Theopea flavipalpis, Laboissiere, 1940

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdĕk, Jan, 2019, Revision of the genus Theopea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland and the Philippines: Redefinition of the genus, Zootaxa 4683 (4), pp. 451-507 : 468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:982FE3FB-5610-44A1-AAE3-659B28F45307

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4505246

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87D6-FF86-4459-FF6B-A94FFA38F81A

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Plazi

scientific name

Theopea flavipalpis
status

 

Theopea flavipalpis species group

Diagnosis. Frons uniform in both sexes. Vertex and pronotum without reticulate microsculpture. Penultimate maxillary palpomere greatly swollen. Pronotum relatively broader, 1.2–1.3x wider than long; disc with one pair of transverse lateral depressions. Procoxal cavities open. Disc of elytra with distinct reticulate microsculpture. Male aedeagus extremely slender, more than 10.0 x longer than wide; apex without notch or with median slit; ventral surface with short, hollow area near apex; strongly curved in lateral view; basal opening medially closed; tectum apically tapering, apex not recurved; internal sac with one pair of longitudinal rows of tiny sclerites along sides of median sclerite. Metatibia without apical spine.

Included species. Theopea flavipalpis Laboissière , T. guoi sp. nov., T. lui sp. nov., and T. sabahensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Theopea

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