New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)
Author
Medvedev, L. N.
text
Russian Entomological Journal
2019
2019-09-30
28
2
165
168
http://dx.doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.28.2.08
journal article
10.15298/rusentj.28.2.08
0132-8069
13164360
Sphaeroderma scalei
Medvedev
,
sp.n.
Figs 2, 11
.
MATERIAL.
Holotype
,
♂
: N-Vietnam,
Cao Bang Prov.
, vic.
Vin Den
, Nai Pia Oac Nature Res.,
22°33’53” N
,
105°52’53” E
,
900–1300 m
,
06–10.V.2013
, leg.
A. Scale
(
NME
).
DESCRIPTION. Dark red, antennal segments 411, tibiae and tarsi black, each elytron with ovate fulvous spot in middle.
Body short ovate, 1.2 times as long as wide. Head very finely punctate, frontal tubercles sharp, obliquely placed. Antannae reach middle of elytra, proportions of segments are as 12 12-6-5-7-9-9-9-10-10-11-14. Prothorax 1.7 times as wide as long, broadest near middle, surface finely and rather sparsely punctate, without microsculpture. Scutellum triangular with rounded apex, impunctate. Elytra as wide as long, with dense and moderately strong punctures, partly regular on sides. Segment 1 of fore and mid tarsi widened in male, as long as wide. Aedeagus —
Fig. 11
. Length of body
3.7 mm
.
DIAGNOSIS.Near
S.flavoplagiatum
Jacoby 1896
, widely distributed in Indochina and
Indonesia
, differs in color of upperside and form of aedeagus.
New localities
Kanarella unicolor
Jacoby, 1898
MATERIAL.
China
: S.
Yunnan
(Xischuangbanna),
37 km
NW Jinghong
, vic.
Cuo Men Shon
,
22°14’48” N
,
100°36’22” E
,
1080m
,
01.
VI
.2008, pollinator
AM
, leg.
L.Meng
,
1 ex.
(
NME
)
.
REMARK. Was known from
India
,
Nepal
and Indochina, firstly found in
China
.