Epilachna sichuana Pang

Pang, Hong, Ślipiński, Adam, U, Yap Ing W & Zuo, Yongsheng, 2012, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Epilachna Chevrolat with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 3420 (1), pp. 1-37 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3420.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6300817

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scientific name

Epilachna sichuana Pang
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Epilachna sichuana Pang et Ś lipi ń ski sp. nov. ( Figs. 22 View FIGURE 22 a–j)

Etymology. Named after the province of Sichuan, the origin of the type series.

Diagnosis. Epilachna sichuana is externally similar to E. max , but can be distinguished by the extended transverse pronotal spot, much broader penis guide and the apical piece of penis distinctly longer and only weakly clubbed apically.

Description. Length 5.8 mm. TL/EW = 1.35; PL/PW = 0.45; EL/EW = 1.05; EL/PL = 3.60. Body oval. Dorsum reddish brown; pronotum with transverse band made by three connected spots. Each elytron with 5 pairs of black spots, arranged as 2-2-1; anterior spots separated, reaching anterior edge of elytron but not extending to lateral margin or elytral suture; mid spots connected, extending to lateral margin ( Figs. 22 View FIGURE 22 a–c). Abdominal postcoxal line incomplete, extending posteriorly to 0.8 of ventrite length ( Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 d).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 22 View FIGURE 22 f–j). Penis broadly arcuate, apical piece narrowed medially, apex inflated. Penis guide longer than parameres, deeply split apically. Female genitalia: ovipositor moderately narrow, as Fig. 22 View FIGURE 22 e.

Types. Holotype (male), Sichuan: Jinfoshan , 1998.vi.24–29, D. Král ( NHMB) (No. En-383174). Paratypes: same data as the holotype (1, NHMB; 1, SYSM).

Distribution. Sichuan.

NHMB

Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum

NHMB

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Epilachna

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