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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Habitus of Pyrrhalta taiwana Kimoto and P. viridipennis Kimoto A P. taiwana, male, dorsal view B ditto, ventral view C ditto, lateral view D P. viridipennis, male, dorsal view E ditto, ventral view F ditto, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545541" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 11A-C</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Field photographs of Pyrrhalta taiwana Kimoto and P. viridipennis Kimoto on host plant A host plant for P. tahsiangi, Vaccinium randaiense B mature larva of P. taiwana C pupa of P. taiwana D adult of P. taiwana E Third-instar larva of P. viridipennis F adult of P. viridipennis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545543" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 13A-D</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kimoto" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Pyrrhalta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pyrrhalta taiwana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwana">Pyrrhalta taiwana</taxonomicName>
Kimoto, 1969: 27 (Taiwan);
<bibRefCitation author="Kimoto, S" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Institute of Comparative Studies of International Cultures and Societies" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 152" refId="B39" refString="Kimoto, S, Chu, Y-I, 1996. Systematic catalog of Chrysomelidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Institute of Comparative Studies of International Cultures and Societies 16: 1 - 152" title="Systematic catalog of Chrysomelidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Coleoptera)." volume="16" year="1996">Kimoto and Chu 1996</bibRefCitation>
: 57 (catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Kimoto, S" journalOrPublisher="Tokai University Press, Tokyo" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B42" refString="Kimoto, S, Takizawa, H, 1997. Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Taiwan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo" title="Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) of Taiwan." year="1997">Kimoto and Takizawa 1997</bibRefCitation>
: 300 (key), 374;
<bibRefCitation author="Beenen, R" editor="Loebl, I" journalOrPublisher="6). Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="443 - 491" publicationUrl="https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20123189777" refId="B3" refString="Beenen, R, 2010. Galerucinae. In: Loebl, I, Smetana, A, Eds., Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol. 6). Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup: 443 - 491, https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20123189777" title="Galerucinae." url="https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20123189777" volumeTitle="Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Vol." year="2010">Beenen 2010</bibRefCitation>
: 453 (catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Xue, HJ" journalOrPublisher="Junk, ' s-Gravenhage" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103331643" refId="B93" refString="Xue, HJ, Yang, X-K, 2010. Species catalogue of Pyrrhalta Joannis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of the world. Entomotaxonomia 32 (supplement): 119-136. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103331643" title="Species catalogue of Pyrrhalta Joannis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of the world. Entomotaxonomia 32 (supplement): 119 - 136." url="https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103331643" year="2010">Xue and Yang 2010</bibRefCitation>
: 130 (catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Yang, X" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B98" refString="Yang, X, Ge, S, Nie, R, Ruan, Y, Li, W, 2015. Chinese leaf beetles. Science Press, Beijing" title="Chinese leaf beetles." year="2015">Yang et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
: 121 (catalogue).
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: Wilcox, 1971: 90 (catalogue).
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♂ (KUEC): &quot;[Formosa] / Hassenzan [= Pahsienshan,
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] (
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) / Kahodai [= Chiaobaotai,
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]-Reimei [= Liming,
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] / 12. Vii. 1932 / Teiso Esaki [p, w] //
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/
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/ Kimoto, n. sp. [h, w] // HOLOTYPE [p, r]&quot;.
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.
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:
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,
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(TARI),
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(自忠),
<collectingDate value="2011-06-05">5.VI.2011</collectingDate>
(reared from larvae), leg.
