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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF24FD28019E8052" bold="true" box="[151,390,764,790]" italics="true" pageId="20">Blepharidina rudeli</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF24FCB201538038" box="[151,331,870,892]" italics="true" pageId="20">Blepharida rudeli</emphasis>
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: 41
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<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FF24FC5101AF80DF" authority="(Weise)" authorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[151,439,901,923]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rudeli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF24FC51014780DF" box="[151,351,901,923]" italics="true" pageId="20">Blepharidina rudeli</emphasis>
(Weise)
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: Biondi
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FDBFFC52025880DF" box="[524,576,901,923]" italics="true" pageId="20">et al.</emphasis>
2017: 133
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF24FC1301A680A4" bold="true" box="[151,446,967,992]" pageId="20">Type material examined</emphasis>
.
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(
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des. in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FCC5FC1D03AA80A4" box="[886,946,968,992]" italics="true" pageId="20">et al.</emphasis>
2017): “(
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) Lukuledi (
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,
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), Rudel” (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FBDB01F1876C" bold="true" box="[199,489,1039,1064]" pageId="20">Taxonomic observations</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FE44FBC402CE876C" box="[503,726,1040,1064]" italics="true" pageId="20">Blepharidina rudeli</emphasis>
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can be attributed to the species group including
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FB4EFBC5058D876C" authorityName=": Bechyne" authorityYear="1968" baseAuthorityName="Bechyne" baseAuthorityYear="1948" box="[1277,1429,1040,1064]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bimbiensis">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FB4EFBC5058D876C" box="[1277,1429,1040,1064]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. bimbiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF24FBE101028708" box="[151,282,1077,1100]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. carinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FE9FFBE101AE8708" baseAuthorityName="Baly" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[300,438,1076,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttulata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FE9FFBE101AE8708" box="[300,438,1076,1100]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. guttulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FE7AFBE102218708" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[457,569,1077,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partita">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FE7AFBE102218708" box="[457,569,1077,1100]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. partita</emphasis>
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and, probably,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FD45FBE103DC8708" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[758,964,1076,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sedecimguttata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FD45FBE103DC8708" box="[758,964,1076,1100]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. sedecimguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF919946FC6BFBE0047F8709" box="[984,1127,1076,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 110" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1848,1871]" captionTargetBox="[160,1431,198,1818]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,195,1824]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 110. Blepharidina s. str. species habitus: 1, B. aliquantula sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 2, B. bimbiensis (Bechyné), ♂ lectotype; 3, B. burtli (Bryant), ♂ from Manjoni, Tanzania; 4, B. carinata (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 5, B. delineata (Bryant), ♀ lectotype; 6, B. guttulata (Baly), ♂ from Zamibuo, Angola; 7, B. himba sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 8, B. intermedia (Jacoby), ♂ from Kindwitvi, Tanzania; 9, B. kasigauensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 10, B. kenyana sp. nov., ♂ holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618637/files/figure.png" pageId="20">Figs 2, 4, 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF919946FBCBFBE004DC8708" box="[1144,1220,1076,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 1119" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1843,1866]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,216,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1822]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1119. Blepharidina s. str. species habitus: 11, B. knighti (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 12, B. laesa (Kolbe), ♂ lectotype; 13, B. macarthuri (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 14, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 15, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), ♂ lectotype; 16, B. partita (Jacoby), ♂ from Solwezi, Zambia; 17, B. picta (Kolbe), ♂ from Mikindani, Tanzania; 18, B. regalini sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 19, B. rudeli (Weise), ♀ lectotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618639/files/figure.png" pageId="20">16, 19</figureCitation>
) (see “Taxonomic observations” in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FED0FB8D02198734" box="[355,513,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. bimbiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). However,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FD29FB8D031C8734" box="[666,772,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. rudeli</emphasis>
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is easily recognizable by the partially irregular elytral punctuation (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF919946FE9EFBA8019A87D0" box="[301,386,1148,1173]" captionStart="FIGURES 1119" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1843,1866]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,216,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1822]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 1119. Blepharidina s. str. species habitus: 11, B. knighti (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 12, B. laesa (Kolbe), ♂ lectotype; 13, B. macarthuri (Bryant), ♂ lectotype; 14, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 15, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), ♂ lectotype; 16, B. partita (Jacoby), ♂ from Solwezi, Zambia; 17, B. picta (Kolbe), ♂ from Mikindani, Tanzania; 18, B. regalini sp. nov., ♂ holotype; 19, B. rudeli (Weise), ♀ lectotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618639/files/figure.png" pageId="20">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
), and the reddish-brown dorsal integuments with large and roundish yellow patches. These characters are likely shared, based on the original description of the latter species by Weise (2012), with
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FA37FB7501598798" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sedecimguttata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FA37FB7501598798" italics="true" pageId="20">B. sedecimguttata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FE70FB11023E8798" box="[451,550,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. rudeli</emphasis>
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seems distinguishable for the: number of large yellow patches on each elytron (nine instead of eight in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FE77FB3D028A8644" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[452,658,1256,1280]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sedecimguttata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FE77FB3D028A8644" box="[452,658,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. sedecimguttata</emphasis>
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); deeper and coarser elytral punctation; larger yellow patches on pronotum; more elongate pronotal longitudinal furrows. Compared to
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FC01FAD904298660" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[946,1073,1293,1316]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FC01FAD904298660" box="[946,1073,1293,1316]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. carinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FBF3FAD904DD8660" baseAuthorityName="Baly" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[1088,1221,1292,1316]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttulata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FBF3FAD904DD8660" box="[1088,1221,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. guttulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FB4DFAD905728660" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[1278,1386,1293,1316]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partita">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FB4DFAD905728660" box="[1278,1386,1293,1316]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. partita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the spermatheca in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF919946FEFBFAE501B3860C" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[328,427,1328,1352]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rudeli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FEFBFAE501B3860C" box="[328,427,1328,1352]" italics="true" pageId="20">B. rudeli</emphasis>
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has more slender and sclerotized basal part and more sclerotized ductus (
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). Male is unknown for this species. Morphometry in Appendix 2.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF919946FF74FAA30495869C" pageId="20" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF919946FF74FAA304D686D4" blockId="20.[151,1436,967,1496]" box="[199,1230,1399,1424]" pageId="20">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FAA3014186D4" bold="true" box="[199,345,1399,1424]" pageId="20">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF919946FED4FAA301D486D4" box="[359,460,1399,1424]" name="Tanzania" pageId="20">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF919946FE68FAA3023786D4" box="[475,559,1399,1424]" captionStart="FIGURES 6869" captionStartId="23.[151,264,1661,1684]" captionTargetBox="[151,1423,374,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@23.[151,1436,374,1640]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURES 6869. Blepharidina s. str. species distribution. Vegetation types are from Sayre et al. (2013)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618655/files/figure.png" pageId="20">Fig. 69</figureCitation>
). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF919946FF74FA480495869C" blockId="20.[151,1436,967,1496]" pageId="20">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FA48019086F1" bold="true" box="[199,392,1436,1461]" pageId="20">Ecological notes</emphasis>
. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Miombo &amp; Associated Broadleaf Savanna (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna &amp; Shrubland formation).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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