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 ornaticollis (Jacoby) ( Figs 15 , 25 , 31 , 51 , 62 , 69 ) Blepharida ornaticollis Jacoby, 1888 : 196 Blepharidina ornaticollis (Jacoby) : Biondi et al. 2017: 131, 143 Type material examined . Lectotype ♂ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “Africa, Jacoby coll. ( 1909-28 a)” ( BMNH ). Additional material examined in Appendix 1. Taxonomic observations . Blepharidina ornaticollis shows clear affinities with B. macarthuri . They share general shape, sculpture and size ( Figs 13, 15 ), with anterior margin of pronotum slightly thicker medially than laterally ( Figs 23, 25 ), and anterior angles of pronotum sharply pointed and laterally oriented ( Fig. 31 ). Aedeagus is also very similar in the two species ( Figs 49 , 51 ), with the densely carinate longitudinally dorsal surface ( Figs 49 , 51 ). However, B . ornaticollis is distinguishable by the anterior margin of pronotum more distinctly wider medially than laterally ( Figs 23, 25 ), the more thickset aedeagus ( Figs 49 , 51 ), and the spermatheca with piriform, elongate basal part (thick and subcylindrical in B . macarthuri ) ( Figs 60, 62 ). Females similar to males in morphometry (see Appendix 2). Distribution . Kenya ( Fig. 69 ). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype. Ecological notes . Not available. The known collection site falls within the area of Indo-West Pacific Mangrove (belonging to the Mangrove formation).