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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1125-171" ID-Pensoft-UUID="5382919A7AE55EB69980E56E77572980" ID-ZooBank="1828511FA4924A3C83CBE1956E4807B4" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1125-171" checkinTime="1666820895009" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Lee, Chi-Feng" docDate="2022" docId="82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1125: 171-192" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1125" docPubDate="2022-10-26" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703" docTitle="Shairella quadricostata Lee 2022, comb. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="1" id="5382919A7AE55EB69980E56E77572980" lastPageNumber="171" masterDocId="5382919A7AE55EB69980E56E77572980" masterDocTitle="The genus Japonitata Strand (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) in Taiwan: a redefinition of the genus and descriptions of two new species" masterLastPageNumber="192" masterPageNumber="171" pageNumber="171" updateTime="1666820895009" updateUser="pensoft">
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<mods:title>The genus Japonitata Strand (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) in Taiwan: a redefinition of the genus and descriptions of two new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Lee, Chi-Feng</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2022</mods:date>
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<taxonomicName LSID="82C415DF-B2AD-5548-B1D3-0A8B6AAE60E4" authority="(Kimoto, 1996)" authorityName="Lee" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kimoto" baseAuthorityYear="1996" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Shairella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Shairella quadricostata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricostata" status="comb. nov.">Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto, 1996)</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus and field photographs of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A holotype, female, dorsal view B ditto, lateral view C labels on the holotypes D nontype, male, dorsal view E ditto, ventral view F ditto, lateral view G two adults collected at Tengchih (藤枝) and feeding on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta H adult resting on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta in Erhwanping (二萬坪)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762425" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Figs 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">, 7</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Distribution map of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) and brachelytrous Shairella species, solid line: 1000 m, broken line: 2000 m. Key: green squares - brachelytrous species, blue circles - adults of S. quadricostata with normal hindwings, red circles- adults of S. quadricostata with reduced hindwings." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762428" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">, 8</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lee" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lee" baseAuthorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Japonitata" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Japonitata quadricostata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricostata" status="comb. nov.">Japonitata quadricostata</taxonomicName>
Kimoto, 1996: 34 (Taiwan).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="type examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Type examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Holotype</emphasis>
♀ (OMNH) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus and field photographs of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A holotype, female, dorsal view B ditto, lateral view C labels on the holotypes D nontype, male, dorsal view E ditto, ventral view F ditto, lateral view G two adults collected at Tengchih (藤枝) and feeding on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta H adult resting on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta in Erhwanping (二萬坪)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762425" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">5A-C</figureCitation>
): &quot;FUNCHIIHU (奮起湖) / TAIWAN / 28.VII.1974 / Y. KIYOYAMA [p, y] // HOLOTYPE [p, r] /
<taxonomicName authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1935" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Japonitata" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Japonitata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Japonitata</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lee" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lee" baseAuthorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Japonitata" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Japonitata quadricostata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricostata">Japonitata quadricostata</taxonomicName>
/ Kimoto, n. sp. [h] / Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p, w] // PHOTO [p, r]&quot;.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Habitus and field photographs of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lee" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Kimoto" baseAuthorityYear="1996" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Shairella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Shairella quadricostata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadricostata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Shairella quadricostata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Kimoto)
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holotype, female, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
labels on the holotypes
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
nontype, male, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
ditto, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">G</emphasis>
two adults collected at Tengchih (藤枝) and feeding on leaves of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Hemiboea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Hemiboea bicornuta" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bicornuta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Hemiboea bicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">H</emphasis>
adult resting on leaves of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Gesneriaceae" genus="Hemiboea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Hemiboea bicornuta" order="Lamiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bicornuta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Hemiboea bicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Erhwanping (二萬坪).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Chiayi</emphasis>
:
