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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF849953FF24F89F01D28421" bold="true" box="[151,458,1867,1893]" italics="true" pageId="1">Blepharidina aliquantula</emphasis>
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(
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,
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,
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,
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF849953FF24F80E024F84B4" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[151,599,2010,2032]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burtli" subGenus="Blepharidina">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF849953FF24F80E01EF84B4" box="[151,503,2010,2032]" italics="true" pageId="1">Blepharidina (Blepharidina) burtli</emphasis>
(
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:
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. 2017: 129 (pars)
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.
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: “
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, Mogadiscio (
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),
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,
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leg.” (MSNG).
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FF74FF6801228391" bold="true" box="[199,314,188,213]" pageId="2">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FEFEFF6802768390" box="[333,622,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="2">Blepharidina aliquantula</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FDC8FF6802C28391" box="[635,730,188,213]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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shows major affinity with
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF879950FB90FF6904CF8390" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1059,1239,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasigauensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FB90FF6904CF8390" box="[1059,1239,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="2">B. kasigauensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FB57FF68055B8391" box="[1252,1347,188,213]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF879950FA37FF6900F783BC" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FA37FF6900F783BC" italics="true" pageId="2">B. regalini</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FF45FF0B014983BC" box="[246,337,223,248]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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due to the similar shape of the aedeagus (
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,
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,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FC72FF0B03F983BC" box="[961,993,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURES 5054" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1935,1958]" captionTargetBox="[168,1404,330,1902]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,317,1914]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 5054. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 50, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., holotype; 51, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), from Ramisi River, Kenya; 52, B. partita (Jacoby), from Solwezi, Zambia; 53, B. picta (Kolbe), from Mikindani, Tanzania; 54, B. regalini sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618651/files/figure.png" pageId="2">54</figureCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF879950FBD9FF35051483BC" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1130,1292,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aliquantula" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FBD9FF35051483BC" box="[1130,1292,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="2">B. aliquantula</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FAA7FF0B057683BC" bold="true" box="[1300,1390,223,248]" pageId="2">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FAA7FF0B057683BC" box="[1300,1390,223,248]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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has clearly smaller size, brighter color on the dorsal integuments (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FCE0FED003A18258" box="[851,953,260,285]" 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="2">Figs 1, 9</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FC76FED003FA8258" box="[965,994,260,284]" 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="2">18</figureCitation>
) and the aedeagus more distinctly bent dorsally at the apical third in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FDC5FEF302D38204" box="[630,715,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURES 3843" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1842,1865]" captionTargetBox="[168,1416,210,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,193,1821]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 3843. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 38, B. aliquantula sp. nov., holotype; 39, B. bimbiensis (Bechyné), lectotype; 40, B. burtli (Bryant), from Manjoni, Tanzania; 41, B. carinata (Bryant), lectotype; 42, B. guttulata (Baly), from Masséssé, Republic of Congo; 43, B. himba sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618647/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
). The new species also differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF879950FBD0FEFD050A8204" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1123,1298,296,320]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasigauensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FBD0FEFD050A8204" box="[1123,1298,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="2">B. kasigauensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FAA9FEF3056C8204" bold="true" box="[1306,1396,295,320]" pageId="2">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FAA9FEF3056C8204" box="[1306,1396,295,320]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
for the antero-lateral part of pronotum (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FD8AFE9802D98220" box="[569,705,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 2633" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,193,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[150,1436,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2633. Blepharidina s. str. species pronotum and basal part of elytra, in lateral view: 26, B. aliquantula sp. nov.; 27, B. burtli (Bryant); 28, B. kasigauensis sp. nov.; 29, B. kenyana sp. nov.; 30, B. knighti (Bryant); 31, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby); 32, B. picta (Kolbe); 33, B. regalini sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618643/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Figs 26, 28</figureCitation>
