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 guttulata (Baly) ( Figs 6 , 20 , 42 , 58 , 69 ) Blepharida guttulata Baly, 1881 : 52 Blepharidina guttulata (Baly) : Bechyné 1968 : 1707 ; Biondi et al. 2017: 130, 142 Type material examined . Lectotype ♀ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Angola ” ( BMNH ) . Paralectotypes : same data as lectotype, 5 ♀ ( BMNH ), 1 ♀ ( MNHN ). Additional material examined in Appendix 1 . Taxonomic observations . Blepharidina guttulata can be attributed to the species group including B. bimbiensis , B. carinata , B. partita , B. rudeli , and, probably, B. sedecimguttata ( Figs 2, 4, 6 , 16, 19 ) (see the paragraph “Taxonomic observations” in B. bimbiensis ). Dorsal integuments in B. guttulata are slightly variable in color, but always with yellow, rather small patches on darker pronotum and elytra, often similar to B. bimbiensis ( Figs 2, 6 ). However, B. guttulata is immediately distinguishable from B. bimbiensis by its larger size. The aedeagus of B. guttulata is easily distinguishable because more slender in ventral view, with narrower apical part, and subtriangular apex ( Figs 39, 41–42 , 52 ). Compared with the other species of the group, spermatheca shows a slightly shorter distal part ( Figs 56, 58, 63–64, 67 ). Males and females are apparently similar each other, and little variable in size, with females showing slightly shorter antennae (see Morphometry in Appendix 2). Distribution . Angola and Republic of Congo ( Fig. 69 ). Central Afrotropical (CAT) chorotype. Ecological notes . Not available. The collection sites fall within the area of the Guineo-Congolian Swamp Forest, the Miombo & Associated Broadleaf Savanna, and the Guineo-Congolian Evergreen & Semi-Evergreen Rainforest vegetation (belonging respectively to the Tropical Flooded & Swamp Forest, the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland, and the Tropical Lowland Humid Forest formations).