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(
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,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FF40FE0F010A82B7" box="[243,274,475,499]" 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="3">27</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FEAEFE0F012382B7" box="[285,315,475,499]" captionStart="FIGURES 3437" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1221,1244]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[150,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3437. Blepharidina s. str. species elytra, in lateral view: 34, B. burtli (Bryant); 35, B. carinata (Bryant); 36, B. knighti (Bryant); 37, B. picta (Kolbe)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618645/files/figure.png" pageId="3">34</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FEF4FE0F017D82B7" box="[327,357,475,499]" 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="3">40</figureCitation>
,
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF24FDF6015F817C" box="[151,327,546,568]" italics="true" pageId="3">Blepharida burtli</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF869951FF24FD9501A38113" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[151,443,577,599]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burtli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF24FD9501438113" box="[151,347,577,599]" italics="true" pageId="3">Blepharidina burtli</emphasis>
(Bryant)
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: Biondi
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FDA3FD96025B8113" box="[528,579,577,599]" italics="true" pageId="3">et al.</emphasis>
2017: 129, 142 (pars)
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF24FD5001AF81D9" bold="true" box="[151,439,644,669]" pageId="3">Type material examined</emphasis>
.
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2017): “Tanganyika (
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) T., Mshughaa, 30 ml. E of
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),
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<collectingDate id="EF93E984FF869951FD24FD7302EC8184" box="[663,756,679,704]" pageId="3" value="1935-12">xii.1935</collectingDate>
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<collectingDate id="EF93E984FF869951FCB7FD7303528184" box="[772,842,679,704]" pageId="3" value="1936-01">i.1936</collectingDate>
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,
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” (
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)
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.
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: same data as lectotype,
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). Additional material examined in Appendix 1
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.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF74FD3B01F0804C" bold="true" box="[199,488,751,776]" pageId="3">Taxonomic observations</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FE45FD2402D7804C" box="[502,719,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="3">Blepharidina burtli</emphasis>
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, especially in females, is similar to
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FBD0FD2504F2804C" box="[1123,1258,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. delineata</emphasis>
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(
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) in size, habitus and color pattern. However, the two species do not seem closely related because of the clear differences in the spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FEE9FCE301C48014" box="[346,476,823,848]" captionStart="FIGURES 5567" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1377,1400]" captionTargetBox="[170,1421,221,1339]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,193,1356]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 5567. Blepharidina s. str. species spermatheca: 55, B. burtli (Bryant), lectotype; 56, B. carinata (Bryant), paralectotype from Angola; 57, B. delineata (Bryant), lectotype; 58, B. guttulata (Baly) lectotype; 59, B. intermedia (Jacoby), from Bagamoyo, Tanzania; 60, B. macarthuri (Bryant), from Usambara, Tanzania; 61, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov., paratype from Lonely, Zimbabwe; 62, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby), from Ramisi River, Kenya; 63, B. partita (Jacoby), from Huila region, Angola; 64, ditto, from Democratic Republic of The Congo; 65, B. picta (Kolbe), from Lindi region, Tanzania; 66, B. regalini sp. nov., paratype from Taveta, Kenya; 67, B. rudeli (Weise), lectotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618653/files/figure.png" pageId="3">Figs 55, 57</figureCitation>
), having a more elongate distal part, and a thicker and shorter ductus in
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.
