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<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FEB6FC64FDC6FC62" blockId="7.[264,623,982,1043]" box="[264,623,982,1008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<heading id="D09C1D34FFCAFFD5FEB6FC64FDC6FC62" bold="true" box="[264,623,982,1008]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFCAFFD5FEB6FC64FDC6FC62" authority="Jacoby" authorityName="Jacoby" box="[264,623,982,1008]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FEB6FC64FDC6FC62" bold="true" box="[264,623,982,1008]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FEB6FC64FDA6FC62" bold="true" box="[264,527,982,1008]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phaelota semifasciata</emphasis>
Jacoby
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FEB6FC4BFE0EFB81" blockId="7.[264,623,982,1043]" box="[264,423,1017,1043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
(
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFCAFFD5FEAFFC4BFE37FB81" box="[273,414,1017,1043]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 14" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[463,1179,331,1445]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[422,1223,321,1458]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 12 14. Phaelota semifasciata. 12, spermatheca; 13, vaginal palpi; 14, tignum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157820/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Figs. 1214</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C371F9D3FFCAFFD5FEB6FBF3FB92FBEA" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FEB6FBF3FB92FBEA" blockId="7.[264,1322,1086,1144]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFCAFFD5FEB6FBF3FD25FBC5" authority="Jacoby, 1887" authorityName="Jacoby" authorityYear="1887" box="[264,652,1088,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FEB6FBF3FE5CFBCA" box="[264,501,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phaelota semifasciata</emphasis>
Jacoby, 1887
</taxonomicName>
, 94.
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFCAFFD5FD7FFBF2FCB1FBC5" box="[705,792,1088,1111]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="syntype">Syntype</typeStatus>
Ψ
<collectingCountry id="F37CEAC8FFCAFFD5FC85FBF2FC0CFBC5" box="[827,933,1088,1111]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
[BMNH, examined];
<bibRefCitation id="EFFAD7A9FFCAFFD5FB2DFBF2FA8EFBC5" author="Maulik" box="[1171,1319,1088,1111]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18" refString="Maulik, S. (1926) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae (Chrysomelinae and Halticinae). &quot; Taylor and Francis &quot;, London, 442 pp." type="book" year="1926">Maulik, 1926</bibRefCitation>
, 176, 280; Heikertinger &amp; Csiki in Junk, 1940, 511;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFAD7A9FFCAFFD5FCD5FBD3FBA8FBEA" author="Scherer" box="[875,1025,1121,1144]" pageId="7" pageNumber="18" refString="Scherer, G. (1969) Die Alticinae des indischen Subkontinentes (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae). Pacific Insects Monograph, 22, 1 - 251." type="journal article" year="1969">Scherer, 1969</bibRefCitation>
, 218.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FEB6FB2CFE08FB2A" bold="true" box="[264,417,1182,1208]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="F37CEAC8FFCAFFD5FE0EFB2DFD8BFB2B" box="[432,546,1183,1209]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
(Jacoby, 1887).
