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shows clear affinities with
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These two species share similar size, habitus, color pattern (
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), and a very slender aedeagus with laterally widely rounded apical part in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFD9DFB2B029D865C" box="[558,645,1279,1304]" 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="15">Figs 43</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFD22FB2B02A9865C" box="[657,689,1279,1304]" 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="15">50</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF8A995DFD77FAD503AD865C" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[708,949,1280,1304]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matabelelandensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFD77FAD503AD865C" box="[708,949,1280,1304]" italics="true" pageId="15">B. matabelelandensis</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF8A995DFF24FAF100E68678" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,254,1316,1340]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="himba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFF24FAF100E68678" box="[151,254,1316,1340]" italics="true" pageId="15">B. himba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
by the: darker integuments; different arrangement of the pronotal punctures, with three lateral groups and a small basal medial group (two lateral groups and an elongate medial group in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF8A995DFB3DFA9D04EB8624" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1166,1267,1352,1376]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="himba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFB3DFA9D04EB8624" box="[1166,1267,1352,1376]" italics="true" pageId="15">B. himba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFB4AFA93054A8624" bold="true" box="[1273,1362,1351,1376]" pageId="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF8A995DFB4AFA93054A8624" box="[1273,1362,1351,1376]" pageId="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFAD9FA9300F986C0" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1728,1751]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Blepharidina s. str. species pronotum, in dorsal view: 20, B. guttulata (Baly); 21, B. himba sp. nov.; 22, B. intermedia (Jacoby); 23, B. macarthuri (Bryant); 24, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov.; 25, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618641/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Figs 21, 24</figureCitation>
); aedeagus in ventral view fusiform from base to subapical part (clearly tapered in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF8A995DFB39FAB904E886C0" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1162,1264,1388,1412]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="himba" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFB39FAB904E886C0" box="[1162,1264,1388,1412]" italics="true" pageId="15">B. himba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFB44FAB8054986C1" bold="true" box="[1271,1361,1388,1413]" pageId="15">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF8A995DFB44FAB8054986C1" box="[1271,1361,1388,1413]" pageId="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFAD9FAB800AE86EC" 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="15">Figs 43</figureCitation>
,
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF8A995DFF74FA6002138689" bold="true" box="[199,523,1460,1485]" pageId="15">
Description of the
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(
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). Body elliptical-elongate, rather convex (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFBBEFA6004788688" box="[1037,1120,1460,1485]" 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="15">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
); LB =
<quantity id="4C919B49FF8A995DFB04FA6005078688" box="[1207,1311,1460,1484]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.88" pageId="15" unit="mm" value="7.88">7.88 mm</quantity>
; maximum pronotal width (WP =
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) in basal third; maximum elytral width (WE =
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) in middle. Head brown with pale clypeus and labrum; antennae yellowish; pronotum with several yellow patches, and brown and black areas; elytra mostly blackish, with numerous yellow patches on interstriae; legs brown, with paler tarsi. Head distinctly pubescent, roughly and densely punctate; frontal grooves short, distinctly impressed near upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles small, paler than head, weakly raised; interantennal space distinctly wider than length of first antennomere; interocular space wider than transverse ocular width; antennae slightly longer than half body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.57); LA: 100:40:79:84:105:90:95:87:79:76:84. Pronotum (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF8A995DFA85F97B058B858C" box="[1334,1427,1711,1736]" captionStart="FIGURES 2025" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1728,1751]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[150,1436,221,1679]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2025. Blepharidina s. str. species pronotum, in dorsal view: 20, B. guttulata (Baly); 21, B. himba sp. nov.; 22, B. intermedia (Jacoby); 23, B. macarthuri (Bryant); 24, B. matabelelandensis sp. nov.; 25, B. ornaticollis (Jacoby)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618641/files/figure.png" pageId="15">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) subrectangular, moderately transverse (LP =
<quantity id="4C919B49FF8A995DFD3EF90002EC85A8" box="[653,756,1748,1772]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.81" pageId="15" unit="mm" value="1.81">1.81 mm</quantity>
; WP/LP = 1.72), with clearly sinuate lateral margin; anterior margin slightly thicker than basal margin, and clearly sinuate laterally; anterior angles distinctly prominent laterally; pronotal surface with lines and groups of differently sized punctures, with no striae of punctures in middle; pronotal base with two lateral, distinctly impressed, longitudinal striae. Scutellum brown, subrounded, moderately elongate. Elytra moderately elongate (LE =
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; WE/LE = 0.69; LE/LP = 3.38), subparallel laterally, jointly rounded and entirely covering pygidium posteriorly; punctation deeply impressed, arranged in 9 (+ 1 scutellar) regular rows; interstriae distinctly carinate 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 = 1.70) (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF959942FCCDFF4303CB83F4" box="[894,979,151,176]" 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="16">Fig. 50</figureCitation>