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;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2009-07-03" collectorName="S. - F. Yu" country="Taiwan" location="Chungchihkuan" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Kaohsiung">
<collectingRegion country="Taiwan" name="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</collectingRegion>
:
<specimenCount type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
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(中之關),
<collectingDate value="2009-07-03">3.VII.2009</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>S.-F. Yu</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-07-01" collectorName="M. - H. Tsou" country="Taiwan" location="Chungchihkuan" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Kaohsiung">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
(TARI), same locality,
<collectingDate value="2019-07-01">1.VII.2019</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>M.-H. Tsou</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2008-07-31" collectorName="C. - T. Yao" country="Taiwan" location="Tengchih" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3" stateProvince="Kaohsiung">
<specimenCount type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E8D5C90C18B51D380025DF5DFAA6102:0D0678D73E3C0CE05B04E0539A52B8BA" country="Taiwan" name="Tengchih" stateProvince="Kaohsiung">Tengchih</location>
(藤枝),
<collectingDate value="2008-07-31">31.VII.2008</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>C.-T. Yao</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-07-23" collectorName="J. - C. Chen" country="Taiwan" location="Tahsuehshan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Taichung">
<collectingRegion country="Taiwan" name="Taichung">Taichung</collectingRegion>
:
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E8D5C90C18B51D380025DF5DFAA6102:697FA8430AED4CE61B67BA7F6D5E2449" country="Taiwan" name="Tahsuehshan" stateProvince="Taichung">Tahsuehshan</location>
(大雪山),
<collectingDate value="2011-07-23">23.VII.2011</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>J.-C. Chen</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-07-15" collectorName="B. - X. Guo." country="Taiwan" location="Lichia" specimenCount="13" specimenCount-female="7" specimenCount-male="6" stateProvince="Taitung">
<collectingRegion country="Taiwan" name="Taitung">Taitung</collectingRegion>
:
<specimenCount type="male">6♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">7♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:7E8D5C90C18B51D380025DF5DFAA6102:5B01F00C91656046A8F08B2856DCCAF7" country="Taiwan" name="Lichia" stateProvince="Taitung">Lichia</location>
trail (利嘉林道),
<collectingDate value="2014-07-15">15.VII.2014</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>B.-X. Guo.</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Redescription.</paragraph>
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Length 5.6-7.0 mm, width 2.6-3.0 mm. Body color (Fig.
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) yellowish brown; elytra green but with wide yellow stripe along lateral margin; lateral margins of tibiae darkened. Eyes small, interocular space 2.33-2.58
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diameter of eye. Antennae filiform in males (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12A</figureCitation>
), length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.6: 1.1: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 2.5: 2.3: 3.7: 3.6: 3.6: 3.6: 3.4: 3.2: 3.1: 3.1: 4.9; similar in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12B</figureCitation>
), length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.6: 1.1: 1.0: 0.9: 0.8: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.8, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 2.5: 2.3: 4.0: 3.7: 3.5: 3.6: 3.5: 3.3: 3.1: 3.0: 3.7. Pronotum and elytra convex. Pronotum 2.1-2.2
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wider than long, disc with reticulate microsculpture; with dense, coarse punctures, and short pubescence, with median longitudinal and lateral depressions; lateral margins rounded, widest at middle, apical and basal margin slightly concave; anterior and posterior setiferous punctures strongly erect. Elytra elongate and broad, parallel-sided, 1.6
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longer than wide; disc smooth, with dense, fine punctures, and short pubescence. Apical spur of tibia of middle leg absent and tarsomere I not modified in males. Aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12C, D</figureCitation>
) slender in dorsal view, 6.6
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longer than wide, parallel-sided, asymmetric, apically narrowed from apical 1/5, apex acute; ostium large, not covered by a membrane; straight but strongly curved near base in lateral view, slightly curved at middle, apex narrowly rounded; primary endophallic sclerite elongate, 0.4
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as long as aedeagus. Only apices of gonocoxae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12F</figureCitation>
) sclerotized, elongate, with several short setae near apex, and four long setae in apical area. Ventrite VIII (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12E</figureCitation>
) well sclerotized, strongly broadened near apex, outer sides strongly curved, several short setae along apical margin and bearing cluster of long setae medially, spiculum long. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12G</figureCitation>
) very swollen; pump short and strongly curved; sclerotized proximal spermathecal duct wide and short. Apical margin of abdominal ventrite V slightly concave medially, with deep depression with an indistinct margin medially in males (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12I</figureCitation>
); deep notch in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 11.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pyrrhalta taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kimoto and
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</taxonomicName>
Kimoto
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. taiwana" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
ditto, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. viridipennis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="viridipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. viridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
ditto, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 12.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lee &amp; Bezděk" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Ericaceae" genus="Pyrrhalta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pyrrhalta houjayi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pyrrhalta houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
antenna, male
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
antenna, female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
aedeagus, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite VIII
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
spermatheca
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
gonocoxae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite V, female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite V, male.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Adults of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. taiwana" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kimoto and
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. houjayi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are characterized by their partly green elytra without longitudinal ridges.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kimoto" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Ericaceae" genus="Pyrrhalta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pyrrhalta taiwana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pyrrhalta taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. houjayi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by the entirely green elytra, except lateral margins, and wider elytra (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Field photographs of Pyrrhalta taiwana Kimoto and P. viridipennis Kimoto on host plant A host plant for P. tahsiangi, Vaccinium randaiense B mature larva of P. taiwana C pupa of P. taiwana D adult of P. taiwana E Third-instar larva of P. viridipennis F adult of P. viridipennis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545543" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13D</figureCitation>