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<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FE86FB74FDF9FB73" blockId="7.[264,1323,1182,1896]" box="[312,592,1222,1249]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FE86FB74FE6FFB72" bold="true" box="[312,454,1222,1248]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Host plants</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C371F9D3FFCAFFDBFE86FB5CFEEAFC24" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FE86FB5CFE3FFA13" blockId="7.[264,1323,1182,1896]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFCAFFD5FE86FB5CFE60FA9A" bold="true" box="[312,457,1262,1288]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Description</emphasis>
. General colour reddish brown. Elytron with dark brown broad outer band and two inner narrow stripes which become indistinct posteriorly. Pronotum almost piceous, margins and middle longitudinal stripe reddish brown. Last six antennomeres dark brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FE86FA3DFC2FF953" blockId="7.[264,1323,1182,1896]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Frons and vertex form almost a straight line. Vertex sparsely punctate, moderately flat, slightly depressed behind antennal calli. On each side, adjacent to anteromesal region of supraorbital puncture, one more puncture present. Antennal callus broader than long, transverse, high near border with antennal socket than near border with supracallinal sulcus. Midfrontal depression shallow, not passing below lower border of antennal sockets. Frontal ridge sparsely minutely punctate with a narrow, slightly raised carina along middle in anterior half. Carina forms a denticle in middle of anterofrontal ridge. Maxillary palpus with preapical palpomere as long as half of apical.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFCAFFD5FE86F97DFC59F8FA" blockId="7.[264,1323,1182,1896]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Antennomeres second, third, and fourth subequal in length. Fifth slightly longer than fourth; sixth thicker but slightly shorter than fifth. Seventh slightly longer and thicker than sixth. 711 thicker than sixth. 79 subequal in length, tenth slightly shorter than ninth. Tenth two times as long as wide. 11th 1.4 times as long as 10th.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC5FFDAFEB6FA08FB6FFA43" blockId="8.[264,1222,1466,1490]" box="[264,1222,1466,1490]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC5FFDAFEB6FA08FE66FA40" bold="true" box="[264,463,1466,1490]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURES 1214.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC5FFDAFE6BFA08FD60FA43" box="[469,713,1466,1489]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC5FFDAFE6BFA08FD6CFA43" box="[469,709,1466,1489]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">Phaelota semifasciata</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
12, spermatheca; 13, vaginal palpi; 14, tignum.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC5FFDAFE86F99FFE4AF975" blockId="8.[264,1324,1581,1887]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Pronotum slightly narrower proximally than distally. Lateral margins strongly curved. Anterolateral callosity low, forming a blunt obtuse denticle at pore. Disc shiny, covered with small punctures. Punctation in antebasal transverse impression not stronger than that on rest of pronotum. Scutellum wider than long, widely rounded at apex, extremely minutely punctate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC5FFDBFE86F947FA8DFECC" blockId="8.[264,1324,1581,1887]" lastBlockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Elytron with humeral callus poorly developed with a somewhat longitudinal depression on mesal side of humerus, without depression posteriorly. Maximum width at anterior 1/3. Surface shiny, punctures small, shallow, indistinct posteriorly. Interstices flat, minutely punctured. Lateral sides moderately flat. Width of interstices 35 times diameter of a puncture. Elytral punctures indistinct beyond 2/3. Epipleuron oblique, reaching apex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC4FFDBFE86FEDEFD59FE3C" blockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Metatibia nearly straight in lateral view, very slightly curved in ventral view. Dorsal surface flat in distal 3/5, rest of it convex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC4FFDBFE86FE0EFC3FFC84" blockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
Receptacle of spermatheca longer than pump, internal side more convex than external side, oblong, about 2.5 times longer than wide with maximum width below middle. Pump with horizontal part longer than vertical. Pump and receptacle not differentiated by a rim. Pump apically widened. Duct shorter than receptacle, bent at an acute angle before middle (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC4FFDBFEAFFDEEFEC0FDE4" box="[273,361,604,630]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 14" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[463,1179,331,1445]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[422,1223,321,1458]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 12 14. Phaelota semifasciata. 12, spermatheca; 13, vaginal palpi; 14, tignum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157820/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). Vaginal palpus with anterior sclerotization shorter than posterior sclerotization. Apex somewhat transparent, posterior sclerotization not emarginate at apex. Sides narrowed preapically, apex widened, rounded and lateral margin not forming angle with medial margin (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC4FFDBFE79FD66FD89FD7C" box="[455,544,724,750]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 14" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[463,1179,331,1445]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[422,1223,321,1458]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 12 14. Phaelota semifasciata. 12, spermatheca; 13, vaginal palpi; 14, tignum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157820/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). Tignum slightly curved, widened proximally, narrowed preapically, sclerotized part of apex slightly widened (