), visible in dorsal view (not visible in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FB3BFE9905218220" box="[1160,1337,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2">B. kasigauensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because downward oriented), and from
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FDB2FEA5026482CC" box="[513,636,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="2">B. regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FD35FEBB02FB82CC" bold="true" box="[646,739,367,392]" pageId="2">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF879950FD35FEBB02FB82CC" box="[646,739,367,392]" pageId="2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, for the different punctation on the antero-lateral surface of pronotum (
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF879950FF74FE6302828739" pageId="2" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF879950FF74FE6302828739" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="2">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FF74FE6302158294" bold="true" box="[199,525,439,464]" pageId="2">
Description of the
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</emphasis>
(
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). Body elliptical-elongate, rather convex (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FBA4FE6304418294" box="[1047,1113,439,464]" 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="2">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); LB =
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; maximum pronotal width (WP =
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) in basal third; maximum elytral width (WE =
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) in middle. Head brown with yellowish antennae; labrum with lateral pale patches; pronotum with bright yellow and brown patches, latter mostly on groups and lines of punctures; elytra bright yellow with brown striae of punctures and some large and irregular brown patches (4 medial and 5 lateral); legs brown, with slightly paler tarsi. Head distinctly pubescent, roughly and densely punctate; frontal grooves short, weakly impressed; frontal tubercles slightly elongate, flat; interantennal space little wider than length of first antennomere; interocular space wider than transverse ocular width; antennae as long as half body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.50); LA: 100:46:69:69:85:69:69:69:69:69:85. Pronotum subrectangular, distinctly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.71), with clearly sinuate lateral margin; anterior margin slightly thicker than basal margin, and slightly sinuate laterally; anterior angles distinctly prominent laterally; pronotal surface with lines and groups of differently sized punctures (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FEA4FC9001768019" box="[279,366,836,861]" captionStart="FIGURES 2633" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1899,1922]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,193,1878]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[150,1436,193,1878]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 2633. Blepharidina s. str. species pronotum and basal part of elytra, in lateral view: 26, B. aliquantula sp. nov.; 27, B. burtli (Bryant); 28, B. kasigauensis sp. nov.; 29, B. kenyana sp. nov.; 30, B. knighti (Bryant); 31, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby); 32, B. picta (Kolbe); 33, B. regalini sp. nov." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618643/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
); pronotal base with two moderately impressed lateral longitudinal striae. Scutellum brown, subtriangular. Elytra moderately elongate (LE =
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; WE/LE = 0.73; LE/LP = 3.05), subparallel laterally, jointly rounded and entirely covering pygidium posteriorly; punctation clearly impressed, arranged in 9 (+ 1 scutellar) regular rows; interstriae flat, apart from most lateral weakly carinate posteriorly. First pro- and mesotarsomeres distinctly dilated; tarsal claws bifid. Ventral parts brown; last abdominal ventrite without distinctive preapical impressions. Aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.57) (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FB33FC2304CE8754" box="[1152,1238,1015,1040]" captionStart="FIGURES 3843" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1842,1865]" captionTargetBox="[168,1416,210,1811]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,193,1821]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 3843. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 38, B. aliquantula sp. nov., holotype; 39, B. bimbiensis (Bechyné), lectotype; 40, B. burtli (Bryant), from Manjoni, Tanzania; 41, B. carinata (Bryant), lectotype; 42, B. guttulata (Baly), from Masséssé, Republic of Congo; 43, B. himba sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618647/files/figure.png" pageId="2">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
) in ventral view slightly sinuate laterally, with subtriangular apical part and small median tooth; ventral sulcus wide, open towards basal part; in lateral view, median lobe distinctly narrowed subapically, with clearly bent dorsally apical third; dorsal ligula short, connected to apical fourth.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3736527FF879950FF74FB53049C87E4" box="[199,1156,1159,1184]" pageId="2" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FF74FB53015E87E4" bold="true" box="[199,326,1159,1184]" pageId="2">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is a Latin female adjective referring to its small size.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF879950FF74FB7804678649" pageId="2" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF879950FF74FB7804DD8781" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1293]" box="[199,1221,1196,1221]" pageId="2">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FF74FB7801418781" bold="true" box="[199,345,1196,1221]" pageId="2">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF879950FED4FB7801DB8781" box="[359,451,1196,1221]" name="Somalia" pageId="2">Somalia</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF879950FE61FB78023E8781" box="[466,550,1196,1221]" 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="2">Fig. 68</figureCitation>
). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF879950FF74FB1B04678649" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="2">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF879950FF74FB1B018887AC" bold="true" box="[199,400,1231,1256]" pageId="2">Ecological Notes</emphasis>
. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Eastern African Xeric Scrub vegetation (belonging to the Warm Desert &amp; Semi-Desert Scrub &amp; Grassland formation).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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