Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) Author Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia Author Biondi, Maurizio text Zootaxa 2019 2019-01-16 4545 1 journal volume 27649 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.2 d8036fa9-32eb-4c5f-bdb2-428d22250ea8 1175-5326 2618635 1D2EC333-517D-4FC1-A0AA-61EDD8BE8BEE Blepharidina laesa (Kolbe) ( Figs 12 , 48 , 68 ) Blepharida laesa Kolbe, 1897a : 99 Blepharidina laesa (Kolbe) : Biondi et al. 2017: 131 Type material examined . Lectotype ♂ (Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Coll. Stuhlmann , Mozambique (Festland) (~ 18°08′48''S , 34°57′53''E ), 4.i.1889 ” ( ZMHB ). FIGURES 38–43. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 38, B . aliquantula sp. nov. , holotype; 39, B . bimbiensis (Bechyné) , lectotype; 40, B . burtli (Bryant) , from Manjoni, Tanzania; 41, B . carinata (Bryant) , lectotype; 42, B . guttulata (Baly) , from Masséssé, Republic of Congo; 43, B . himba sp. nov. , holotype. FIGURES 44–49. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 44, B . intermedia (Jacoby) , from Kindwitvi, Tanzania; 45, B . kasigauensis sp. nov. , holotype; 46, B . kenyana sp. nov. , holotype; 47, B . knighti (Bryant) , lectotype; 48, B . laesa (Kolbe) , lectotype; 49, B . macarthuri (Bryant) , lectotype. Taxonomic observations . Blepharidina laesa is closely related to B. picta , with which it shares the same shape of the aedeagus. However, B. laesa is distinguishable from B. picta by some external characters ( Figs 12, 17 ): size clearly smaller (LB = 6.88 mm ; LB ± 8.38 mm in B. picta ); elytral interstriae weakly but distinctly carinate (flat in B. picta ); elytral yellow patches more irregularly shaped (more rounded in B. picta ); elytral punctures brownish (pale in B. picta ), clypeus and labrum reddish (both yellow in B. picta ). About the median lobe of aedeagus, B. laesa shows a more clearly trapezoidal apical part, and a straight and slightly shorter basal part ( Figs 48 , 53 ). Morphometry in Appendix 2. Distribution . Mozambique ( Fig. 68 ). Possibly Southern–Eastern Afrotropical (SEA) chorotype. Ecological notes . Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Eastern & Southern African Dry Savanna & Woodland vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland formation).