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E Thika
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,
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,
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leg.,
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<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF969941FF74FBB6055986DF" blockId="19.[151,1437,942,2011]" pageId="19">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FF74FBB60122873F" bold="true" box="[199,314,1122,1147]" pageId="19">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FEFBFBB70222873F" box="[328,570,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="19">Blepharidina regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FDF2FBB60283873F" bold="true" box="[577,667,1122,1147]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FDF2FBB60283873F" box="[577,667,1122,1147]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FD61FBB70356873F" box="[722,846,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. kenyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FCE6FBB603B6873F" bold="true" box="[853,942,1122,1147]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FCE6FBB603B6873F" box="[853,942,1122,1147]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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share similar size, habitus and color pattern (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FF2CFB5200E287DB" box="[159,250,1158,1183]" 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="19">Figs 10</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FEB9FB53013187DB" box="[266,297,1159,1183]" 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="19">18</figureCitation>
). However,
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FE09FB53022C87DA" box="[442,564,1158,1182]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. regalini</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguished for the following characters: aedeagus clearly different in size, lateral view and shape of the dorsal ligula (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FC87FB7E03938787" box="[820,907,1194,1219]" 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="19">Figs 46</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FC24FB7E03AF8787" box="[919,951,1194,1219]" 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="19">54</figureCitation>
); slender antennomeres and more distinctly carinate elytral interstriae (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FE75FB1A025287A3" box="[454,586,1230,1255]" 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="19">Figs 29, 33</figureCitation>
). Aedeagus of
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF969941FD47FB1B037487A2" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[756,876,1230,1254]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FD47FB1B037487A2" box="[756,876,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FCC7FB1A03D687A3" bold="true" box="[884,974,1230,1255]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FCC7FB1A03D687A3" box="[884,974,1230,1255]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is also similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF969941FB2AFB1B052287A2" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1177,1338,1230,1254]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aliquantula" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FB2AFB1B052287A2" box="[1177,1338,1230,1254]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. aliquantula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FAF1FB1A058487A3" bold="true" box="[1346,1436,1230,1255]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FAF1FB1A058487A3" box="[1346,1436,1230,1255]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF969941FF74FB27016D864F" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[199,373,1267,1291]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kasigauensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FF74FB27016D864F" box="[199,373,1267,1291]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. kasigauensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FECEFB2601C0864F" bold="true" box="[381,472,1266,1291]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FECEFB2601C0864F" box="[381,472,1266,1291]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, but it is distinguishable because more bent dorsally in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FB52FB260520864F" box="[1249,1336,1266,1291]" 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="19">Figs 38</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FAF6FB26057C864F" box="[1349,1380,1266,1291]" 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="19">45</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FAC3FB260588864F" box="[1392,1424,1266,1291]" 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="19">54</figureCitation>
). Based on the external characters,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF969941FD80FAC302A8866A" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[563,688,1302,1326]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FD80FAC302A8866A" box="[563,688,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="19">B. regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FD0CFAC20307866B" bold="true" box="[703,799,1302,1327]" pageId="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF969941FD0CFAC20307866B" box="[703,799,1302,1327]" pageId="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is also recognizable by: lateral margin of pronotum moderately sinuate (more distinctly sinuate in the other two species), with anterior angles visible in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FF2CFA8A01568633" box="[159,334,1374,1399]" 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="19">Figs 26, 28, 33</figureCitation>
); interocular space about as wide as the transverse ocular width (wider in the other two species); elytral color pattern without defined patches (with evident patches in the other two species) (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FB17FA56051186DF" box="[1188,1289,1410,1435]" 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="19">Figs 1, 9</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF969941FAA6FA57052C86DF" box="[1301,1332,1411,1435]" 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="19">18</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF969941FF74FA72021386FB" bold="true" box="[199,523,1446,1471]" pageId="19">
Description of the
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(
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). Body elliptical-elongate, rather convex (
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); LB =
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; maximum pronotal width (WP =
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) in middle. Head brown, with paler clypeus and labrum; antennae yellow; pronotum yellow, with brown patches on groups and lines of punctures; elytra yellow, with brown striae and some small, brown patches on interstriae; legs brownish, with yellowish distal part of tibiae, and tarsi. Head distinctly pubescent, roughly punctate; frontal grooves short, moderately impressed; frontal tubercles poorly delimited, flat; interantennal space little wider than length of first antennomere; interocular space about as wide as transverse ocular width; antennae about as long as half body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.49); LA: 100:35:65:65:85:71:71:65:59:53:71. Pronotum subrectangular, clearly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.90), with moderately sinuate lateral margin (
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); anterior margin slightly thicker than basal margin, and moderately sinuate laterally; anterior angles moderately prominent laterally; pronotal surface with lines and groups of differently sized punctures; pronotal base with two distinctly impressed lateral and longitudinal striae. Scutellum light brown, subrounded, moderately elongate. Elytra moderately elongate (LE =
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; WE/LE = 0.71; LE/LP = 3.57), subparallel laterally, jointly rounded and entirely covering pygidium posteriorly; punctation distinctly impressed, arranged in 9 (+ 1 scutellar) regular rows; interstriae flat, weakly carinate only laterally and 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 = 1.81) (
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) slightly sinuate laterally in ventral view, with subtriangular apical part and small median tooth; ventral sulcus wide, open towards basal part; in lateral view, aedeagus straight but gradually and strongly narrowed in subapical part, because of sinuate dorsal side; dorsal ligula short, connected to approximately the apical fourth.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FEF3012D8204" bold="true" box="[199,309,295,320]" pageId="20">Variation</emphasis>
.
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rather similar in shape, size and sculpture to the
<typeStatus id="54D2880EFF919946FC6DFEF3045C8204" box="[990,1092,295,320]" pageId="20" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; some specimens with slightly darker integument. Female distinguishable by the first pro- and mesotarsomeres not dilated, and the shorter antennae (see Morphometry in Appendix 2). Spermatheca (
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) with globose, elongate basal part; distal part very short, less sclerotized than basal part; ductus thick, but gradually narrowing towards distal part; distal part with a trace of coil.
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<subSubSection id="C3736527FF919946FF74FE080553815C" pageId="20" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FE08015E82B1" bold="true" box="[199,326,476,501]" pageId="20">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet is after one of its collectors, Renato Regalin, our friend and colleague, renowned specialist of
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(
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, Cryptocephalinae), who prematurely passed away in 2016.
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<subSubSection id="C3736527FF919946FF74FDF0035681EC" pageId="20" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FDF001418179" bold="true" box="[199,345,548,573]" pageId="20">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF919946FED4FDF101A88179" box="[359,432,549,573]" name="Kenya" pageId="20">Kenya</collectingCountry>
(
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). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF919946FF74FD9301948124" bold="true" box="[199,396,583,608]" pageId="20">Ecological notes</emphasis>
. Not available. The collection sites fall within the area of Eastern African Xeric Scrub (belonging to the Warm Desert &amp; Semi-Desert Scrub &amp; Grassland formation), and Afromontane Moist Forest (belonging to the Tropical Montane Humid Forest formation).
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