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Bryant, 1945: 340
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(Bryant):
<bibRefCitation id="5E29D0940D94A0E77020ACCE08E9C54E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-48022152" author="Biondi, M" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" pagination="97 - 155" refId="B15" refString="Biondi, M, Frasca, R, Grobbelaar, E, D'Alessandro, P, 2017. Supraspecific taxonomy of the flea beetle genus Blepharida Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region and description of Afroblepharida subgen. nov. Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution 48 (2): 97 - 155, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-48022152" title="Supraspecific taxonomy of the flea beetle genus Blepharida Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region and description of Afroblepharida subgen. nov." url="https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-48022152" volume="48" year="2017">Biondi et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
: 123 (pars)
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<paragraph id="C77BE966AFF864FFBC1E0868A5048995" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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♀: Mossel Bay [
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]/S.W. Africa [RSA: WCape], R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1928-119 (M. Biondi des. 2017) (NHMUK).
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: Same data as lectotype, 1♀ (NHMUK); ditto, Brit. Mus. 1921-210, April 1921, 1♂ (NHMUK).
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,
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, B.[=E.]
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<paragraph id="55C3430FF7E8A6C24D1733911388CE70" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Taxonomic remarks.</paragraph>
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Head, antennae and legs pale brown; tarsi and basal antennomeres even paler brown; pronotum yellow, with punctate lateral striae and basal furrows slightly darkened; elytra yellow, with darkened punctures and, in some specimens, small, sparse irregular pale brown patches on disc (Fig.
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). Pronotal lateral striae C-shaped, with large deeply impressed punctures; basal furrows of pronotum deeply impressed; pronotal punctation very fine (Fig.
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). Basal pro- and mesotarsomeres in male distinctly enlarged, subtriangular (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AC667D79BC0B577A94AC51DD98E0A94D" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Calotheca pallida (Bryant, 1945) A habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay) D spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533304" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">3A</figureCitation>
). Median lobe of aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3F6AB1E72AF0B5D946A17F67175998E5" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Calotheca pallida (Bryant, 1945) A habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay) D spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533304" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">3C</figureCitation>
) distinctly sinuate laterally in ventral view; as wide basally as distally; apex subtriangular, widely obtuse and rounded laterally with small ventrolateral bulges; ventral surface with two carinae delimiting a wide sulcus, and a narrow distal sulcus in the apical third; ventrolateral surface wrinkled; dorsal ligula short, formed by two subtruncate basal lobes and two shorter subtriangular apical lobes; in lateral view, median lobe distinctly bent down, and sinuate apically. Spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B665108505DB57DC35A3C0BA2AD5E2DF" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Calotheca pallida (Bryant, 1945) A habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) B head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve) C median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay) D spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533304" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">3D</figureCitation>
) with basal part subcylindrical, relatively slender, distinctly curved; distal part abruptly bent, curved to the apex, with a very short appendix; distal part clearly shorter than half the length of the basal part; ductus basally inserted, elongate, uncoiled but with wide loops.
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<emphasis id="DE62869E095C5335CF5119099ED4F127" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A396B2149813D8033935F5E9FED0F138" baseAuthorityName="Bryant" baseAuthorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Acanthoecidae" genus="Calotheca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calotheca pallida" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pallida">
<emphasis id="21A2ADF565B3E486E6C5F9C47DBF95D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Calotheca pallida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bryant, 1945)
<emphasis id="E22FE458F79A311B94B46A8E0753383D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">A</emphasis>
habitus, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve)
<emphasis id="4E9CA494068C2AF72A78C53997AC1D45" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">B</emphasis>
head, pronotum, and basal part of elytra, ♂ (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve)
<emphasis id="E06FF162E56C9F7860AD07B740CCFF8A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">C</emphasis>
median lobe of aedeagus, from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view (RSA: WCape, Mossel Bay)
<emphasis id="64C416252ACC1BDD7DC77FF4F0DF695D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">D</emphasis>
