A taxonomic study on the genus Harpapion Voss, 1966 from China (Coleoptera, Apionidae) Author Wang, Zhiliang Author Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. Author Zhang, Runzhi text ZooKeys 2013 358 25 44 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.358.6136 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.358.6136 1313-2970-358-25 89F2DF579EB047578819114F79452FAB 89F2DF579EB047578819114F79452FAB Harpapion considerandum ( Fahraeus , 1871) Figures 1-7 Remarks. Pygidium subsemicircular in dorsal view, 0.83 x as long as wide, apical flange strongly raised, transverse sulcus deep (Figure 5-6). Figures 1-7. Harpapion considerandum Fahraeus , 1871 1 tegmen, dorsal view 2 tegmen, lateral view 3 penis, dorsal view 4 penis, lateral view 5 pygidium, dorsal view 6 pygidium, lateral view 7 ninth sternite (spiculum gastrale). Scales (mm): 1-2: 0.2, 3-4: 0.2, 5-6: 0.1, 7: 0.1. Genitalia and terminalia. Ninth sternite (spiculum gastrale) Y-shaped, slender and nearly symmetrical, not winged, manubrium about 1.21 x as long as arms (Figure 7). Penis in dorsal view with pedon gradually and distinctly constricted apicad from apical 1/3, apex rounded, tectum apically constricted; temones moderately elongate, about 0.76 x as long as pedon; in side view pedon extremely incurved at apical 1/4, nearly forming a 60° angle, with apical plate slightly recurved at extreme apex, without projections; endophallus with dense tiny spicules (Figures 3-4). Tegminal plate articulated with free ring, laterally developed, enveloping; parameroid lobes with apical membranous area long, bearing two tufts of visible microchaetae apically; basal sclerotized area elongate, front margin weakly sinuate medially, bearing 4 long macrochaetae dorsolaterally on each side; fenestrae large, not separated; linea arquata visible; prostegium bidentate, teeth elongate, curved; median unsclerotized strip elongate and nearly reaching the anterior margin of fenestrae. Manubrial apex asymmetrically broadened (Figures 1-2). Materials . 1♂: (white, printed): Magila / E. Africa / A. V. Legros / 98-190; (white, printed and handwritten): Wagner det. ♂ / considerandum Fahr .; 1♀: (white, handwritten): X. 1983 / in clove tree / CIEA15888; (white, handwritten): Tanzania / Zanjibar / Kitunda; (white, printed): pres by: Comm Inst Ent B. M. 1984-1. Specimens in the NHM. Distribution. Harpapion considerandum s. str. has been recorded from the following African countries: Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex Zaire), Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Natal) ( Balfour-Browne 1944 ; Beguin-Billecocq 1910 ; Fahraeus 1871 ; Hoffmann 1968a , 1968b ; Hustache 1929 , 1939 ; Marshall 1940 ; Voss 1959 , 1966 , 1974 ; Wagner 1911 ). Two subspecies, whose status is doubtful, have been recorded as follows: ssp. circumscriptum (Hartmann, 1897) from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Tanzania ( Hartmann 1897 ; Voss 1966 ); and ssp. combustum (Wagner, 1908) from Tanzania and Angola ( Marshall 1953 ; Wagner 1908 ).