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 wumingshanensis Ge & Wang, 2002 ( Fig. 22 ) Phaedon wumingshanensis Ge & Wang, 2002: 322 . Description. Body length 4.8 mm , width 2.5 mm . Body elongate, rather convex, hind wings absent. Colour metallic greenish aeneous; underside, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi black. Head. Frons and vertex with coarse and dense punctures. Antenna shown as Fig. 22A . Thorax and abdomen. Pronotum length 1.0 mm, width 1.85 mm ; disc with two kinds of punctures, coarse punctures mainly at lateral and base, fine punctures mainly in center, and mixed among coarse punctures. Scutellum triangler, with fine punctures at base. Elytra length 2.75 mm ; punctures striae arranged in pair, 6, 7 and 8, 9 rows convergent joined together at base; ninth situated much nearer to lateral margin than eighth, very sparse; interspace flat, impunctate. Epipleura broadened at base, much narrowed behind, with coarse punctures. Underside. Prosternal process wide, apex rounded. Hypomeron, mesoventrite and metaventrite, abdomen with fine and sparse punctures. Antero-lateral plate of metaventrite small and impunctate. © Zoological Systematics , 40(1): 1–30 Aedeagus. Lateral side almost parallel near apex, apex pointed. Fig. 20. Phaedon prosternalis Daccordi & Ge , sp. nov. , SEM. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Maxillary palpi. C. Head and prothorax, ventral view. D. Head and thorax, ventral view. Scale bars: A, D =1 mm; B = 0.1 mm; C = 0.5 mm. Spermatheca. Shown as Fig. 22B . Material examined. Holotype male, Sichuan , Wumingshan Yakou (elev. 4 600 m ), 5 August 1982 , coll. Shu-Yong Wang ( IZCAS ) . Paratype 1 female , same data as holotype ( IZCAS ) . Other materials : 1 female , China , W. Sychuan , 60km E. Siangcheng (Xiangcheng) (elev. 4 500–4 700 m ), 3 August 1996 , coll. S. Murzin ( MDC ) . Remarks. The species is distinguished from Phaedon apterus Wang by pronotum with two kinds of punctures, interspace of elytra striae flat, impunctate and epipleura with coarse punctures. Distribution. China ( Sichuan ). © Zoological Systematics , 40(1): 1–30 Fig. 21. Phaedon prosternalis Daccordi & Ge , sp. nov. A. Antenna, male. B. Antenna, female. C. Aedeagus, dorsal view. D. Aedeagus, lateral view. E. Spermatheca. Scale bars: A–B= 0.5mm; C–D =0.2 mm; E = 0.1 mm. © Zoological Systematics , 40(1): 1–30 Fig. 22. Phaedon wumingshanensis Ge & Wang, 2002 . A. Antenna, female. B. Spermatheca. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm; B = 0.1 mm. Funding The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31472028) and National Science Fund for Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Science (Special Subjects in Animal Taxonomy, NSFC-J1210002). Acknowledgement We gratefully thank Dr. Fabrizio Rigato and Dr. Michele Zilioli ( Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Milano , Milan , Italy ) for the use of the SEM facilities, and warm thanks to Dr. Luca Toledano ( Verona , Italy ) for transfer SEM pictures. We also gratefully appreciate the curators and colleagues in different Museums and private collections: Ji ř í Hájek ( NMPC ) , Horst Kippenberg ( HKC ) , Johannes Frisch ( Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin Museum für Naturkunde , Institute of Systematic Zoology , Berlin , Germany ), Sharon Shute ( BMNH ) , Alexander Kirejtshuk ( ZIN ) .