</emphasis>
This species can be distinguished also by: the lateral margin of pronotum moderately sinuate (
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), with anterolateral part not visible in dorsal view (almost straight and entirely visible in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FC5FFC55046B80DC" box="[1004,1139,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. delineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); pronotal surface with an incomplete medial stria of punctures touching both posterior and anterior margins (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FBCAFC7004C880F8" box="[1145,1232,932,957]" 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="3">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
) (complete in
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FA37FC7100E780A4" italics="true" pageId="3">B. delineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); elytral surface with smaller points and flat interstriae (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FC3FFC1303F880A4" box="[908,992,967,992]" captionStart="FIGURES 3437" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1221,1244]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[150,1436,213,1182]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 3437. Blepharidina s. str. species elytra, in lateral view: 34, B. burtli (Bryant); 35, B. carinata (Bryant); 36, B. knighti (Bryant); 37, B. picta (Kolbe)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618645/files/figure.png" pageId="3">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
) (with larger points and more carinate interstriae in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF869951FE98FC3901AA8740" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[299,434,1004,1028]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delineata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FE98FC3901AA8740" box="[299,434,1004,1028]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. delineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FDFBFC3802818740" box="[584,665,1004,1029]" 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="3">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
) in ventral view thick and slightly sinuate laterally, with subrounded apical part and small median acute apex; in lateral view, straight and tapered from basal part to subapical part. Based on the general shape of the aedeagus,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF869951FD03FBE1030A8708" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[688,786,1076,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burtli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FD03FBE102D98708" box="[688,705,1077,1100]" italics="true" pageId="3">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FD67FBE0030A8708" box="[724,786,1076,1100]" italics="true" pageId="3">burtli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be closely related to
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FBD1FBE1051F8708" box="[1122,1287,1076,1100]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. aliquantula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FAA0FBE005698709" bold="true" box="[1299,1393,1076,1101]" pageId="3">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF869951FAA0FBE005698709" box="[1299,1393,1076,1101]" pageId="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FA37FBE1013E8734" italics="true" pageId="3">B. kasigauensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FE87FB83018E8734" bold="true" box="[308,406,1111,1136]" pageId="3">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF869951FE87FB83018E8734" box="[308,406,1111,1136]" pageId="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF869951FE50FB8D02798734" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[483,609,1112,1136]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FE50FB8D02798734" box="[483,609,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="3">B. regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FDC3FB8302C98734" bold="true" box="[624,721,1111,1136]" pageId="3">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF869951FDC3FB8302C98734" box="[624,721,1111,1136]" pageId="3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FD5BFB83035E8734" box="[744,838,1111,1136]" 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="3">Figs 38</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FCE9FB8303608734" box="[858,888,1111,1136]" captionStart="FIGURES 4449" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1537,1560]" captionTargetBox="[167,1414,191,1515]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[151,1436,175,1530]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 4449. Blepharidina s. str. species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 44, B. intermedia (Jacoby), from Kindwitvi, Tanzania; 45, B. kasigauensis sp. nov., holotype; 46, B. kenyana sp. nov., holotype; 47, B. knighti (Bryant), lectotype; 48, B. laesa (Kolbe), lectotype; 49, B. macarthuri (Bryant), lectotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618649/files/figure.png" pageId="3">45</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FC3FFB8303B38734" box="[908,939,1111,1136]" 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="3">54</figureCitation>
), but the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FB76FB8D04CE8734" box="[1221,1238,1113,1136]" italics="true" pageId="3">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FB5FFB8C05328734" box="[1260,1322,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="3">burtli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguishable for being slightly stubbier, apically more rounded, and with a differently shaped dorsal ligula. Morphometry in Appendix 2.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF869951FF74FB100536860C" pageId="3" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF869951FF74FB1004D68799" blockId="3.[151,1437,644,1352]" box="[199,1230,1220,1245]" pageId="3">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF74FB1001418799" bold="true" box="[199,345,1220,1245]" pageId="3">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF869951FED4FB1001D48799" box="[359,460,1220,1245]" name="Tanzania" pageId="3">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF869951FE68FB1002368799" box="[475,558,1220,1245]" 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="3">Fig. 68</figureCitation>
). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF869951FF74FB330536860C" blockId="3.[151,1437,644,1352]" pageId="3">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF869951FF74FB3301888644" bold="true" box="[199,400,1255,1280]" pageId="3">Ecological Notes</emphasis>
. Not available. The collection sites fall within the area of Eastern African Xeric Scrub vegetation, and Miombo &amp; Associated Broadleaf Savanna vegetation (belonging respectively to the Warm Desert &amp; Semi-Desert Scrub &amp; Grassland, and Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna &amp; Shrubland formations).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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