Redefinition of Liroetis, with descriptions of two new species and an annotated list of species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
Author
Bezděk, Jan
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2021
2021-12-31
61
2
529
614
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2021.030
1804-6487
5821367
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Liroetis tibialis
Jiang, 1988
(
Fig. 116
)
Liroetis tibialis
Jiang, 1988: 190
, 197 (original description).
Liroetis tibialis
: JංൺඇǤ (1992): 658 (noted); Bൾൾඇൾඇ (2010): 478 (catalogue); YൺඇǤ et al. (2015): 247 (key), 250 (noted).
Type
locality.
‘[
China
:]
Yunnan
: Lushui Co.’.
Type
material.
Not examined.
Diagnosis.
Body length
. JJ: 9.0 mm.
Aedeagus
in lateral view (
Fig. 116
): Median lobe slightly regularly bent in apical two thirds; lateral elevation low, placed in anterior third of aedeagus length. Dorsal process in lateral view: basal two thirds narrow, almost straight, apical third wider, apex pronounced to hook-like process directed upwards.
Differential diagnosis.
I have not have an oportunity to study the
type
material of
Liroetis tibialis
yet. Based on the original description,
L. tibialis
is very similar to
L. flavipennis
. Both species show only slight differences in the structure of aedeagus (cf.
Figs 108, 116
). At the moment, I treat
L. tibialis
as a valid species; however, it might prove to be a synonym of
L. flavipennis
in the future.
Distribution.
China
:
Yunnan
(JංൺඇǤ 1988).