Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) Author Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia Author Biondi, Maurizio text Zootaxa 2019 2019-01-16 4545 1 journal volume 27649 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.2 d8036fa9-32eb-4c5f-bdb2-428d22250ea8 1175-5326 2618635 1D2EC333-517D-4FC1-A0AA-61EDD8BE8BEE Blepharidina carinata (Bryant) ( Figs 4 , 35 , 41 , 56 , 69 ) Blepharida carinata Bryant, 1944 : 137 ; Ferreira 1965 : 941 Blepharidina carinata (Bryant) : Biondi et al. 2017: 129, 142 Type material examined . Lectotype ♂ (Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Angola 76-28, G.E. Bryant ” ( BMNH ) . Paralectotypes : same data as lectotype, 1 ♀ ( BMNH ). Additional material examined in Appendix 1 . Taxonomic observations . Blepharidina carinata can be attributed to the species group including B. bimbiensis , B. guttulata , B. partita , B. rudeli , and, probably, B. sedecimguttata ( Figs 2, 4, 6 , 16, 19 ) (see the paragraph “Taxonomic observations” in B. bimbiensis ). However, it can be easily identified by the: singular color pattern, with black elytral striae and yellowish interstriae ( Fig. 4 ); distinctly carinate interstriae ( Fig. 35 ). About the aedeagus, B. carinata is very similar to B. partita ( Figs 41 , 52 ), but it is easily distinguishable by the median lobe more evenly curved laterally in ventral view. The spermatheca is characteristic by the co-presence of a distinctly elongate, hook-shaped distal part and a moderately globose basal part ( Figs 56, 58, 63–64, 67 ). Morphometry in Appendix 2. Distribution . Angola ( Fig. 69 ). Possibly Central Afrotropical (CAT) chorotype. Ecological notes . Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Miombo & Associated Broadleaf Savanna vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland formation).