Revision of the Oriental Chaetocnema species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
Author
Ruan, Yongying
Author
Yang, Xingke
Author
Konstantinov, Alexander S.
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Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal D.
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Zhang, Mengna
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-15
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Key to species of subgenus
Udorpes
1. Body length exceeds 3.00 mm........................................................................... 2
- Body length less than 3.00 mm.......................................................................... 3
2. Antennae long, reaching middle of elytra, dorsum metallic green.................
Chaetocnema merguiensis
Bryant, 1941
- Antennae normal, not extending to middle of elytra, dorsum cupreous................
Chaetocnema cupreata
Chen, 1934
3. Body length less than
1.70 mm
.......................................................................... 4
- Body length exceeds
1.70 mm
........................................................................... 5
4. Pronotal base obviously expanded and convex at middle; body strongly convex at sides, body strongly narrowed and pointed towards posterior end......................................................
Chaetocnema paraumesaoi
sp. nov.
- Pronotal base evenly and very slightly convex at middle; body slightly convex at sides, posterior end of body rounded..............................................................................
Chaetocnema umesaoi
Chûjô, 1961
5. Vertex covered with extremely weak and shallow punctures, hardly visible; vertex impunctate in middle.......................................................................................
Chaetocnema reteimpunctata
sp. nov.
- Vertex covered with large punctures, without impunctate area in middle (in rare cases there is an extremely narrow longitudinal impunctate area in middle).............................................................................. 6
6. Antennae very short, not reaching base of elytra; wingless, humeral calli absent.............
Chaetocnema glabra
sp. nov.
- Without such combination of characters................................................................... 7
7. Body strongly elongate and narrow; body length to width proportion exceeds 2.00; elytron length (along suture) to width (maximum) proportion exceeds 3.00........................................................................... 8
- Body normal, not strongly elongate....................................................................... 9
8. Pronotal punctures extremely bold; the distance between adjacent punctures equal to or smaller than diameter of punctures; hind wings highly reduced..................................................
Chaetocnema alticola
Maulik, 1926
- Pronotal punctures normal, distance between punctures 1-2 times more than the diameter of punctures.................................................................................
Chaetocnema shanxiensis
Chen & Wang, 1980
9. Elytral punctures regular, arranged in single rows (excluding peri-scutellar punctures).............................. 13
- Elytral punctures not placed in single regular rows, confused or geminate........................................ 10
10. Elytral punctures partially geminate; peri-scutellar punctures tripled. Pronotal punctures minute, extremely closely placed............................................................................
Chaetocnema psylloides
Pic, 1909
- Punctures on elytra confused or extremely closely placed with extra rows........................................ 11
11. Elytra extremely closely punctate with 15-17 rows of punctures............................................... 12
- Elytra not extremely closely punctate; however, confusedly punctate, punctures somewhat arranged in paired rows in the middle of elytron........................................................
Chaetocnema pusaensis
Maulik, 1926
12. Aedeagus without apical denticle, apical third of aedeagus straight; dorsum with punctures extremely strong and much larger than those in
C.
malayana
, interspace of pronotal punctures 0.5-1 times larger than their diameter; interspace of elytral punctures 1-1.5 times larger than their diameter.................................
Chaetocnema concinnipennis
Baly, 1877
- Aedeagus with apical denticle, apical third of aedeagus bent ventrally; dorsum with punctures finer than
C. concinnipennis
, interspace of pronotal punctures 1-2 times larger than their diameter; interspace of elytral punctures 1.5-2.5 times larger than their diameter.............................................................
Chaetocnema malayana
Baly, 1877
13. Basal third of pronotum strongly narrowed and constricted, narrower than middle; inter-antennal space narrow, width of interantennal space to width of antennal socket less than 1.5; pronotum only slightly wider than long, width to length ratio less than 1.5................................................................................................ 14
- Base of pronotum not strongly narrowed and constricted, not narrower than middle................................ 15
14. Body robust, cylindrical; lateral sides of elytra parallel...........................
Chaetocnema cylindrica
(
Baly, 1874
)
- Body normal, ovate; lateral sides of elytra convex......................
Chaetocnema modesta
Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
15. Pronotum with a longitudinal impunctate area in middle..................................................... 16
- Pronotum without an impunctate area in middle............................................................ 20
16. Hind wings absent, antero-lateral angle of pronotum invisible from dorsal view.......
Chaetocnema rahlensis
Shukla, 1960
- Hind wings entire, antero-lateral angle of pronotum visible from dorsal view..................................... 17
17. Body length exceeds
2.40 mm
.......................................................................... 18
- Body length less than
2.40 mm
......................................................................... 19
18. Elytra strongly costate at sides, peri-scutellar punctures
form three
or four rows; inter-antennal space about as wide as antennal socket..................................................................
