A new species of Chaeridiona Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) infesting ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) in India and redescription of Chaeridiona pseudometallica Basu
Author
Shameem, K. M.
Author
Prathapan, K. D.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3815
4
575
582
journal article
45453
10.11646/zootaxa.3815.4.7
f18016d6-5d8a-419c-a70e-dc3ea2c87937
1175-5326
228627
74363D9C-DD15-419F-B4E8-33A604DD71EC
Key to species of Indian
Chaeridiona
Baly
1 Exterior apical angle of elytra angulate or denticulate (Figs 1 & 2)............................................... 2
- Exterior apical angle of elytra rounded (Figs 6 & 7)......................................................... 3
2 Dorsum dark brown with purplish tinge; elytral costae 1–4 interrupted.................................
C. picea
Baly
- Dorsum metallic emerald green to dull green except coppery brown laterally and preapically; elytral costa three interrupted..........................................................................................
C. mayuri
n. sp.
3 Elytra distinctly tuberculate; costae not visible between tubercles; dorsum brown, without metallic sheen.................................................................................................
C. tuberculata
Uhmann
- Elytra not tuberculate; costae visible; dorsum with metallic sheen.............................................. 4
4 Anterolateral pronotal angle with single tooth (Fig. 8); length
3.2–3.5 mm
.....................
C. pseudometallica
Basu
- Anterolateral pronotal angle with two teeth (Fig. 3); length 4.3–5.0 mm..............................
C. metallica
Baly