Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 444

Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902

( Figs. 10 , 23 , 40 )

Type material. LECTOTYPE (by present designation):1J, ‘Mombo [w, h] // Podagrica / puncticollis m.[w, h] // Syntype [r, p] // Lectotype [r, p]’ ( ZMHB) . PARALECTOTYPES: 2 JJ 3 ♀♀ and 10 spec. unsexed, ‘Mombo [w, h] // Syntype [r, p] // Paralectotype [r, p]’ ( ZMHB). The lectotype is herein designated to fix the name on single specimen.

Material examined (3 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Wadi Ayhaft, 12°36.5′N 53°58.9′E, 200 m, 7.-8.xi.2010, 1 J 2 ♀♀, J. Bezdĕk leg. (1 J 1 ♀ in JBCB, 1 ♀ in MDCA).

Distribution. Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Chad, Kenya, Niger, Sudan, Tanzania (WEISE 1910, BRYANT 1950, 1957, POLLARD 1955, 1957, SELMAN 1963, GRUEV & DÖBERL 1997, DÖBERL 2010). First record from Socotra Island.

Figures

Figs. 10–12.Aedeagus (a – ventral view, b – lateral view). 10 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902; 11 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867 (specimen from Iran); 12 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 13–25. 13 – head of Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov. 14 – left hind leg of Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. 15–25. Spermatheca. 15 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942; 16 – A. socotrana sp. nov.; 17 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov.; 18 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1847); 19 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984; 20 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov.; 21 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903; 22 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849); 23 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902; 24 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867; 25 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm for Figs. 14, 0.2 mm for Fig. 13 and 0.1 mm for Figs. 14–25.

Figs. 38–42. Habitus. 38 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903 (female, 1.9 mm); 39 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849) (male, 2.4 mm); 40 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902 (female, 3.7 mm); 41 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867 (female, 2.3 mm); 42 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. (holotype, male, 2.0 mm).