) in ventral view fusiform from base to subapical part; apical part widely rounded, with a median tooth; ventral sulcus deep, open towards basal part; in lateral view, aedeagus straight in basal 2/3s, then distinctly curved dorsally, with apex ventrally bent; dorsal ligula connected to about apical fourth, with slightly carinate basal surface.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF959942FF24F85B048984A7" blockId="16.[151,1436,1935,2019]" pageId="16">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FF24F85B014284E1" bold="true" box="[151,346,1935,1958]" pageId="16">FIGURES 5054.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FED5F84401F384E2" box="[358,491,1936,1958]" italics="true" pageId="16">Blepharidina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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species aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view: 50,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF959942FA35F845014B8480" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matabelelandensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FA35F845058D84E2" box="[1414,1429,1937,1958]" italics="true" pageId="16">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FF24F87A014B8480" box="[151,339,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="16">matabelelandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FEEFF87B01B68480" bold="true" box="[348,430,1967,1988]" pageId="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF959942FEEFF87B01B68480" box="[348,430,1967,1988]" pageId="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype; 51,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF959942FDFDF864035B8480" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[590,835,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornaticollis">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FDFDF86402458481" box="[590,605,1968,1989]" italics="true" pageId="16">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FDDFF87A02F98480" box="[620,737,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="16">ornaticollis</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
, from Ramisi River, Kenya; 52,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF959942FB2AF86405468480" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[1177,1374,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partita">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FB2AF86404B08481" box="[1177,1192,1968,1989]" italics="true" pageId="16">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FB04F86404E48481" box="[1207,1276,1968,1989]" italics="true" pageId="16">partita</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
, from Solwezi, Zambia; 53,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF959942FEC6F81A020484A7" authority="(Kolbe)" authorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[373,540,1997,2019]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="picta">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FEC6F81A019C84A7" box="[373,388,1998,2019]" italics="true" pageId="16">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FE21F81A01DD84A7" box="[402,453,1998,2019]" italics="true" pageId="16">picta</emphasis>
(Kolbe)
</taxonomicName>
, from Mikindani, Tanzania; 54,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF959942FCD1F81A03D584A7" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[866,973,1997,2019]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FCD1F81A036984A7" box="[866,881,1998,2019]" italics="true" pageId="16">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FCCDF81903D584A7" box="[894,973,1997,2019]" italics="true" pageId="16">regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF959942FC67F81A043C84A7" bold="true" box="[980,1060,1998,2019]" pageId="16">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF959942FC67F81A043C84A7" box="[980,1060,1998,2019]" pageId="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype.
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<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF949943FF24FAB503748555" blockId="17.[151,1436,1377,1553]" pageId="17">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF24FAB501428632" bold="true" box="[151,346,1377,1400]" pageId="17">FIGURES 5567.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FED6FAB501F28633" box="[357,490,1377,1399]" italics="true" pageId="17">Blepharidina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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species spermatheca: 55,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FCE2FAB604178633" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[849,1039,1377,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="burtli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FCE2FAB603788633" box="[849,864,1378,1399]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FCC0FAB503B38633" box="[883,939,1377,1399]" italics="true" pageId="17">burtli</emphasis>
(Bryant)
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype; 56,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FB0FFAB605808633" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[1212,1432,1377,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carinata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB0FFAB604D38633" box="[1212,1227,1378,1399]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB6DFAB6052C8633" box="[1246,1332,1378,1399]" italics="true" pageId="17">carinata</emphasis>
(Bryant)
</taxonomicName>
, paralectotype from Angola; 57,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FE6DFA5502A086D2" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1944" box="[478,696,1408,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delineata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE6DFA5501F586D2" box="[478,493,1409,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE48FA54024186D2" box="[507,601,1408,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">delineata</emphasis>
(Bryant)
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype; 58,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FCE7FA55040C86D2" authority="(Baly)" authorityName="Baly" baseAuthorityName="Baly" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[852,1044,1408,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guttulata">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FCE7FA55037C86D2" box="[852,868,1409,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FCC2FA5403D486D2" box="[881,972,1408,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">guttulata</emphasis>
(Baly)
</taxonomicName>
lectotype; 59,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FB1EFA55058086D2" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1197,1432,1408,1430]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intermedia">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB1EFA5504A486D2" box="[1197,1212,1409,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB79FA54052086D2" box="[1226,1336,1408,1430]" italics="true" pageId="17">intermedia</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
, from Bagamoyo, Tanzania; 60,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FE64FA7402DC86F0" authority="(Bryant)" authorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1948" box="[471,708,1438,1461]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macarthuri">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE64FA7401FE86F1" box="[471,486,1440,1461]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE47FA4A027E86F0" box="[500,614,1438,1460]" italics="true" pageId="17">macarthuri</emphasis>
