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 macarthuri (Bryant) ( Figs 13 , 23 , 49 , 60 , 69 ) Blepharida macarthuri Bryant, 1948 : 150 Blepharidina macarthuri (Bryant) : Biondi et al. 2017: 131 Type material examined . Lectotype ♂ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “( KENYA ) MacArthur and Museum Staff., Ikutha ( 2°04′12''S , 38°10′48''E ). 1–42” ( BMNH ) . Paralectotypes : KENYA , “Makindu ( 2°16′30''S , 37°49′12''E ), xii.1933 , MacArthur”, 1 ♀ ( BMNH ). Additional material examined in Appendix 1 . Taxonomic observations . Blepharidina macarthuri shows clear affinities with B. ornaticollis . These two species share: similar size, habitus, sculpture of the dorsal integuments ( Figs 13, 15 ), anterior margin of the pronotum slightly thicker medially than laterally ( Figs 23, 25 ); anterior angles of the pronotum sharply pointed and laterally oriented ( Fig. 31 ), and dorsal surface of the aedeagus densely carinate longitudinally ( Figs 49 , 51 ). However, B . macarthuri is mainly distinguishable by the more slender distal part of the aedeagus ( Figs 49 , 51 ), and the spermatheca with thicker and subcylindrical basal part (piriform and elongate in B. ornaticollis ) ( Figs 60, 62 ). Morphometry in Appendix 2. Distribution . Kenya ( Fig. 69 ). Possibly Northern–Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype. Ecological notes . The collection sites fall within the following vegetation types : Eastern African Xeric Scrub (belonging to the Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland formation); Eastern African Salt Pan (belonging to the Salt Marsh formation); Afromontane Dry Forest (belonging to the Tropical Montane Humid Forest formation).