<figureCitation id="1350B6DDFFC4FFDBFC87FD4EFC20FC84" box="[825,905,764,790]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 14" captionStartId="8.[264,382,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[463,1179,331,1445]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[422,1223,321,1458]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 12 14. Phaelota semifasciata. 12, spermatheca; 13, vaginal palpi; 14, tignum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157820/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig.14</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC4FFDBFE86FC96FEEAFC24" blockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE86FC96FE46FCAC" bold="true" box="[312,495,804,830]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Measurements</emphasis>
(all values in mm; n=1). Length 5.00; width 3.15; length of pronotum 1.25; width of pronotum 2.30; width across eyes 1.40; distance between eyes 0.77; distance between antennal sockets 0.31; length of vaginal palpus 0.97; length of receptacle 0.14.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C371F9D3FFC4FFDBFE86FC76FC3BFBC4" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC4FFDBFE86FC76FC3BFBC4" blockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE86FC76FDD7FC4C" bold="true" box="[312,638,964,990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC4FFDBFE86FC76FEDCFC4C" box="[312,373,964,990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Type</typeStatus>
specimens examined
</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC4FFDBFD31FC76FC3DFC4F" box="[655,916,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFD31FC76FC3DFC4F" box="[655,916,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Phaelota semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<typeStatus id="54D014FAFFC4FFDBFC18FC76FBAFFC4C" box="[934,1030,964,990]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="syntype">Syntype</typeStatus>
Ψ. Labels: 1)
<collectingCountry id="F37CEAC8FFC4FFDBFB0AFC76FAA0FC4C" box="[1204,1289,964,990]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
G. Lewis 1910­320; 2) Bogawantalawa
<quantity id="4C9307BDFFC4FFDBFD75FC5EFCC5FB94" box="[715,876,1004,1030]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.53924" metricValueMax="1.58496" metricValueMin="1.49352" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" unit="ft" value="5050.0" valueMax="5200.0" valueMin="4900.0">49005200 ft</quantity>
<date id="FFD58C98FFC4FFDBFCC6FC5EFBB7FB94" box="[888,1054,1004,1030]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" value="1982-03-21" valueMax="1982-04-04" valueMin="1982-03-21">21.III4.IV.82</date>
(=1882); 3)
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC4FFDBFB7FFC5EFE7EFBBC" authority="Jac." authorityName="Jac." class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFB7FFC5EFE33FBBF" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Phaelota semifasciata</emphasis>
Jac.
</taxonomicName>
; 4) Right hind leg mounted in balsm S. Maulik 1929; 5) 114/82; 6) Examined &amp; dissected K. D. Prathapan 2003 (
<collectionCode id="ED7A329DFFC4FFDBFC98FB8EFC2CFBC4" box="[806,901,1084,1110]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">BMNH</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD4AA58FFC4FFDBFE86FBD6FD23FA2C" blockId="9.[264,1323,284,1470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE86FBD6FE03FBEC" bold="true" box="[312,426,1124,1150]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC4FFDBFE07FBD6FDC3FBEF" box="[441,618,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE07FBD6FDC3FBEF" box="[441,618,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very distinct from the three Indian species in having flat humerus without a posterior depression (humeral callus is well developed with a posterior depression in the three Indian species), second antennomere as long as third (third antennomere is distinctly longer than second in the other three species) and the median longitudinal carina that forms a denticle in the middle of the anterofrontal ridge (median longitudinal carina is absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC4FFDBFDC1FA9EFCA4FAD7" box="[639,781,1324,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sindhoori">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFDC1FA9EFCA4FAD7" box="[639,781,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. sindhoori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6BD1DBFFC4FFDBFCF7FA9EFC77FAD7" box="[841,990,1324,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Phaelota" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaishakha">
<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFCF7FA9EFC77FAD7" box="[841,990,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. vaishakha</emphasis>
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, though present, it does not form a denticle in
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE5EFAE6FDFAFAFF" box="[480,595,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. jacobyi</emphasis>
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). Distal antennomeres in the Indian species are much thicker than those in
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFE1BFACEFDFCFA07" box="[421,597,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
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. Transverse diameter of the antennal sockets is also less in
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<emphasis id="B91F764AFFC4FFDBFAABFACEFE33FA2F" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">P. semifasciata</emphasis>
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compared to others.
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