Macroplea pubipennis ( Reuter, 1875 )

Lou, Qiaozhe, Yu, Peiyu & Liang, Hongbin, 2011, Two new species of Macroplea Samouelle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) from China, with a key to all known species, Zootaxa 3003, pp. 1-21 : 18

Macroplea pubipennis ( Reuter, 1875) .

( Figs 51 , 57 , 61, 65 , 69 )

Specimens examined. Total 3 specimens. 1 female, “Ningxia, Qingtongxia, Shuxin Forest, 1985. IV.17, Guodong Ren collector, Department of Landscape Architecture in Agricultural College of Ningxia”; 2 specimens from Ost- Turkestan, Aksu, 1067m, 1903.V, Coll. Hauser, Haemonia piligera Weise, Lopatin det. [Examined by the second author (Yu) at Bishop Museum and National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, respectively].

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang), Finland.

Host plant. Unkown in China.

Remarks. Macroplea pubipennis was formerly known only from Finland ( Jolivet, 1970; Borowiec, 1984). Askevold (1990: 648) treated Haemonia piligera Weise, 1889 (type locality: Kansu = Gansu) and Haemonia incostata Pic, 1907 (type locality: Ost-Turkestan, Aksu = Xinjiang, Aksu) as junior synonyms of M. pubipennis , thus extending its distribution to China. Recent molecular evidence demonstrated that M. pubipennis is present in Heilongjiang ( Kölsch et al., 2006). We examined one female (in bad condition) from Ningxia, China.

We have not examined the male genitalia of M. pubipennis . However, from the photograph in Askevold (1999: 607: Photograph O), it is clear that its endophallic structure is similar to that of M. appendiculata , M. mutica and M. ranina sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 50 – 53. Macraplea spp. 50. M. appendiculata from Xinjiang, male; 51. M. pubipennis from Ningxia, female; 52. M. japana from Jiangsu, female; 53. M. mutica from Tianjin, female. Scale lines = 5.0 mm.

FIGURES 54 – 59. Head, prothorax and pronotum of Macroplea spp. 54 – 56. M. japana from Jiangsu; 57. M. pubipennis from Ningxia; 58. M. appendiculata from Xinjiang; 59. M. mutica from Tianjin; 54. Head and prothorax, lateral view; 55. Vertex, dorsal view; 56 – 59. Pronotum, dorsal view. Scale lines = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 60 – 67. Elytron of Macroplea spp. 60, 64. M. japana from Jiangsu; 61, 65. M. pubipennis from Ningxia; 62, 66. M. appendiculata from Xinjiang; 63, 67. M. mutica from Tianjin. 60 – 63. Left elytron, middle part; 64, 66, 67. Apex of left elytron; 65. Apexes of both elytra. Scale lines = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 68 – 71. Tarsus of Macroplea spp. 68. M. japana from Jiangsu; 69. M. pubipennis from Ningxia; 70. M. appendiculata from Xinjiang; 71. M. mutica from Tianjin. 68, 70, 71. Right metatarsus; 69. Left protarsus. Scale lines = 0.5 mm