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<specimenCount type="male">28♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">11♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:16293D24AA2B6D2A8CB035790B528AC1" municipality="Alishan" name="Erhwanping">Erhwanping</location>
(二萬坪),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="2000.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="m" value="2000.0">2000 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, near
<collectingMunicipality>Alishan</collectingMunicipality>
(阿里山),
<collectingDate value="2014-07-09">9.VII.2014</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>C.-F. Lee</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName>T.-H. Lee</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-08-17" collectorName="B. - X. Guo" location="Alishan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:03A9781EBF4D9AAFBB1EA08492BEF49F" name="Alishan">Alishan</location>
(阿里山),
<collectingDate value="2014-08-17">17.VIII.2014</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>B.-X. Guo</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Ilan" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:88D73F198628265722C1FB6D554563CB" name="Ilan">Ilan</location>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-05-02" collectorName="M. - H. Tsou" elevation="520" location="Chiuchihtse" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:F42297A64981DA63C8AA36208326C6B9" name="Chiuchihtse">Chiuchihtse</location>
(鳩之澤),
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.2" unit="m" value="520.0">520 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2007-05-02">2.V.2007</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>M.-H. Tsou</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1933-05-17" collectingDateMax="1933-05-21" collectingDateMin="1933-05-17" collectorName="M. Chujo" elevation="1900" location="Eboshiyama" municipality="Tulishan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:39CC732521AB524E938F11D49143DEF0" municipality="Tulishan" name="Eboshiyama">Eboshiyama</location>
(=
<collectingMunicipality>Tulishan</collectingMunicipality>
<normalizedToken originalValue="獨立山">獨立山</normalizedToken>
),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" unit="m" value="1900.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" unit="m" value="1900.0">1900 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="1933-05-17" valueMax="1933-05-21" valueMin="1933-05-17">17-21.V.1933</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>M. Chujo</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Kaohsiung" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:01B93AD2D5DC1FE39ED273A17BB11BAB" name="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</location>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2017-08-24" collectorName="B. - X. Guo" elevation="1600" location="Tengchih" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:CD252ECBA15740CB72F3A4EBA668B281" name="Tengchih">Tengchih</location>
(藤枝),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="1600.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2017-08-24">24.VIII.2017</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>B.-X. Guo</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI), same but with
<normalizedToken originalValue="“4.IX.2017”">
&quot;
<date value="2017-09-04">4.IX.2017</date>
&quot;
</normalizedToken>
;
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI), same but with
<normalizedToken originalValue="“15.IX.2019”">
&quot;
<date value="2019-09-15">15.IX.2019</date>
&quot;
</normalizedToken>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-05-11" collectorName="Y. - T. Chung" elevation="1600" location="Tengchih" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3">
<specimenCount type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
(TARI), same locality,
<collectingDate value="2022-05-11">11.V.2022</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Y.-T. Chung</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Nantou" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:9F340AFE4842BD6D0F86EB9DCE7B6F28" name="Nantou">Nantou</location>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2010-08-12" collectorName="Y. - T. Wang" elevation="1700" location="Fenghuangshan" municipality="Hsitou" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:7A8112FF1562A5D90F85E51ECF2F918F" municipality="Hsitou" name="Fenghuangshan">Fenghuangshan</location>
(鳳凰山),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" unit="m" value="1700.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" unit="m" value="1700.0">1700 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, near
<collectingMunicipality>Hsitou</collectingMunicipality>
(溪頭),
<collectingDate value="2010-08-12">12.VIII.2010</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Y.-T. Wang</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-06-14" collectorName="C. - F. Lee" elevation="1000" location="Hsitou" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:8F020DC472716C0FED1F298E0FF16EBD" name="Hsitou">Hsitou</location>
(溪頭),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="1000.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2011-06-14">14.VI.2011</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>C.-F. Lee</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-07-02" collectorName="M. - H. Tsou" elevation="1000" location="Hsitou" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="4">
<specimenCount type="female">4♀</specimenCount>
(TARI), same locality,
<collectingDate value="2011-07-02">2.VII.2011</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>M.-H. Tsou</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI), same but with
<normalizedToken originalValue="“9.VIII.2011”">
&quot;
<date value="2011-08-09">9.VIII.2011</date>
&quot;
</normalizedToken>
;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Pingtung</emphasis>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2017-09-28" collectorName="Y. - T. Chung" elevation="1200" location="Peitawushan" municipality="New Trailhead" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:BF007FD53B62F47EC108F7D876222D8E" municipality="New Trailhead" name="Peitawushan">Peitawushan</location>
(北大武山),
<collectingMunicipality>New Trailhead</collectingMunicipality>
(新登山口),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="m" value="1200.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2017-09-28">28.IX.2017</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Y.-T. Chung</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI), same but with
<normalizedToken originalValue="“10.V.2022”">
&quot;
<date value="2022-05-10">10.V.2022</date>
&quot;
</normalizedToken>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2000-05-06" collectorName="H. - T. Shih" elevation="500" location="Shuangliu" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:3E396F934B286B7D391EFB685A541780" name="Shuangliu">Shuangliu</location>
(雙流),
