The genus Cangshanaltica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): overview, new species, and notes on species complexes
Author
Damaška, Albert František
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Author
Ruan, Yongying
Plant Protection Research Center, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Author
Fikáček, Martin
0000-0002-2078-6798
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. & Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2078 - 6798
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-12-07
5219
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journal article
203547
10.11646/zootaxa.5219.1.2
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Key to described species of
Cangshanaltica
Konstantinov, Chamorro, Prathapan, Ge & Yang
1 Pronotum and elytra differently colored or elytra with a color pattern (Figs 4,6,7).................................. 2
- Pronotum and elytra unicolorous......................................................................... 5
2 Elytra black or dark blackish-brown with yellowish spots in basal and humeral parts and a yellowish brown stripe along epipleura; elytral apices yellowish brown (Median lobe of aedeagus widened towards apex;
Fig. 6
)...
C. marginata
sp. nov.
- Elytra with a dark spot or spots.......................................................................... 3
3 Each elytron brownish ochraceous with a dark central spot (Antennomeres VII—XI distinctly elongated;
Fig. 4
)...........................................................................................
C. guanxiensis
sp. nov.
- Elytra yellow with multiple dark spots.................................................................... 4
4 Elytra with 6 dark spots..................................................
C. ogatai
Takemoto & Suenaga, 2021
- Elytra with 4 dark spots (
Fig. 7
)......................... A species complex related to
C. ogatai
distributed in
Taiwan
.
5 Dorsum without, or with a feeble metallic luster............................................................ 6
- Dorsum with a strong blue or green metallic luster......................................................... 11
6 Length greater than
1.5 mm
in males,
1.7 mm
in females..................................................... 7
- Body minute, length less than or equal to
1.5 mm
in males,
1.7 mm
in females.................................... 9
7 Dorsum brown....................................................................................... 8
- Dorsum black with feeble greenish metallic luster (median lobe of aedeagus gradually narrowing towards apex;
Fig. 2
)......................................................
C. nigra
Konstantinov, Chamorro, Prathapan, Ge & Yang, 2013
8 Dorsum chestnut brown; antennae flattened,; median lobe of aedeagus elongate and slender with sharp parallel margins on dorsal side, pointed; antennomere XI distinctly paler than X (
Fig. 5
)...................
Cangshanaltica javana
sp. nov.
- Dorsum dark brown; median lobe of aedeagus shorter, parallel-sided without distinct sharp margins, apex blunt; antennomere XI only slightly paler than X, antennae almost unicolorous chestnut brown...
C. siamensis
Damaška & Konstantinov, 2016
.
9 Body circular; median lobe of aedeagus with blunt apex; spermathecal receptacle short....................................................................................................
C. sprynari
Damaška & Aston, 2019
- Body oval; median lobe of aedeagus with apex pointed; spermathecal receptacle oval-elongate...................... 10
10 Median lobe of aedeagus much slenderer in apical third, then gradually narrowing towards apex, basal part wide and bulbose...........................................................
C. fuanensis
Ruan, Konstantinov & Damaška, 2022
- Median lobe of aedeagus slightly narrowing towards apex, almost parallel-sided, apex arrow-like, basal part not strongly widened (
Fig 3
).................................................................
C. castanea
(
Gruev, 1985
)
11 Median lobe of aedeagus narrower, narrowing towards apex; spermathecal duct with coils; metallic luster violet-blue; elytra almost impunctate; tibial spur length same or less than length of metatarsomere II..............................................................................................
C. luzonica
Damaška, Mohagan & Fikáček, 2020
- Median lobe of aedeagus wider, parallel-sided; spermathecal duct without coils; elytra irregularly but distinctly punctate; metallic luster greenish; tibial spur longer than metatarsomere II...
C. mindanaoensis
Damaška, Mohagan & Fikáček, 2020