Revision of Sphenoraia Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Feng, Chuan
Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an 710069, China & Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an 710069, China
Author
Yang, Xing-Ke
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an 710069, China
Author
Li, Zhi-Qiang
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, College of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an 710069, China
lizq@giz.gd.cn
Author
Liu, Yang
Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Taibai North Road 229, Xi'an 710069, China
liuyangent@nwu.edu.cn
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Sphenoraia (Sphenoraioides) micans (Fairmaire, 1888)
Fig. 5A-F
Eustetha micans
Fairmaire, 1888: 42.
Galerucida fulgida var. coerulescens
Weise, 1922: 91. Synonymized by
Wilcox 1971
: 198.
Sphenoraia (Sphenoraioides) micans
:
Laboissiere
1934
: 131.
Sphenoraia (Sphenoraioides) micans var. cyanella
Laboissiere
, 1934: 132. Synonymized by
Wilcox 1971
: 198.
Other specimens examined.
1♀
,
China
,
Henan Province
,
Luanshan
;
1000 m
;
10 Jul. 1996
;
Wanzhi Cai
leg.; IZAS
.
1♂
,
China
,
Henan Province
,
Luanshan
;
1000 m
;
10 Jul. 1996
;
Jikun Yang
leg.; IZAS
.
1♂
1♀
,
China
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Anji
,
Longwang Mountain
;
500 m
;
12 Jun. 1996
;
Xingke Yang
leg.; IZAS
.
1♂
,
China
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Anji
,
Longwang Mountain
;
14 Jun. 1996
;
1400 m
;
Hong Wu
leg.; IZAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Tianmu Mountain
;
Jul. 2000
; IZAS
.
1♂
China
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Tianmu Mountain
;
Jul. 1999
; IZAS
.
1♂
,
China
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Tianmu Mountain
;
600-800 m
;
7 Jun. 1998
;
Mingyuan Gao
leg.; IZAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Jiangxi Province
,
Jinggangshan
, xiangzhou;
26 Apr. 2011
;
Yan Mei
leg.; GDAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Hunan Province
,
Sangzhi
,
Tianpingshan
;
700-1450 m
;
14 Aug. 1988
;
Shuyong Wang
leg. IZAS
.
1♂
,
China
,
Wuyi Mountain
;
22 Apr. 1997
;
Yanyu Wu
leg.; IZAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Fujian Province
,
Guadangling
;
29 Aug. 1983
;
Jiang Wang
leg.; IZAS
.
1♂
,
China
,
Guangxi Province
,
Longsheng
,
Hongtan
;
900 m
;
14 Jun. 1963
;
Shuyong Wang
leg.; IZAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Guizhou Province
,
Chiqian
;
670 m
;
24 Jul. 1988
;
Shuyong Wang
leg.; IZAS
.
1♀
,
China
,
Guizhou Province
,
Fanjing Mountain
;
2 Aug. 1988
;
Yongkun Li
leg.; IZAS
.
Description.
Male.
Length 7.7-8.4 mm, width 5.2-5.8 mm.
Head, pronotum and elytra green, antennae, scutellum, legs, and ventral surface of thorax dark blue, abdomen yellowish brown. Some individuals with blue or red head, pronotum, and elytra.
Vertex finely and sparsely covered with punctures; frontal tubercle distinctly raised, separated from each other by a deep furrow; antennae short, robust, extended to the middle of elytra; antennomeres 1-3 thin, shiny; antennomeres 4-11 wide and flat, with short hairs, antennomere 4 approximately twice as long as wide; antennomeres 5-11, each approximately 1.5
x
as long as wide; antennomere 2 shortest, antennomere 3 slightly longer than 2, 1.2
x
as long as second; antennomere 4 longest, 1.2
x
as long as antennomeres 2 and 3 combined; antennomeres 5-10 unequal in length, shorter than 4; antennomere 11 slightly longer than 10, pointed.
Pronotum approximately 2
x
as wide as long, with rounded lateral margins; disc slightly convex, sparsely covered with punctures.
Scutellum triangular, with rounded apex, smooth, impunctate.
Bases of both elytra wider than pronotum, gradually widen posteriorly and rounded at apex; dorsal surface slightly convex, irregularly covered with punctures, densely covered with large punctures on humeral angle and sparsely covered in small punctures on other parts. The interstices between punctures wider than diameter of individual punctures on apex of the elytra, 2
x
as wide as the diameter of individual punctures.
Metasternum 2.5
x
as long as mesosternum; prothoracic legs shortest, mesothoracic legs slightly longer, metathoracic legs longest.
Ventral surface of abdomen with five segments, segment 1 longest, segments 2-4 gradually shortened, apical segment slightly longer than segment 4, with three lobes.
Aedeagus slender, parallel-sided, basally widened, apically rounded, slightly pointed. In lateral view strongly bent.
Female.
Length 7.8-8.4 mm, width 5.3-5.8 mm.
Antennae antennomeres 1-3 thin, antennomeres 7-11 wide and flat, with short hairs, antennomere 7, twice as long as wide; antennomeres 8-11 each approximately 1.6
x
as long as wide; antennomere 2 shortest, antennomere 3 longer than 2 slightly, 1.5
x
as long as second; antennomere 4 longest, slightly longer than antennomeres 2 and 3 combined; apical sternite flatted.
Differential diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from other species by metallic green, red, or blue coloration of the body.
Distribution.
China: Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xizang; Indo-China.
Host plant.
Rubiaceae
.
Figure 5.
Sphenoraia (Sphenoraioides) micans
A-C
habitus
D-F
aedeagus
A, D
dorsal views
B, E
ventral views
C, F
lateral views. Scale bars: 1 mm (
A-C
); 0.5 mm (
D-F
).