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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Theopea bicolor, T. bicoloroides sp. nov., and T. mouhoti. A T. bicolor, male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C T. bicolor, female, dorsal view D T. bicoloroides sp. nov., male, dorsal view E Same, ventral view F T. bicoloroides sp. nov., female, dorsal view G T. mouhoti, male H Same, ventral view I T. mouhoti, female, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380656" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figs 1D-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">, 3</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kimoto" authorityYear="1989" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Theopea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theopea bicolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">Theopea bicolor</taxonomicName>
Kimoto, 1989: 199 (part); Medvedev, 2000: 178 (Laos);
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, 2012: 401 (China: Yunnan).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Types.</paragraph>
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Holotype ♂ (NMPC),
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. 20 km NW Louang Namhta,
<geoCoordinate degrees="21" direction="north" minutes="09.2" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="21.153334">21°09.2'N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="101" direction="east" minutes="18.7" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="101.31167">101°18.7'E</geoCoordinate>
, 800-1100 m, 5-11.V.1987, leg. M.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Štrba">Strba</normalizedToken>
and R. Hergovits; Paratypes. 1♂ (NMPC), same data as holotype; LAOS. Boli Kham Xai: 1♀ (RBCN), Ban Nok env.,
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="08.7" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="18.145">18°08.7'N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate degrees="104" direction="east" minutes="28.1" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="104.46833">104°28.1'E</geoCoordinate>
, Route no 8, 220 m, 9-14.V.1998, leg. E. Jendek, and O. Sausa; 1♂ (HNHM), Phou Khao Kouay NBCA, Tad Leuk Waterfall, 280 m, 11-12.IV.1998, leg. O. Merkl and G. Csorba (identified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Theopea bicolor</emphasis>
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by
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); Hua Phan: 3♂♂, 6♀♀ (JBCB), 25km SE Vieng Xai (by road), Ban Kangpabong env.,
<geoCoordinate degrees="20" direction="north" minutes="19" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="20.316668">20°19'N</geoCoordinate>
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, 14.-18.V.2001, leg. J.
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;
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. Yunnan: 2♀♀ (TARI), Mohan (磨憨), 14.V.2016, leg. Y.-T. Wang.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Kimoto" authorityYear="1989" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Theopea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theopea bicolor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">
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: one paratype ♂ (ZSM), labeled: &quot;Laos 1963 / Umgeb. Vanky [p, w] // Theopea / bicolor / n. sp. [h, w] // PARATYPE [p, b]&quot;.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Description.</paragraph>
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Length 6.1-6.5 mm, width 2.3-2.5 mm. Body color (Fig.
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) dark brown or blackish brown except elytra reddish brown. Antennae filiform in males, but antennomere VI-IX strongly swollen (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3A</figureCitation>
), length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.8: 1.0: 1.0: 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.0: 0.9: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 2.8: 1.3: 2.6: 3.2: 3.2: 2.7: 2.7: 2.7: 2.7: 2.8: 3.4; more slender in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3B</figureCitation>
), length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.8: 0.9: 1.0: 0.9: 0.9: 0.9: 0.9: 0.8: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.0: 1.5: 2.9: 3.3: 3.1: 3.0: 3.3: 3.2: 3.4: 3.1: 3.5. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided, 1.9
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longer than wide; disc with dense, coarse punctures arranged into longitudinal rows, with one weak longitudinal ridge between two longitudinal rows of punctures, basally abbreviated. Tarsomeres I of front legs slightly swollen in males; subparallel in females. Aedeagus (Fig.
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) slender, 6.4
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longer than wide; sides strongly narrowed at apical 1/4 in ventral view, apical margin truncate, with shallow notch; tectum well sclerotized, basally broadened, broader than aedeagus, with hollow area at base of tectum; slightly curved in lateral view; ventral surface with deep notch from near apex, apically extending into basal 2/5; triangular sclerites small; internal sac with one median, elongate sclerite, 0.6
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as long as aedeagus, dorso-ventrally flattened, apically tapering from basal 1/3, apex acute, connected by short broad sclerite at base, disc with dense, transverse rows of hair-like setae and with one pair of elongate, longitudinal rows of stout setae at sides. Gonocoxae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3G</figureCitation>
) elongate, widest at apical 1/6, gonocoxae combined from basal 1/8 to apical 1/7; apices narrowly rounded, each gonocoxa with eight setae along lateral margin from apex to apical 1/6; with one pair of short lateral processes at basal 2/5. Ventrite VIII (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3F</figureCitation>
) elongate and well sclerotized; disc with several long setae at sides and near apical margin, and with dense, short setae along apical margin; spiculum extremely slender. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3H</figureCitation>
) strongly swollen; pump slender and strongly curved; proximal spermathecal duct deeply inserted into receptacle, narrow and long.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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sp. nov.
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Antenna, male
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Antenna, female
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Aedeagus, dorsal view
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Aedeagus, lateral view
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Aedeagus, ventral view
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Abdominal ventrite VIII
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Gonocoxae
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Spermatheca.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Kimoto,
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sp. nov., and
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Baly are characterized by their reddish brown elytra.
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and
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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) can be easily separately from
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by the dark brown or blackish brown head, prothorax, and scutellum, and indistinct ridges on the elytra (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Theopea bicolor, T. bicoloroides sp. nov., and T. mouhoti. A T. bicolor, male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C T. bicolor, female, dorsal view D T. bicoloroides sp. nov., male, dorsal view E Same, ventral view F T. bicoloroides sp. nov., female, dorsal view G T. mouhoti, male H Same, ventral view I T. mouhoti, female, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380656" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">1G-I</figureCitation>
). In addition, males of
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and
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sp. nov. possess median elongate internal aedeagal sclerites that are covered with transverse rows of hair-like setae (Figs
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;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3C, D</figureCitation>
). This differs from those of
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that lack hair-like setae (Fig.
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).
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sp. nov. differs from
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by the relatively broader antennae in males (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3A</figureCitation>
) (length to width ratios of antennomeres V-X less than 3.0
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in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">T. bicoloroides</emphasis>
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sp. nov. but more than 3.0 in
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(Fig.
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)), broadly rounded apex of the ventral surface of the aedeagus (Fig.
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) (narrowly rounded apex of ventral surface of aedeagus in
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(Fig.
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)), endophallic sclerite dorso-ventrally flattened and with longitudinal groove in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Diagnostic characters of Theopea bicoloroides sp. nov. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380658" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">3D</figureCitation>
) (broad and lacking longitudinal groove in lateral view in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">T. bicolor</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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)); and a broad notch at the apex of the gonocoxae (Fig.
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) (slender notch at apex of gonocoxae in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">T. bicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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)).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">
This new species is named for the similarity with
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Kimoto.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">China: Yunnan; Laos.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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