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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Habitus of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., male, dorsal view B P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., female, dorsal view C Same, ventral view D P. smaragdina, male, dorsal view E P. smaragdina, female, dorsal view F Same, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380670" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figs 15D-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. smaragdina, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380671" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">; 16C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">; 22</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Theopea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theopea smaragdina" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="smaragdina">Theopea smaragdina</taxonomicName>
Gressitt &amp; Kimoto, 1963: 680 (China: Hainan Island, Guandong); Wilcox, 1973: 631 (catalogue); Wang
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">et al</emphasis>
., 1998: 129 (China: Fujian: Wuyishan); Yang, 2002: 656 (China: Fujian); Yang &amp; Yao, 2002: 447 (China: Hainan Island); Aston, 2009: 24 (Hong Kong); Beenen, 2010, 489 (catalogue).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Types.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Holotype ♂ (CAS): &quot;HAINAN I. China / Tahau VIII [p] 6 [h] 1935 / L. Gressitt [p, w] // L. Gressitt / Collection [p, w] // HOLOTYPE [p] ♂ / Theopea / smaragdina [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto [p, r] // Theopea holo- / sp. nov. 2 / smaragdina [h] / Det. S. Kimoto [p] G and K [h, w]&quot; // California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. [p] 12422 [h, w]&quot;. Paratypes. 1♀ (NHMUK): &quot;Para- / type [p, w, circle label with yellowish border] // CHINA: Kwang- / tung [= Guangdong], Fei-ha-fei- / loi. VII-1-1956 / J. L. Gressitt [p, w] // Brit. Mus. / 1963-245. [p, w] // L. Gressitt / Collection [p, w] // PARATYPE [p] / Theopea / smaragdina [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto [p, y] // Theopea / smaragdina / G and K [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto det. 196[p] 2[h]&quot;; 1♂ (MNHUB): &quot;China, Canton, [p] / Fati 10.V.10 [h] / Mell S. V. [p, y] // PARATYPE [p] / Theopea / smaragdina [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto [p, y]&quot;; 1♀ (CAS): &quot;HAINAN I. China / Tahau. VII[p] 6[h] 1935 / L. Gressitt [p, w] // L. Gressitt / Collection [p, w] // PARATYPE [p] / Theopea / smaragdina [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto [p, y] // Theopea / smaragdina / G and K [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto det. 196[p]2 [h, w]&quot;.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Other specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">CHINA</emphasis>
. Guangdong: 1♂ (SEHU),
<normalizedToken originalValue="廣州">廣州</normalizedToken>
(Guangzhou), 16.IV.1983, leg. A. Tanaka; 6♀♀ (NMPC), Guangzhou, Baiyunshan vill., 23°09
<normalizedToken originalValue="47”-1030”">'47&quot;-10'30&quot;</normalizedToken>
N 113°13
<normalizedToken originalValue="27”-1744”">'27&quot;-17'44&quot;</normalizedToken>
E, 50-250 m, 27.VI.2014, leg. J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hájek">Hajek</normalizedToken>
, J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Růžička">Ruzicka</normalizedToken>
and M.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Tkoč">Tkoc</normalizedToken>
; Hong Kong: 1♀ (PAHC), Nam Chung, 8.V.2009, leg. P. Aston; 9♀♀ (BPBM), Soko island, Tai-A-Chan, 23-25.V.1988, coll. C.
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; 2♂♂, 1♀ (PAHC), Sha Lo Tung, 10.V.2012, leg. P. Aston; 1♀ (PAHC), same but with
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Redescription.</paragraph>
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Length 5.7-6.7 mm, width 2.2-2.4 mm. Body color (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Habitus of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., male, dorsal view B P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., female, dorsal view C Same, ventral view D P. smaragdina, male, dorsal view E P. smaragdina, female, dorsal view F Same, ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380670" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">15D-F</figureCitation>
) golden green, but antennae, mouth parts, and legs yellowish brown, five or six apical antennomeres darker. Frontoclypeus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. smaragdina, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380671" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">16C, D</figureCitation>
) transverse and deeply excavated between eyes in males, concavity as wide as interspace between eyes; with one erect process at center, apically tapering; one pair of membranous areas surrounding erect process, mesally connected; with several erect hair-like setae at sides of anterior margin. Antennae filiform in males, but relatively broader than those of female (Fig.