(Bryant)
</taxonomicName>
, from Usambara, Tanzania; 61,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FBBBFA7404F886F0" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1032,1248,1438,1461]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="matabelelandensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FBBBFA74040F86F1" box="[1032,1047,1440,1461]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB97FA4A04F886F0" box="[1060,1248,1438,1460]" italics="true" pageId="17">matabelelandensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB54FA4B052086F0" bold="true" box="[1255,1336,1439,1460]" pageId="17">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF949943FB54FA4B052086F0" box="[1255,1336,1439,1460]" pageId="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype from Lonely, Zimbabwe; 62,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FE75FA6A02A28697" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[454,698,1469,1491]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornaticollis">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE75FA6A01CE8697" box="[454,470,1470,1491]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FE57FA6902418697" box="[484,601,1469,1491]" italics="true" pageId="17">ornaticollis</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
, from Ramisi River, Kenya; 63,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FBBFFA6A04C88697" authority="(Jacoby)" authorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityName="Jacoby" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[1036,1232,1469,1491]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="partita">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FBBFFA6A04038697" box="[1036,1051,1470,1491]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FB99FA6A04778697" box="[1066,1135,1470,1491]" italics="true" pageId="17">partita</emphasis>
(Jacoby)
</taxonomicName>
, from Huila region, Angola; 64, ditto, from Democratic Republic of The Congo; 65,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FC98FA0903CA86B6" authority="(Kolbe)" authorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityName="Kolbe" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[811,978,1500,1522]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="picta">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FC98FA09032286B6" box="[811,826,1501,1522]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FCF4FA09036286B6" box="[839,890,1501,1522]" italics="true" pageId="17">picta</emphasis>
(Kolbe)
</taxonomicName>
, from Lindi region, Tanzania; 66,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FA83FA09058386B6" authority="Iannella &amp; Biondi, 2019" authorityName="Iannella &amp; Biondi" authorityYear="2019" box="[1328,1435,1500,1522]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regalini" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FA83FA09052786B6" box="[1328,1343,1501,1522]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FAFFFA08058386B6" box="[1356,1435,1500,1522]" italics="true" pageId="17">regalini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF24FA2F00FF8554" bold="true" box="[151,231,1531,1552]" pageId="17">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57C5FF949943FF24FA2F00FF8554" box="[151,231,1531,1552]" pageId="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype from Taveta, Kenya; 67,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D2FFF949943FDFDFA2802E68555" authority="(Weise)" authorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityName="Weise" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[590,766,1531,1553]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Blepharidina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rudeli">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FDFDFA2802458555" box="[590,605,1532,1553]" italics="true" pageId="17">B</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FDD8FA2F02BF8555" box="[619,679,1531,1553]" italics="true" pageId="17">rudeli</emphasis>
(Weise)
</taxonomicName>
, lectotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF949943FF74F982048285F6" blockId="17.[151,1437,1622,1891]" pageId="17">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF74F982012D852B" bold="true" box="[199,309,1622,1647]" pageId="17">Variation</emphasis>
.
<typeStatus id="54D2880EFF949943FEFDF98C01A88534" box="[334,432,1624,1648]" pageId="17" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
(female) similar in shape, sculpture and color to the
<typeStatus id="54D2880EFF949943FBE5F98204A4852B" box="[1110,1212,1622,1647]" pageId="17" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. Tarsi not dilated. Spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF949943FE88F9AC018885D5" box="[315,400,1656,1681]" 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="17">Fig. 61</figureCitation>
) with piriform, thick, very sclerotized basal part; distal part short and thin, clearly bent; ductus apically inserted, very thick, with S-shaped distal part. Morphometry in Appendix 2.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF949943FF74F96E011C85B3" pageId="17" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF949943FF74F96E011C85B3" blockId="17.[151,1437,1622,1891]" pageId="17">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF74F96E015E8597" bold="true" box="[199,326,1722,1747]" pageId="17">Etymology</emphasis>
. The female specific epithet is after
<collectingRegion id="49ADF84EFF949943FD40F96E03968597" box="[755,910,1722,1747]" country="Zimbabwe" name="Matabeleland South" pageId="17">Matabeleland</collectingRegion>
, the
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF949943FC7BF96E04588597" box="[968,1088,1722,1747]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="17">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
region where the species was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3736527FF949943FF74F8D604958427" pageId="17" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF949943FF74F8D60475845F" blockId="17.[151,1437,1622,1891]" box="[199,1133,1794,1819]" pageId="17">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF74F8D60141845F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1794,1819]" pageId="17">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37E763CFF949943FED4F8D601C7845F" box="[359,479,1794,1819]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="17">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A29FF949943FE5DF8D6025B845F" box="[494,579,1794,1819]" 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="17">Fig. 69</figureCitation>
). Possibly Central Afrotropical (CAT) chorotype.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636ACFF949943FF74F8F204958427" blockId="17.[151,1437,1622,1891]" pageId="17">
<emphasis id="B91DEABEFF949943FF74F8F20190847B" bold="true" box="[199,392,1830,1855]" pageId="17">Ecological notes</emphasis>
. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Miombo &amp; Associated Broadleaf Savanna (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna &amp; Shrubland formation).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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