Revision of Gallerucida singularis species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
Author
Lee, Chi-Feng
Author
Ẽk, Jan Bezd
text
Zootaxa
2013
3647
2
358
370
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.7
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1175-5326
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Gallerucida
Motschulsky
Diagnosis.
Body oblong, stout, convex, fairly broad,
5-12 mm
long, glabrous. Antennae vary from filiform to stout and flat, sometimes moderately serrate. Pronotum broader than long, anterior margin bordered, all pronotal angles with seta-bearing pore. Elytra with punctation confused to semiregular double rows. Mesosternum largely covered by anterior edge of metasternum. Posterior tibia with minute apical spine. Claws appendiculate.
Doryida
Baly
,
Doryidomorpha
Laboissière
,
Haemodoryida
Chen
and
Laphris
Baly
resemble
Gallerucida
in having the mesosternum covered by the anterior edge of metasternum. However,
Doryida
,
Doryidomorpha
and
Haemodoryida
can easily be differentiated by the absence of metatibial spine, which is present in
Gallerucida
.
Laphris
is distinct with the third antennomere about four times longer than the second (second antennomere is not shorter than half of third in
Gallerucida
).