Blepharidina picta (Kolbe)

Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia & Biondi, Maurizio, 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4545 (1) : -

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.2

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5935514

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Blepharidina picta (Kolbe)
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Blepharidina picta (Kolbe)

( Figs 17 View FIGURES 11–19 , 32 View FIGURES 26–33 , 37 View FIGURES 34–37 , 53 View FIGURES 50–54 , 65 View FIGURES 55–67 , 69 View FIGURES 68–69 )

Blepharida picta Kolbe, 1897b: 336 ; Weise 1902: 160; Ferreira 1963: 517

Blepharidina picta (Kolbe) : Biondi et al. 2017: 132, 144

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ D. O. Afrika, ( Tanzania)?Khutu (7°46′32''S, 37°36′10''E), Stuhlmann S.” ( ZMHB). ( Kolbe (1897b: 336) reports Ukami (8°30′00''S, 35′44′00''E) as type locality GoogleMaps . Paralectotypes: “ D. Ost. Afrika,?Khutu, 1897, S. Stuhlmann ”, 2 ♂ ( ZMHB) . Africa, 1 specimen ( BMNH) ; Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1 specimen ( NMPC) , 1 specimen ( MNHN) ; ditto, S. Stuhlmann leg., 4 specimens ( ZMHB) . Additional material examined in Appendix 1.

Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina picta is closely related to B. laesa , with which it shares the same shape of the aedeagus. However, B. picta is distinguishable from B. laesa by some external characters ( Figs 12, 17 View FIGURES 11–19 ): size clearly larger (LB ± 8.38 mm; LB = 6.88 mm in B. laesa ); elytral interstriae flat (weakly but distinctly carinate B. laesa ); elytral yellow patches more rounded (more irregularly shaped in B. laesa ); elytral punctures pale (brownish in B. laesa ), clypeus and labrum yellow (both reddish in B. laesa ). About the median lobe of aedeagus, B. picta shows a more rounded apical part and slightly longer basal part (more clearly trapezoidal apical part and straight and slightly shorter basal part in B. laesa ) ( Figs 48 View FIGURES 44–49 , 53 View FIGURES 50–54 ). Spermatheca ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 55–67 ) with piriform and very sclerotized basal part; ductus thick, with ventrally oriented proximal part. Both males and females are moderately variable in size, but females generally show higher LE/LP ratio and shorter antennae (see Appendix 2).

Distribution. Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania ( Fig. 69 View FIGURES 68–69 ). Eastern Afrotropical (EAF) chorotype.

Ecological notes. The collection sites fall within different vegetation types: Eastern African Dry Semi- Deciduous Forest; Eastern & Southern African Lowland Evergreen & Semi-Evergreen Forest; Afromontane Dry Forest; Southern African Swamp Forest; Indo-West Pacific Mangrove; Miombo & Associated Broadleaf Savanna; Eastern African Salt Pan; Eastern African Xeric Scrub.

NMPC

National Museum Prague

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Blepharidina

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Blepharidina picta (Kolbe)

Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia & Biondi, Maurizio 2019
2019
Loc

Blepharida picta

Ferreira, M. C. 1963: 517
Weise, J. 1902: 160
Kolbe, H. J. 1897: 336
1897
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