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="500.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="500.0">500 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2000-05-06">6.V.2000</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>H.-T. Shih</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Taichung" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:352FDB822D80A5C4A254609CE33DB5D7" name="Taichung">Taichung</location>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-05-22" collectorName="C. - T. Hsu" elevation="280" location="Fengyuan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:C305DFCD3304EB1573BD4506D84A294A" name="Fengyuan">Fengyuan</location>
(豐原),
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" unit="m" value="280.0">280 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2019-05-22">22.V.2019</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>C.-T. Hsu</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2020-10-10" collectorName="Y. - C. Hsu" elevation="1200" location="Henglingshan" municipality="Trailhead" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:45969A9207F6DB6E09490D357A72F8C0" municipality="Trailhead" name="Henglingshan">Henglingshan</location>
(橫嶺山),
<collectingMunicipality>Trailhead</collectingMunicipality>
(登山口),
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="m" value="1200.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2020-10-10">10.X.2020</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>Y.-C. Hsu</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" location="Taipei" specimenCount="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:CADDEDD20572BA1C884B4EECEE334B2E" name="Taipei">Taipei</location>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
:
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2010-06-07" collectorName="C. - L. Chiang" elevation="300" location="Manyuehyuan" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:ABD60D3AFAB04EB2F2BC9DC6BEBF62D7" name="Manyuehyuan">Manyuehyuan</location>
(滿月圓),
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="300.0">300 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2010-06-07">7.VI.2010</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>C.-L. Chiang</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2007-05-24" collectorName="H. - J. Chen" elevation="150" location="Wulai" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1">
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI),
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:954A87D99B9495821311C2B013BBD162" name="Wulai">Wulai</location>
(烏來),
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" unit="m" value="150.0">150 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate value="2007-05-24">24.V.2007</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>H.-J. Chen</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-05-03" collectorName="M. - H. Tsou." elevation="150" location="Hsinhsien" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(TARI), same locality (=
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:82C415DFB2AD5548B1D30A8B6AAE60E4:74243244EC8714124EE989BA072EA793" name="Hsinhsien">Hsinhsien</location>
<normalizedToken originalValue="信賢">信賢</normalizedToken>
),
<collectingDate value="2014-05-03">3.V.2014</collectingDate>
, leg.
<collectorName>M.-H. Tsou.</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="redescription">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Redescription.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
Length 6.1-7.7 mm, width 3.1-4.4 mm. General color (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus and field photographs of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A holotype, female, dorsal view B ditto, lateral view C labels on the holotypes D nontype, male, dorsal view E ditto, ventral view F ditto, lateral view G two adults collected at Tengchih (藤枝) and feeding on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta H adult resting on leaves of Hemiboea bicornuta in Erhwanping (二萬坪)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762425" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">5D-F</figureCitation>
) black to dark brown; abdomen yellow to dark brown; five apical antennomeres variably paler. Antennomeres II-XI filiform in males (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6A</figureCitation>
), ratios of lengths of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.7: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.9; ratios of length to width from antennomeres I-XI 2.8: 1.6: 2.8: 3.8: 4.0: 4.2: 4.5: 4.9: 4.9: 4.8: 6.3; more slender in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6B</figureCitation>
), ratios of lengths of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.6: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8; ratios of length to width from antennomeres I-XI 3.4: 1.6: 2.9: 4.1: 4.1: 4.9: 5.2: 5.5: 6.1: 6.0: 6.5. Pronotum 1.8-2.0 times wider than long; disc with scarce fine punctures at sides, reduced medially, with transverse groove near base, medially abbreviated, laterally connected with short longitudinal groove on basal margin; lateral margins slightly rounded, widest behind apices; apical margin slightly concave and basal margin slightly convex. Elytra narrower, 1.3-1.4 times longer than wide; disc with confused, sparse, reduced punctures; with one small tubercle behind scutellum; with one longitudinal ridge behind tubercle, indistinct, close to suture; with one additional longitudinal ridge outside tubercle, indistinct; with one additional distinct ridge from humeral calli, parallel with lateral margin, abbreviated subapically; another additional ridge also from humeral calli, indistinct, directed medially; lateral margins moderately rounded, widest at apical third, apices convergent. Aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6C, D</figureCitation>
) slender, 5.9
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longer than wide; lateral margins straight, widest at apical 1/10, gradually narrowed toward basal 1/3; strongly narrowed subapically, apex acute; moderately curved in lateral view; tectum membranous; one endophallic sclerite longitudinally oriented and slender, 0.6
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as long as aedeagus, base deeply bifurcate, lateral margins with clustered short setae at apical 1/3. Apical margin of abdominal ventrite V in males with distinct median lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6K</figureCitation>
), narrow, apical margin slightly recurved, with median internal ridge from apex to middle; basal margin normal. Gonocoxae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6G</figureCitation>
) longitudinal and connected basally, with wide furrow between gonocoxae; each gonocoxa narrowed subapically, apex truncate, with eight long apical setae; base weakly sclerotized. Ventrite VIII (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6E</figureCitation>
) in females with apex weakly sclerotized, dense short apical setae, reduced medially; spiculum extremely elongate. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig.