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), antennomeres III-IX slightly curved, length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.9: 1.1: 1.0: 0.9: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.8: 1.3: 3.4: 4.1: 4.5: 4.2: 4.1: 4.1: 4.3: 4.6: 6.4; filiform in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22B</figureCitation>
), length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.6: 1.0: 1.0: 0.9: 0.9: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.9, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.4: 1.7: 3.1: 4.7: 4.6: 5.0: 4.8: 4.9: 4.9: 4.6: 5.3. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided, 1.8-1.9
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longer than wide; disc with dense, coarse punctures, arranged into longitudinal rows, with distinct longitudinal ridge between two longitudinal rows of punctures. Tarsomeres I of front legs swollen in males; subparallel in females. Aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22C-E</figureCitation>
) extremely slender, 9.4
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longer than wide; apex with shallow notch, both apices not equal in length; tectum elongate, from apical 1/12 to basal 2/5; almost straight in lateral view, apically curved, angular at apical 1/4; triangular sclerites small; internal sac with elongate, endophallic sclerite complex, 0.6
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as long as aedeagus, composed of two sclerites, apical piece as long as basal piece, two dorsal sclerites unequal in length; ventral sclerites present. Gonocoxae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22G</figureCitation>
) elongate, both gonocoxae fused from basal 1/4 to apical 1/3; apices convergent and narrowly rounded, each gonocoxa with eight setae along lateral margin from apex to apical 1/6; with one pair of short lateral processes at basal 2/5. Ventrite VIII (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22F</figureCitation>
) longitudinal and well sclerotized; disc with several long setae at sides and near apical margin, and with dense, short setae along apical margin; spiculum extremely slender. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22H</figureCitation>
) strongly swollen; pump slender and strongly curved; proximal spermathecal duct deeply inserted into receptacle, narrow and short.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figure 22.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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.
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Antenna, male
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Antenna, female
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Aedeagus, dorsal view
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Aedeagus, lateral view
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Aedeagus, ventral view
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Abdominal ventrite VIII
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Gonocoxae
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Spermatheca.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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(Gressitt and Kimoto) (Fig.
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),
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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),
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(Medvedev) (Fig.
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), and
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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), are characterized by their golden green coloration. They can be identified based on their distribution:
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sp. nov. from India,
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from Vietnam,
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sp. nov. from Laos, and
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from China.
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(Fig.
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) is similar to
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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) and
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sp. nov. (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C P. boreri, female, dorsal view D P. clypealis, male, dorsal view E Same, ventral view F P. clypealis, female, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380663" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">8A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C P. boreri, female, dorsal view D P. clypealis, male, dorsal view E Same, ventral view F P. clypealis, female, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380663" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">8C</figureCitation>
) in sharing the indistinct longitudinal ridges on the elytra (convex and distinct longitudinal ridges on the elytra in males
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. clypealis" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="clypealis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">P. clypealis</emphasis>
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), but it differs by having a wider concavity between the eyes bearing one erect process in males (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. smaragdina, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380671" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">16C, D</figureCitation>
) (concavity wide between eyes without erect processes in males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">P. boreri</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. clypealis, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380664" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">9A, B</figureCitation>
); concavity narrowed between eyes and without erect processes in males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">P. hsingtungi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea hsingtzungi sp. nov. and P. smaragdina. A P. hsingtzungi sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. smaragdina, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380671" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">16A, B</figureCitation>
)). Males of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">P. smaragdina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar to those of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">P. clypealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with one additional elongate aedeagal sclerite and one pair of small lateral hook-like sclerites inside the internal sac (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea clypealis. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380666" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">11C, D</figureCitation>
;
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22D, E</figureCitation>
). They differ in having asymmetrical apices of the aedeagus and a relatively shorter apical piece (as long as basal piece) of the median elongate sclerite (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea smaragdina. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380677" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">22C-E</figureCitation>
) (symmetric apices and relatively longer apical piece, 4.0
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as long as basal piece in
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. clypealis" pageId="0" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="clypealis">
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</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea clypealis. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380666" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">11C-E</figureCitation>
)).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">China (Hainan Island, Fujian, Hong Kong).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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