), 1.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide (presence of the wide brown band along suture of elytra, and more slender elytra (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Pyrrhalta gressitti Kimoto, P. houjayi sp. nov., and P. tahsiangi sp. nov. A P. gressitti, male, dorsal view B ditto, ventral view C ditto, lateral view D P. houjayi sp. nov., male, dorsal view E ditto, ventral view F ditto, lateral view G P. tahsiangi sp. nov., male, dorsal view H ditto, ventral view I ditto, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545535" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Field photographs of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. on host plant A young larvae feeding on tender shoots B host plant blooming and sprouting at the same time in Tahsuehshan (大雪山) C flower buds with holes caused by larvae D Larva found inside the flower buds E one larva feeding on pedicels F adults." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545539" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9F</figureCitation>
), 1.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. houjayi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); broad aedeagus, 6.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, with tapering apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12C</figureCitation>
) (slender aedeagus, 7.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, with apex curved to right (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G abdominal ventrite V, female H abdominal ventrite V, male I gonocoxae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545538" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8C</figureCitation>
) in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. houjayi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.); one endophallic sclerite, slender, lacking teeth at apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G gonocoxae H abdominal ventrite V, female I abdominal ventrite V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545542" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">12C, D</figureCitation>
) (two endophallic slerites, primary endophallic sclerite with teeth at apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Diagnostic characters of Pyrrhalta houjayi sp. nov. A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII F spermatheca G abdominal ventrite V, female H abdominal ventrite V, male I gonocoxae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545538" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8C, D</figureCitation>
) in
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. houjayi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="houjayi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. houjayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="host">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Host plants.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Larvae and adults feed on leaves of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayata" authorityYear="1911" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium randaiense" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="randaiense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Vaccinium randaiense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hayata (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Field photographs of Pyrrhalta taiwana Kimoto and P. viridipennis Kimoto on host plant A host plant for P. tahsiangi, Vaccinium randaiense B mature larva of P. taiwana C pupa of P. taiwana D adult of P. taiwana E Third-instar larva of P. viridipennis F adult of P. viridipennis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545543" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">13A</figureCitation>
); adults feed on leaves of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayata" authorityYear="1913" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhododendron leptosanthum" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="leptosanthum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhododendron leptosanthum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hayata (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Ericaceae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1039.64740.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/545543" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 13.</emphasis>
Field photographs of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kimoto" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Ericaceae" genus="Pyrrhalta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pyrrhalta taiwana" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pyrrhalta taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kimoto and
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. viridipennis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="viridipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. viridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kimoto on host plant
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
host plant for
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. tahsiangi" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="tahsiangi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. tahsiangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayata" authorityYear="1911" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium randaiense" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="randaiense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Vaccinium randaiense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
mature larva of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. taiwana" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
pupa of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. taiwana" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
adult of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. taiwana" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="taiwana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. taiwana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
Third-instar larva of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. viridipennis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="viridipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. viridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
adult of
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="P. viridipennis" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="viridipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. viridipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Mrs Su-Fang Yu found adults feeding on leaves of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayata" authorityYear="1913" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhododendron leptosanthum" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="leptosanthum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhododendron leptosanthum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
July 3, 2009 in Chungchihkung, southern Taiwan. The first author and Mr. Mei-Hua Tsou found a number of larvae feeding tender leaves of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hayata" authorityYear="1911" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium randaiense" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="randaiense">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Vaccinium randaiense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
May 9, 2011 in Tzuchung, southern Taiwan. These were reared in the laboratory. They began burrowing into soil May 12 and built underground chambers for pupation. The newly eclosed adults emerged from soil May 25.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This species is widespread at mid-altitudes (1,500-2,500 m) in southern Taiwan.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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