Revision of the genus Theopea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of East Asia: species lacking modified clypeus in males and the T. sauteri species group
Author
Lee, Chi-Feng
Author
Bezdĕk, Jan
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-01
4508
3
334
376
journal article
28042
10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.2
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Key to the species of
Theopea
in
East Asia
, excluding species with modified clypeus in males
1 Longitudinal ridges on elytra distinct...................................................................... 2
- Longitudinal ridges on elytra indistinct or reduced........................................................... 9
2 Elytra with extremely coarse punctures, space between punctures narrower than diameters of punctures; head and prothorax yellow except vertex and pronotum;
Taiwan
(
Figs 2
D–2H).........................................
collaris
Kimoto
- Elytra with coarse punctures, space between punctures broader than diameters of punctures; head and prothorax metallic blue or green except mouth parts............................................................................. 3
3 General color metallic green; longitudinal ridges on elytra apically abbreviated from apical 1/3 (
Figs 4
A–4C); antennomeres III–VII straight in males (
Fig. 5A
);
Taiwan
.....................................................
T. cheni
sp. nov.
- General color metallic blue; longitudinal ridges on elytra not apically abbreviated; antennomeres III–VII more or less curved................................................................................4. (
T. sauteri
species group)
4 Males
with longitudinal ridges on the elytra more or less reduced................................................ 5
- Males with longitudinal ridges on the elytra prominent...................................................... w8
5 Penis asymmetric, bent to the right (
Figs 14
C–14E, 20C–20E)................................................. 6
- Penis symmetrical (
Figs 15
C–15E, 18C–18F)............................................................... 7
6 Penis relatively slender, 10.0x longer than wide; dorsal sclerite of endophallus extremely elongate, 3.6x longer than basal piece;
Laos
(
Figs 20
C–20E)...............................................................
T. sekerkai
sp. nov.
- Penis relatively broad, 9.0x longer than wide; dorsal sclerite of endophallus less elongate, 1.6x longer than basal piece;
China
(
Figs 14
C–14E)...............................................................
T. coerulea
Gressitt & Kimoto
7 Triangular sclerites of endophallus elongate; ventral sclerites absent; basal piece longer than apical piece, with longitudinal row of tiny teeth along lateral margin;
India
(
Figs 15
C–15E)......................................
T. geiseri
sp. nov.
- Triangular sclerites of endophallus small; ventral sclerites present; basal piece shorter than apical piece, without tiny teeth;
China
,
Laos
,
Vietnam
(
Figs 18
C–18F)......................................................
..
laosensis
sp. nov.
8 Males
with antennomeres III–X moderately curved (
Fig. 19A
); swollen tarsomeres I of front legs not apically narrowed (
Fig.
19I
);
Taiwan
.............................................................................
T. sauteri
Chûjô
- Males with antennomeres III–X straight (
Fig. 16A
); swollen tarsomeres I of front legs apically narrowed (
Fig. 16E
);
Taiwan
...................................................................................
T. hainanensis
.
sp. nov.
9 Elytra with extremely coarse punctures, space between punctures narrower than diameters of punctures (
Figs 2
A–2C);
Japan
.....................................................................................
T. aureoviridis
Chûjô
- Elytra with moderately coarse punctures, space between punctures broader than diameters of punctures (
Figs 8
,
11
)....... 10
10 General color sexually dimorphic, elytra yellowish brown with metallic green sides, pronotum and vertex metallic green in males; elytra entirely metallic green, prothorax and head yellow in females; hypomeron yellowish brown (
Fig. 11
); antenna in males relatively shorter, antennomeres V–IX less than six times longer than wide (
Fig. 12A
);
Taiwan
........................................................................................................
T. kanmiyai
(Kimoto)
- General color not sexually dimorphic, elytra, pronotum, and vertex metallic green or blue in both sexes; hypomeron dark or blackish brown (
Fig. 8
); antenna in males more slender, antennomeres V–IX more than six times longer than wide (
Figs. 9A, 9B
);
Taiwan
........................................................................
T. irregularis
Takizawa