Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
Author
Ruan, Yongying
Author
Yang, Xingke
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander S.
Author
Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
Author
Zhang, Mengna
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-15
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84.
Chaetocnema
(
Udorpes
)
westwoodi
Baly, 1877
(
Fig. 113
)
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, 1877: 311
; TL:
Indonesia
,
Batchian. TL
: BMNH.
Lectotype
designated here
.
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik, 1926: 204
. TL:
India
,
Madras. TD
: BMNH.
Lectotype
designated here
. (
Syn. Nov.
)
Distribution:
India
(
Maulik, 1926
),
Nepal
,
Indonesia
(
Baly, 1877
).
Host
plants:
Unknown.
Description:
Body length
2.50–2.70 mm
, body width
1.40–1.50 mm
. Ratio of elytron length (along suture) to width (maximum): 2.12–2.16. Ratio of pronotum width (at base) to length: 1.60–1.62. Ratio of length of elytron to length of pronotum (along middle): 2.50–2.55. Ratio of width of elytra at base to width of pronotum at base (in middle of humeral calli): 1.10–1.15. Ratio of maximum width of elytra to maximum width of pronotum: 1.35–1.40.
Dorsum bronzy green. Antennomeres entirely yellow brown, with apical ones deeper in color. Tibiae and tarsi yellow brown. Pro- and mesofemora yellow brown. Metafemora brown with green metallic luster.
FIGURE 113.
Chaetocnema westwoodi
. A–C:
Photo of Lectotype of
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik
(
A
habitus.
B
Head, frontal view.
C
Pronotum).
D–F:
Photo of Paralectotype of
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik
(
D
Aedeagus, ventral view.
E
Aedeagus, lateral view.
F
Apex of aedeagus, ventral view).
Head hypognathous. Frontal ridge wide and flat. Ratio of width of frontal ridge to width of antennal socket: 2.18–2.20. Frontolateral sulcus absent. Suprafrontal sulcus shallow, with a pit in middle. Orbital sulcus shallow; supraantennal sulcus absent, orbit merge with vertex. Punctures on vertex and orbit large, very closely placed, with interspaces smaller than diameter of a puncture. Number of punctures on orbit: approximately 7-9 on each side, rugged and close. Frons covered with white setae and numerous punctures, a longitudinal impunctate area present at middle. Number of setae on clypeus: approximately 30. Number of setae on labrum: 6. Anterior margin of labrum more or less straight.
Pronotum without longitudinal impressions near basal margin. Deep row of large punctures at base of pronotum absent. Pronotal base evenly convex. Lateral margins of pronotum evenly convex, slightly converging forward. Anterolateral prothoracic callosity weak and round. Posterolateral prothoracic callosity absent. Pronotum covered with large and close punctures, leaving a longitudinal area at middle near base impunctate and smooth. Diameter of pronotal punctures 1-1.5 times smaller than distance between adjacent punctures.
Elytra with convex sides. Scutellar punctures
form four
confused rows. Remaining rows of punctures on elytron regular and single. Interspaces between striae of punctures smooth and glabrous, slightly granulated, strongly costate at sides. Humeral callus well developed.
First male protarsomere slightly larger than second. Excavation on metatibia very shallow. Large lateral denticle on metatibia obtuse. Metatibial serration proximal to large lateral denticle absent.
Apex of aedeagus in ventral view narrowing abruptly. Ventral longitudinal groove well developed on distal half of aedeagus. Apical denticle in ventral view prominent and produced, truncate apically. Minute transverse wrinkles absent on ventral side. Aedeagus in lateral view unevenly curved, with apex more or less straight.
Types:
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly
,
Lectotype
: 1 (BMNH), labels: 1) Type H.T.; 2) M. K.; 3) Baly Coll.; 4)
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, Batchian
; 5)
Lectotype
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, 1877
Des Ruan
et al.
, 2016
.
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik
,
Lectotype
:
1♂
(BMNH), 1) Type; 2) Chipurupalli, Vizagapatam Dist,
India
, R. S. Patuck, B. M. 1924–7; 3)
Chaetocnema harita
Mlk., Det. S. Maulik
, Type, 1925; 4)
Lectotype
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik, 1926
, Des. Ruan
et al.
, 2016.
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik
,
Paralectotypes
:
1♂
2♀
(BMNH), 1) Chipurupalli, Vizagapatam Dist,
India
, R. S. Patuck, B. M. 1924–7; 2)
Chaetocnema harita
Mlk., Cotype, 1925
, S. Maulik; 3)
Paralectotype
Chaetocnema harita
Maulik, 1926
, Des. Ruan
et al.
, 2016.
Material:
1 (
BMNH
), Belgaum,
India
. N, 1965,
Chaetocnema concinnipennis
Baly, Andrewes, Bequest, B. M. 1922
–221,
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, Det. Yongying Ruan, 2016
; 2 (
BMNH
), Nilgiri Hills,
India
, H. L. Andrewes, Andrewes, Bequest, B. M. 1922–221,
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, Det. Yongying Ruan, 2016
; 1 (
BMNH
), Nilgiri Hills,
India
, A. K. Weld Downing, H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M.
1945–97
,
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, Det. Yongying Ruan, 2016
.
Remarks:
C. westwoodi
resembles
C. midimpunctata
sp. nov.
in having a longitudinal impunctate area on pronotum. However, it differs by the longer antennae and much larger body size.