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 apterus Chen & Wang, 1984 ( Fig. 5 ) Phaedon apterus Chen & Wang, 1984: 173 , 175. Description. Body length 3.0– 3.2 mm , width 2.0– 2.2 mm . Body elongate, rather convex, hind wings absent. Colour general colour purple, shining; antennae black. Head. Frons and vertex with fine and sparse punctures. Antennae showing as Figs 5A, 5B . Thorax and abdomen. Pronotum length 0.9 mm , width 1.7 mm ; alutaceous, fairly closed punctuate in the middle, more strongly and very sparingly punctuate at sides. Scutellum triangular, apex rounded, smooth and impunctate. Elytra length 2.5 mm ; with regular striae, interspace shargreen and impunctate. Underside. Prosternal process narrow, apex slightly widened. Hypomeron, mesoventrite and metaventrite, abdomen with fine and sparse punctures. Antero-lateral plate of metaventrite large and impunctate. Aedeagus. Shown as Figs 5C, 5D . Spermatheca. Shown as Fig. 5E . Material examined. Holotype male, Sichuan , Batang , Haizishan (elev. 4 350–4 600 m ), 19 August 1982 , coll. ShuYong Wang ( IZCAS ) . Allotype female, same data as holotype ( IZCAS ) . Paratypes : 10 males and 15 females , same data as holotype ( IZCAS ) ; 1 male , Yunnan , Deqin , Baimang Xueshan , East slope (elev. 4 000m), 29 August 1981 , coll. Shu-Yong Wang ( IZCAS ) . Other materials : 1 male , 3 female , China . N. W. Sichuan , Pass Zokm NW Rongbaca picea forest ( 31°46 ʹ N , 99°32 ʹ E ; elev. 4 091 m), 20 July 1995 , coll. Jaroslav Turma ( 1 male and 1 female in IZCAS ; 2 female in MDC ) ; 2 male , 1 female , China , Sichuan , road Garze-batang , pass 25km , S. Garze (elev. 4 000–4 500 m ), 8–10 July 1995 , coll. Kalab ( 1 male in MDC , 1 male and 1 female in IZCAS ) . Remarks. The species is distinguished by the purple colour, the absence of hind wings and antennae black. Distribution. China ( Sichuan , Yunnan ).