Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867

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

Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867

( Figs. 11 , 24 , 41 )

Material examined (1 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Diksam plateau, 12°31′24′′N 53°58′29′′E, 850-920 m, 5.ii.2010, 1 ♀, L. Purchart & J. Vybíral leg. ( JBCB).

Distribution. Widely distributed in Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey, Near East and the Arabian Peninsula ( DÖBERL 2010, NADEIN 2010). In the Arabian Peninsula reported from Saudi Arabia ( DOGUET 1979, MEDVEDEV 1996). 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).