spermatheca (RSA: WCape, Stilbaai Nature Reserve). Abbreviations: bf = basal furrow; bl = basal lobe of dorsa ligula; dl = distal lobe of dorsa ligula; ds = distal sulcus; fg = frontal groove; pls = punctate lateral stria; vc = ventral carina; vs = ventral sulcus; ws = wrinkled surface. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis id="7E6F2E1A93FC914AA8CF779097B6FC76" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">A</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis id="FB23C261996AC61D3A7704C17B53DED3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">B, C</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="B181313B54DCCB5BF1377703CC8A035F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">D</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="84D7E92C990AD3646F4A39F3826F142B" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="biometrics">
<paragraph id="41877BC9BA73824CA3B955C1E778F334" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Biometrics.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A3676D59F180B38F01C769F2EF919E1C" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
<emphasis id="FD8E6F986E40BC03B4731C6D6289C042" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Males</emphasis>
(n = 5; mean
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standard deviation, range): LE = 3.99
<normalizedToken id="2FC38B206FD5DC378B3905F2A28FF936" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.14 mm (3.75 ≤ LE ≤ 4.10 mm); WE = 2.90
<normalizedToken id="5CF52C1923459C721E937A54A02905BD" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12 mm (2.70 ≤ WE ≤ 3.00 mm); LP = 1.20
<normalizedToken id="B643DD3FA7FFD031748DF59FD75E23E9" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.03 mm (1.15 ≤ LP ≤ 1.23 mm); WP = 2.32
<normalizedToken id="B478CFDA38B17B88F2B18E5410BE2841" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.08 mm (2.20 ≤ WP ≤ 2.40 mm); LAN = 2.40
<normalizedToken id="9AE7174BFA335170E3341B55E459C90A" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.10 mm (2.25 ≤ LAN ≤ 2.50 mm); LAED = 2.18
<normalizedToken id="9B8BAB6A14ABDFB2C3E05182440E092D" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.05 mm (2.13 ≤ LAED ≤ 2.25 mm); LB = 5.12
<normalizedToken id="564D0642EF91EF92EC5916E9D624D026" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.08 mm (5.00 ≤ LB ≤ 5.20 mm); LE/LP = 3.33
<normalizedToken id="967BD0F8C07623A95CF9A3153B1A940E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.07 (3.26 ≤ LE/LP ≤ 3.42); WE/WP = 1.25
<normalizedToken id="CFB3F50E048DBE92C983B92A05E4D209" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.02 (1.23 ≤ WE/WP ≤ 1.28); WP/LP = 1.94
<normalizedToken id="01B9303FAD5589593D7465D12205909F" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.05 (1.88 ≤ WP/LP ≤ 2.00); WE/LE = 0.73
<normalizedToken id="5908FAA0C0F403D109B5302A9F3C4ECB" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.01 (0.72 ≤ WE/LE ≤ 0.73); LAN/LB = 0.47
<normalizedToken id="181B27E4EF11644005E09A3D5EB091CD" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.01 (0.45 ≤ LAN/LB ≤ 0.49); LE/LAED = 1.83
<normalizedToken id="13A42DCA233E6F0B917922A3E9D1BB07" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.06 (1.76 ≤ LE/LAED ≤ 1.93).
<emphasis id="A95667412E5562314DDD7C1022916619" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Females</emphasis>
(n = 3; mean
<normalizedToken id="524B63246E4EDA412BB8B66DCF63EE6E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
standard deviation; range): LE = 4.33
<normalizedToken id="2E9FDBFFB81BC446EAC8A76A3F579956" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.12 mm (4.20 ≤ LE ≤ 4.40 mm); WE = 3.24
<normalizedToken id="B04DC0D78B99BFEA95A1C865427C98AE" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.04 mm (3.20 ≤ WE ≤ 3.28 mm); LP = 1.21
<normalizedToken id="AFD21FDFF7461BB5A5D945F9D71E14EC" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.01 mm (1.20 ≤ LP ≤ 1.23 mm); WP = 2.48
<normalizedToken id="BE3240C7EC415533010F300B701DE931" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.04 mm (2.43 ≤ WP ≤ 2.50 mm); LAN = 2.25
<normalizedToken id="B8777493BEA41C8ACBD86D11D020D27C" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.05 mm (2.20 ≤ LAN ≤ 2.30 mm); LSP = 0.78
<normalizedToken id="64ED345A69F1E7A85246FDB0FEDCB2E5" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.03 mm (0.75 ≤ LSP ≤ 0.80 mm); LB = 5.58
<normalizedToken id="76722309049AD7C3A4760C65229CEC3E" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.20 mm (5.40 ≤ LB ≤ 5.80 mm); LE/LP = 3.59
<normalizedToken id="D8482F905E0C9F112FC1422B5C81348B" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.14 (3.43 ≤ LE/LP ≤ 3.67); WE/WP = 1.31
<normalizedToken id="3337A5F81AB027E44F6C3E67622C4E37" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.04 (1.28 ≤ WE/WP ≤ 1.35); WP/LP = 2.05
<normalizedToken id="3300775AC1D5F9898A07DD8873BCBCF5" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.03 (2.02 ≤ WP/LP ≤ 2.08); WE/LE = 0.75
<normalizedToken id="315B61BD1977BAAAF2D32F1B7962E7AD" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.01 (0.74 ≤ WE/LE ≤ 0.76); LAN/LB = 0.40
<normalizedToken id="920AEA3BDC50BC04F0D4994C87E716F2" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.02 (0.39 ≤ LAN/LB ≤ 0.43); LE/LSP = 5.53
<normalizedToken id="49C44D0D4EAE29B07F6EAD0BC7EC66D0" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.06 (5.50 ≤ LE/LSP ≤ 5.60).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9898352A65E32289CCC2C34B5ABF13BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="255ABD22D493D80B34693C672DC3F80A" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F810DD6AFF28D5F5D9CC692914114E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">
Republic of South Africa (WCape) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E734DE5EE4D80D7A19A29FCD5E85FC47" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Distribution of Calotheca parvula species group." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.62.62426.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/533307" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">6</figureCitation>
). Chorotype: Southern-Western Afrotropical (SWA).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="390ACF555185C6443A49A54945813123" pageId="0" pageNumber="315" type="ecological notes">
<paragraph id="2F2EFE8442AAB2DB946A30E33B4652B8" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Ecological notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="210B8590ED904E719C8A17BC316FF768" pageId="0" pageNumber="315">Habitat and host plants unknown. Adults collected in January, April and December.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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