Cangshanaltica fuanensis Ruan, Konstantinov and Damaška, 2022

Damaška, Albert František, Ruan, Yongying & Fikáček, Martin, 2022, The genus Cangshanaltica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): overview, new species, and notes on species complexes, Zootaxa 5219 (1), pp. 49-64 : 54

Cangshanaltica fuanensis Ruan, Konstantinov and Damaška, 2022

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Cangshanaltica fuanensis Ruan, Konstantinov and Damaška, 2022: 29

Type locality: China, Fujian, Fuan .

Type series: Holotype — IZAS; paratypes: IZAS, SZPT, ADPC.

Remarks: The species was described originally by Ruan et al. (2020), however, the description did not comply with the ICZN, and the name has been considered as nomen nudum. Therefore, it has been described correctly by Ruan et al. (2022). The species is known only from the type series (30 specimens). It is very similar to the C. castanea species complex (from which it can be separated by using the key below) in having brown, ellipticalrounded body. However, Damaška et al. (2021) revealed that C. fuanensis is more closely related to the Taiwanese Cangshanaltica species complex, rather than to the C. castanea s. lat. from Zhejiang to which it is most similar.

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FIGURE 8. Lateral margin of pronotum with the setiferous pore placed almost in the middle—a diagnostic character shared by all known Cangshanaltica species (marked by white arrow in every picture): A—C. castanea; B—C. fuanensis; C—C. guanxiensis; D—C. javana; E—C. luzonica; F—C. marginata; G—C. mindanaoensis; H—C. nigra; I—C. siamensis; J—C. sprynari;, K—C. sp. from Taiwan similar to C. ogatai; L—Ivalia viridipennis with the setiferous pore placed in the apical part of pronotal margin.