Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980

Schöller, Matthias, 2014, Revision of the Cryptocephalus vitellinus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 645-655 : 648-650

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Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980
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Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980

( Figs 5–6 View Figs 5–6 , 16–19 View Figs 16–19 )

Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980: 80 (original description).

Type locality. Iran, KermƗn Province, Delfar, Central mountain chain in the Sabzevarn Region (nowadays renamed to Jiroft Region).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Iran Delfar (chai / ne centr.) 19.VI.73 / 1500 m. [handwritten] [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // HOLOTYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4099 About MNHN [w]’ ( MNHN) . PARATYPES (3 spec.): 2JJ, ‘ IRAN Saqdar (chaî- / ne centrale) / 2200 m. 17VI.73 (ink) [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // PARATYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4101 About MNHN [w] // [note: in one male, the endophallus is everted]’ ( MNHN) ; 1 J, ‘ IRAN Saqdar / 11.6.73 / RN [handwritten] [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // PARATYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4100 [w]’ ( MNHN).

Redescription. Medium-sized, male 3.4–3.9 mm, female 4.2 mm long; pronotum elongate, with narrowly black base of pronotum and elytra; pronotum glabrous; elytra pale yellow with black humeral marking distinct and a longitudinal blackish brown marking present in apical third of elytron, with short white setae and rows of small punctures; pro- and mesotibia with brown marking in apical half.

Male. Both ¿rst pro- and mesotarsomeres strongly widened. In lateral view, aedeagus bulging in apical part ( Fig. 16 View Figs 16–19 ), apex of aedeagus in dorsal view triangular with apical denticle broader than in C. vitellinus ; a pair of triangular fraenula and a pair of narrow sickle-shaped endosclerites visible in ostium ( Fig. 17 View Figs 16–19 ); a pair of short semi-transparent windows visible in ventral view ( Fig. 18 View Figs 16–19 ).

Spermathecal duct loosely coiled up at base (see Fig. 14 View Figs 7–15 in RAPILLY (1980)).

In male, half of claw segment projecting out of lobes of metatarsomere III.

Distribution. Iran (KermƗn Province). Known from the localities given in the original description only.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Cryptocephalinae

Genus

Cryptocephalus

Loc

Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980

Schöller, Matthias 2014
2014
Loc

Cryptocephalus lucidus

RAPILLY M. 1980: 80
1980
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