Hoplasoma

Bezděk, Jan, 2012, Revision of Hoplasoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of the Philippines, with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 3382, pp. 1-19 : 3-4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.210044

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6178216

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF36D22B-FF88-F215-6C85-FBC04FB9AE63

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scientific name

Hoplasoma
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Key to species of Hoplasoma of the Philippines

1. Males. Abdomen with a pair of processes from the posterior margin of the second ventrite and the last ventrite with a well defined smooth subquadrate area......................................................................... 2

- Females. Abdomen without processes and the last ventrite without the subquadrate area............................ 9

2. Base of abdominal appendages connected ( Figs 11, 14, 15 View FIGURES 10 – 17 )..................................................... 3

- Base of abdominal appendages widely separated........................................................... 5

3. Abdomen yellowish brown. Processes long, reaching beyond base of ventrite 4, broad-based and divergent distally. Median lobe of aedeagus short and broad, 4.50-7.00 times as long as wide (measured across middle) ( Figs 19, 22 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Mindanao, Mindoro.................................................................................................... 4

- Abdomen black or mostly black. Processes short, reaching base of ventrite 4, triangular and subparallel. Median lobe of aedeagus long and narrow, 10.00 times as long as wide (measured across middle) ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Luzon... H. philippinense Jacoby

4. Abdominal processes short, reaching slightly beyond base of ventrite 4 ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Median lobe of aedeagus asymmetrical, with right side and apex slightly deflected ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Mindanao................................. H. mindanense Medvedev

- Abdominal processes long, reaching base of ventrite 5 ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Median lobe of aedeagus symmetrical ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Mindoro.................................................................................... H. konstantinovi sp. nov.

5. Distance between the bases of abdominal appendages longer than the length of appendage ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Median lobe of aedeagus subapically slightly widended ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24 – 25 )..................................................... H. picifemora Allard

- Distance between the bases of abdominal appendages shorter than the length of appendage. Median lobe of aedeagus subapically not extended or distinctly widended............................................................ 6

6. Abdominal appendages triangular ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). In dorsal view, median lobe of aedeagus wide basally, distinctly narrowed towards apex, slightly narrowed in the middle ( Fig. 21 View FIGURES 18 – 23 )............................................. H. mcgregori sp. nov.

- Abdominal appendages parallel-sided. Median lobe of aedeagus in dorsal view with subapical part distinctly widened ( Figs 20 View FIGURES 18 – 23 , 25 View FIGURES 24 – 25 ) or almost parallel-sided ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18 – 23 )...................................................................... 7

7. Abdominal appendages elongate triangular ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Subapical part of median lobe of aedeagus strongly widened ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 24 – 25 )........................................................................................ H. semperi sp. nov.

- Abdominal appendages parallel-sided. Subapical part of median lobe of aedeagus not or only slightly widened ( Figs. 18, 20 View FIGURES 18 – 23 )..................................................................................................... 8

8. Abdominal appendages very thin, 5.3 times as long as wide ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Subapical part of median lobe of aedeagus slightly widended ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Mindanao, Sulu, Samar and Panaon...................................... H. magellani sp. nov.

- Abdominal appendages slightly wider, 4.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10 – 17 ). Median lobe of aedeagus almost parallel-sided, apex widely rounded ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ). Sibuyan...................................................... H. bakeri sp. nov.

9. Abdomen yellow-brown............................................................................... 10

- Abdomen black or mostly black........................................................................ 11

10. Last ventrite narrower, twice as broad as long, apical convexity forms broad, simple obtuse angle ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Mindanao..................................................................................... H. mindanense Medvedev

- Last ventrite broader, 2.20 times as broad as long, apical margin medially convex with concavity on either side ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Mindoro......................................................................... H. konstantinovi sp. nov.

11. Apex of the last ventrite rounded or with blunt lobe.......................................................... 12

- Apex of the last ventrite with sharp triangular process....................................................... 14

12. Apex of the last ventrite strongly convex ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ).......................................... H. philippinense Jacoby

- Last ventrite with blunt lobe at middle third ( Figs. 28, 32 View FIGURES 26 – 32 )................................................... 13

13. Blunt lobe at apex of last ventrite shorter, strongly transverse, with slightly convex apex ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Mindanao, Sulu, Samar and Panaon............................................................................. H. magellani sp. nov.

- Blunt lobe at apex of last ventrite longer, only slightly transverse, with distinctly truncate apex ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Luzon............................................................................................... H. picifemora Allard

14. Apical process of last ventrite narrowly acute (<45°), with deeply concave sides ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Sibuyan...... H. bakeri sp. nov.

- Apical process of last ventrite almost right-angled, with less concave sides ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ). Negros......... H. mcgregori sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

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