Chaetocnema westwoodi
Baly, 1877
- Elytra not costate or only slightly costate; peri-scutellar punctures arranged in two short rows, occasionally more than two lines; inter-antennal space obviously wider than antennal socket..........................
Chaetocnema ingenua
(
Baly, 1876
)
19. Peri-scutellar punctures
form four
rows; frons and orbit extremely strongly and closely punctate, with interspace of punctures narrower than diameter of punctures.........................................
Chaetocnema midimpunctata
sp. nov.
- Peri-scutellar punctures geminate; frons and orbit normally punctate, with interspace wider than diameter of punctures..........................................................................
Chaetocnema modiglianii
Jacoby, 1896
20. Head narrow, orbit narrow; ratio of width between inner-margin of eyes to width of diameter of eye less than 2.00; supra-orbital sulcus, supra-antennal and supra-frontal sulci ‘W’ shaped.................................................... 21
- Head and orbit normal or wide; ratio of width between inner-margin of eyes to width of diameter of eye more than 2.00... 22
21. Pronotum quadrate, lateral sides straight and parallel to each other...................
Chaetocnema angustifrons
sp. nov.
- Pronotum not quadrate, lateral sides convex and slightly converging forward..............
Chaetocnema belli
Jacoby 1904
22. Elytra strongly costate; vertex strongly punctate, with punctures as large as those on frons.......................... 23
- Elytra not strongly costate or only costate at sides........................................................... 24
23. Body length 1.90–2.00 mm; peri-scutellar punctures single or slightly geminate........
Chaetocnema singala
Maulik, 1926
- Body length exceeds
2.20 mm
, body robust; peri-scutellar punctures usually
form three
rows, occasionally geminate.............................................................................
Chaetocnema bretinghami
Baly, 1877
24. Body somewhat broad, pronotum broad, base of pronotum as wide as that of elytra................................ 25
- Body normal, pronotum not conspicuously broad, base of pronotum narrower than elytral base....................... 28
25. A shallow transverse depression present near the base of pronotum; hind wings absent...............................................................................................
Chaetocnema sulcicollis
Chen & Wang, 1980
- Base of pronotum without a transverse depression.......................................................... 26
26. Dorsum shiny metallic green; supra-antennal and supra-orbital sulci obsolete, covered by punctures; the space between eye and antennal socket wide and densely covered with coarse punctures........................
Chaetocnema greenica
sp. nov.
- Dorsum not metallic green, supra-antennal and supra-orbital sulci present; space between eye and antennal socket narrow... .................................................................................................. 27
27. Peri-scutellar punctures single or partially geminate; apical denticle of aedeagus wide and truncate with concave apex.............................................................................
Chaetocnema paragreenica
sp. nov.
- Peri-scutellar punctures geminate; apical denticle of aedeagus narrow and flat at top.....
Chaetocnema latapronota
sp. nov.
28. Antennae robust and shortened, not extending beyond humeral calli over pronotum................................ 29
- Antennae slender and long, extending slightly beyond humeral calli over pronotum................................ 30
29. Anterolateral calli of pronotum well developed, produced antero-laterally, truncate and oblique, prominent from upper view..................................................................
Chaetocnema zangana
Chen & Wang, 1981
- Anterolateral calli of pronotum not strongly produced, rounded, not prominent from upper view...........................................................................................
Chaetocnema kumaonensis
Scherer, 1969
30. Peri-scutellar punctures
form three
rows...................................
Chaetocnema concinnicollis
(
Baly 1874
)
- Peri-scutellar punctures geminate........................................................................ 31
31. Head evenly and strongly punctate; frons, orbit and vertex evenly punctate with equally strong punctures.........................................................................
Chaetocnema eastafghanica
Konstantinov
et al.
, 2011
- Head with frons more strongly punctate than vertex; punctures on vertex shallow and distant........................ 32
32. Pronotum widened anteriorly, with base narrower than apex..........................
Chaetocnema bella
(
Baly, 1876
)
- Pronotum not widened anteriorly, with base as wide as or wider than apex....................................... 33
33. Peri-scutellar punctures geminate or occasionally
form three
rows, peri-scutellar rows of punctures reach the middle of elytra; hind wings reduced..........................................................
Chaetocnema cognata
Baly, 1877
- Peri-scutellar punctures
form single
row or geminate, with fewer punctures than in
C. cognata
, peri-scutellar rows of punctures short, not reaching the middle of elytra.........................................
Chaetocnema afghana
Gruev, 1988