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
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Zoological Systematics
2015
40
1
1
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http://zoobank.org/3c258069-729b-4e0f-85f6-780514e61235
journal article
10.11865/zs.20150101
2095-6827
7176752
3C258069-729B-4E0F-85F6-780514E61235
Phaedon insolitus
Ge & Daccordi
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 16–17
)
Description. Body length
2.9 mm
, width
1.9 mm
. Body ellipsoid, rather convex, hind wings absent. Colour. Hooker’s green to smalt blue; apex of the tibiae, tarsi and the antennomeres 1–3 mahogani red to burnt sienna.
Head. Frons and vertex with dense and fine punctures. Antennae shown as
Fig. 17A
.
Thorax and abdomen. Pronotum length
0.8 mm
, width
1.6 mm
; disc with dense and coarse punctures especially in lateral sides (
Fig. 16A
). Scutellum subtriangular and impunctate (
Fig. 16C
). Elytra length
2.3 mm
; striae regular, interspace with fine and sparse punctures (
Fig. 16C
). Epipleuron with double range punctures near the inner margin (
Fig. 16E
). Underside. Prosternal process wide, apex truncate. Hypomeron, mesoventrite, metaventrite and abdomen with sparse and fine punctures; Antero-lateral plate of metaventrite small and impunctate (
Figs 16B, 16D, 16E
).
Aedeagus. Shown as
Figs 17B, 17C
.
Spermatheca. Unknown.
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Fig. 14.
Phaedon igori
Daccordi & Ge
,
sp. nov.
, SEM. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Head and thorax, dorsal view. D. Head and thorax, ventral view. E. Base of elytra, showing punctures. F. Onychium, lateral view. Scale bars: A–B, E = 0.5 mm; C–D =0.2 mm; F =0.05 mm.
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Material
examined.
Holotype
male,
China
, NW.
Sichuan
, between
Luhuo-Sanggarmai
pass, W. of
Luhuo
,
Alpine region
(elev. 4 200–4
300 m
),
8–28 June 2004
, coll.
R. Fabbri
(
ZIN
).
Paratypes
2 male
, same data as holotype (
MDC
)
.
Etymology. The specific name is referring to the strange body shape.
Remarks. The new species can be distinguished from
Phaedon igori
by the dull surface and dense punctures in pronotum.
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
).
Fig. 15.
Phaedon igori
Daccordi & Ge
,
sp. nov.
A. Antenna, male. B. Antenna, female. C. Aedeagus, dorsal view. D. Aedeagus, lateral view. E. Spermatheca. Scale bars: A–B= 0.5 mm; C–D = 0.2 mm; E= 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 16.
Phaedon insolitus
Daccordi & Ge
,
sp. nov.
, SEM. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Elytra. D. Head and thorax, ventral view. E. Metaventrite, ventral view. Scale bars: A–B, D = 1 mm; C, E= 0.5 mm.
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