Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) Author Lee, Chi-Feng Author Bezdĕk, Jan text Zootaxa 2016 4179 1 1 41 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1 b60b2b12-7f4e-496f-b17b-ad49c8057fe0 1175-5326 262231 5FBD5DA4-1E50-4FD4-ADBB-E6A55E1118EF Key to species of Morphosphaera Baly (excluding M. impuctata ) 1a Pronotum lacking black spots ( Fig. 24 D); elytra reddish brown ( Fig. 24 A)........................ M. takizawai sp. nov. 1b Pronotum with black spots.............................................................................. 2 2a Pronotum with two lateral black spots and wide median brown or black band, elytra metallic blue...................... 3 2b Pronotum with four, five, or seven smaller black spots....................................................... 5 3a Wide median band on pronotum brown or brown with black interior stripes ( Figs 3 D, 20D)........................... 4 3b Wide median band on pronotum black ( Fig. 12 D)........................................... M. colaris Laboissière 4a Wide median band on pronotum brown ( Fig. 3 D); elytra bluish metallic ( Fig. 3 A).................. M. bimaculata Chûjô 4b Wide median band on pronotum brown with a black pattern in the centre ( Fig. 20 D); elytra reddish brown with purple reflec- tion ( Fig. 20 A)...................................................................... M. montivaga Maulik 5a Seven spots on pronotum ( Fig. 1 D)....................................................... M. albipennis Allard 5b Four or five spots on pronotum.......................................................................... 6 6a Four spots on pronotum ( Figs 7 D, 18D)................................................................... 7 6b Five spots on pronotum ( Figs 9 D, 14D, 16D, 22D)........................................................... 8 7a Black spots on pronotum large ( Fig. 18 D); abdomen dark brown or black ( Fig. 18 B)................ M. maculicollis Baly 7b Black spots on pronotum small ( Fig. 7 D); abdomen yellowish brown ( Fig. 7 B)................ M. caerulea (Schönfeldt) 8a Elytra bluish or greenish metallic ( Figs 7 A, 9A, 16A)....................................................... 9 8b Elytra reddish brown with purple reflection ( Figs 14 A, 22A).................................................. 11 9a With black band along basal margin of pronotum ( Fig. 16 D), meso- and metathoracic ventrites and femora black ( Fig. 16 B)................................................................................... M. japonica (Hornstedt) 9b Without black band along basal margin of pronotum ( Figs 7 D, 9D), meso- and metathoracic ventrites and femora reddish brown ( Figs 7 B, 9B)................................................................................. 10 10a Black spots on pronotum large ( Fig. 9 D); with one pair of black spots at sides of abdominal ventrites ( Fig. 9 B)........................................................................................... M. chrysomeloides (Bates) 10b Black spots on pronotum small ( Fig. 7 D); black spots on abdominal ventrites ( Fig. 7 B)........... M. caerulea (Schönfeldt) 11a Head yellowish brown, with one dark spot on vertex ( Fig. 14 C).............................. M. coomani Laboissière 11b Head black or dark brown, without dark spots on vertex ( Fig. 22 C)............................. M. sumatrana Jacoby