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) slender, as wide as pump, not separated from pump; pump long and curved, with one short, apical process; sclerotized spermathecal duct short, not separated from receptaculum.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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(Kimoto)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">A</emphasis>
antenna, male
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
antenna, female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
aedeagus, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
ditto, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">F</emphasis>
same, from Wulai (烏來)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">G</emphasis>
gonocoxae
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">H</emphasis>
spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">I</emphasis>
same from Wulai (烏來)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">J</emphasis>
same from Erhwanping (二萬坪)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">K</emphasis>
abdominal ventrite IV-V, male.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Variations.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
Some distinct variation occurs in female genitalic characters among different populations. Pumps of spermathecae are larger in those of Wulai (烏來) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6I</figureCitation>
); much slender and lacking apical process in those of Erhwanping (二萬坪) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6J</figureCitation>
). Apices of ventrite VIII are wider and setae not reduced medially in those of Wulai (烏來). Hindwings are normal in northern and central Taiwan and low-elevations of southern Taiwan (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">7A</figureCitation>
), but they are reduced in different degrees between different populations of mid-elevations of southern Taiwan. Degree of reduction of hind wings is similar between individuals of both sexes of the same populations. Those in Tengchih (藤枝) are less reduced, ~ 57% with normal hind wings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">7B</figureCitation>
). Those in Hsito (溪頭) are reduced moderately, ~ 50% with normal hind wings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">7D</figureCitation>
). Those in Peitawushan (北大武山) have the same length of hind wings as those in Hsito but wider (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">7E</figureCitation>
). Those in Erhwanping (二萬坪) are reduced strongly, ~ 40% with normal hind wings (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Hindwings of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A female, from Wulai (烏來) B female, from Tengchih (藤枝) C female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) D female, from Hsito (溪頭) E male, from Peitawushan (北大武山)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762427" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">7C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Figure 7.</emphasis>
Hindwings of
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(Kimoto)
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female, from Wulai (烏來)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">B</emphasis>
female, from Tengchih (藤枝)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">C</emphasis>
female, from Erhwanping (二萬坪)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">D</emphasis>
female, from Hsito (溪頭)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">E</emphasis>
male, from Peitawushan (北大武山).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
Adults of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Shairella quadricostata</emphasis>
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(Kimoto, 1996), comb. nov. and
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(Kimoto, 1996), comb. nov. are characterized by normal elytra and functional hindwings (shortened elytra and reduced hindwings in other
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Shairella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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) although individuals in some populations of
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have more or less reduced hindwings.
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is distinguished from
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by possessing black elytra with three pairs of weak longitudinal ridges (Fig.
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) (bluish black elytra without longitudinal ridges besides lateral ridge in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">S. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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); median internal ridge of abdominal ventrite V in males expanded from apex, abbreviated before base (Fig.
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) (median internal ridge of abdominal ventrite in males expanded from apex to base in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">S. caerulea</emphasis>
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; Fig.
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); apically narrowed apex of aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Diagnostic characters of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) A antenna, male B antenna, female C aedeagus, dorsal view D ditto, lateral view E abdominal ventrite VIII, from Erhwanping (二萬坪) F same, from Wulai (烏來) G gonocoxae H spermatheca, from Tengchih (藤枝) I same from Wulai (烏來) J same from Erhwanping (二萬坪) K abdominal ventrite IV-V, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762426" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">6C</figureCitation>
) (bifurcate apex of aedeagus in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">S. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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); apex of spermatheca rounded with or without small process (Fig.
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) (apex of spermatheca swollen, bifurcate in frontal view in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">S. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Host plant.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Hemiboea bicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hayata) Ohwi (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
Adults of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Shairella quadricostata</emphasis>
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were observed active at night and feeding on leaves of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Hemiboea bicornuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, adults were hard to find with the exception of a single event. Three adults were collected on 11 May 2022 in Tengchih (藤枝) (Fig.
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). We collected 39 adults on 9 July 2014 in Erhwanping (二萬坪). Many host plants were growing on a steep slope and numerous adults were feeding on leaves (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="171" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
The flighted populations are widespread in low-elevations of Taiwan and mid-elevations of northern and central Taiwan, and flightless populations are restricted to mid-elevations of southern Taiwan (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Distribution map of Shairella quadricostata (Kimoto) and brachelytrous Shairella species, solid line: 1000 m, broken line: 2000 m. Key: green squares - brachelytrous species, blue circles - adults of S. quadricostata with normal hindwings, red circles- adults of S. quadricostata with reduced hindwings." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.93703.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/762428" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="171">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Figure 8.</emphasis>
Distribution map of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="171">Shairella quadricostata</emphasis>
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(Kimoto) and brachelytrous
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</taxonomicName>
species, solid line: 1000 m, broken line: 2000 m. Key: green squares - brachelytrous species, blue circles - adults of
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with normal hindwings, red circles- adults of
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</taxonomicName>
with reduced hindwings.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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