.................................................................................................
M. gressitti
sp. nov.
6. Elytron convex in lateral view; tibia black...................................................
M. murzini
sp. nov.
- Elytron flattened in lateral view; tibia yellowish-brown, apex darkened.......................................... 7
7. Penis strongly curved in lateral view (
Fig. 10
a); apex truncate in dorsal view, medially convex (
Fig. 10
b).....................................................................................................
M. beeneni
sp. nov.
- Penis weakly curved in lateral view (
Fig. 11
a); apically tapering (
Fig. 11
b)....................
M. dimidiaticornis
Jacoby