Afidentula

Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Szawaryn, Karol, 2013, Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 3608 (1) : -

Key to the species of Afidentula

1 Lateral and basal margins of elytra black; disk of each elytron with three round-oval, black spots ( Fig. 176 )................................................................................................... A. minima (Gorham)

- Lateral and basal margins of elytra brown like elytral background; each elytron with more than three spots, rarely some of them may be fused and arranged in transverse bands......................................................... 2

2 Each elytron with four black spots........................................................................ 3

- Each elytron with more than four spots or with transverse bands................................................ 5

3 Body 1.13 times as long as wide, heart-shaped ( Fig. 170 ); elytra chestnut brown; epipleura about 3.5 times wider than metepisternum........................................................................... A. semisqualens sp. nov.

- Body 1.24–1.43 times as long as wide, oval; elytra reddish brown or orange; epipleura at most 2.65 times wider than metepisternum.............................................................................................. 4

4 Labial palpomere 2 at most 1.15–1.20 times longer than terminal palpomere ( Fig. 4 ); prosternal process about 0.28–0.30 times as wide as longest procoxal diameter, truncate apically ( Fig. 5 ); penis guide with sharp tooth in apical fourth and short incision at apex ( Fig. 13 )............................................................ A. bisquadripunctata (Gyllenhal)

- Labial palpomere 2 1.35–1.50 times longer than terminal palpomere ( Fig. 145 ); prosternal process about 0.34–0.36 times as wide as longest procoxal diameter, weakly rounded apically ( Fig. 144 ); penis guide with blunt tooth in apical fourth and without incision at apex ( Fig. 156 )........................................................ A. thanhsonensis Hoang

5 Body larger, 4.90–5.33 mm long; long-oval, 1.38–1.43 times as long as wide; elytra 1.17–1.20, almost parallel-sided ( Figs. 164, 165 )............................................................................................ 6

- Body smaller, 2.83–4.25 mm long; short-oval, 1.24–1.31 times as long as wide; elytra 1.05–1.08 times as long as wide, oval ( Figs. 167, 171 )....................................................................................... 7

6 Head black; mesoventral process about 0.55 times as wide as mesocoxal diameter; meso- and metaventrite without distinct grooves behind anterior raised borders ( Fig. 106 )..................................... A. quindecemguttata (Dieke)

- Head red or reddish brown; mesoventral process about 0.65 times as wide as mesocoxal diameter; with distinct groove behind anterior raised border of mesoventrite and behind raised border of metaventral process ( Fig. 19 )...... A. himalayana Kapur

7 Elytron with medio-anterior spot touching scutellum and suture ( Fig. 167 ); body 3.85–4.25 mm long; antennomere 4 slightly longer than 5; male genitalia as in Figs. 141–143 ........................................... A. stephensi (Mulsant)

- Elytron with medio-anterior spot distant from scutellum and suture ( Figs. 171–175 ); body 2.83–3.68 mm long; antennomere 4 slightly shorter than 5; male genitalia as in Figs. 27, 28, 32–34 , 49–52 , 73–76 ............... A. manderstjernae (Mulsant)

Figures

FIGURES 164 – 176. Habitus, dorsal; 164) A. quindecemguttata (Dieke); 165, 166) A. himalayana Kapur; 167) A. stephensi (Mulsant); 168) A. bisquadripunctata (Gyllenhal); 169) A. thanhsonensis Hoang; 170) A. semisqualens sp. nov.; 171) A. manderstjernae bielawski ssp. nov; 172) A. manderstjernae bhutani ssp. nov.; 173) A. manderstjernae manderstjernae (Mulsant); 174) A. m. manderstjernae (Mulsant), holotype; 175) A. manderstjernae bahraini ssp. nov.; 176) Afidentula minima (Gorham).

FIGURES 1 – 16. Afidentula bisquadripunctata (Gyllenhal); 1) habitus, ventral view; 2) head ventral view; 3) mandible, inner; 4) mouthparts; 5) prosternal and mesoventral process; 6) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 7) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 8) female genitalia, ventral; 9) male genital segment, dorsal; 10) male genital segment, ventral; 11) penis, lateral; 12) tegmen, lateral; 13) tegmen, inner; 14) penis apex, lateral; 15) abdomen, female; 16) abdomen, male.

FIGURES 144 – 163. Afidentula thanhsonensis Hoang; 144) head and prothorax, ventral; 145) mouthparts; 146) mandible, inner; 147) habitus, ventral view (head removed); 148) meso- and metathorax, ventral; 149) abdomen, male; 150) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 151) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 152) abdomen, female; 153) abdominal tergite VIII, female; 154) abdominal sternite VIII, female; 155) penis apex, lateral; 156) tegmen, inner; 157) tegmen, lateral; 158) penis, lateral; 159) female genitalia, ventral; 160) female genitalia, dorsal; 161) male genital segment, dorsal; 162) male genital segment, ventral; 163) spermatheca and accessory gland.

FIGURES 103 – 115. Afidentula quindecemguttata (Dieke); 103) habitus, ventral view; 104) mouthparts; 105) prosternum; 106) mesoventral process; 107) abdomen, male; 108) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 109) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 110) male genital segment, dorsal; 111) male genital segment, ventral; 112) penis apex, lateral; 113) tegmen, inner; 114) penis, lateral; 115) tegmen, lateral.

FIGURES 17 – 25. Afidentula himalayana Kapur; 17) mouthparts; 18) habitus, ventral view; 19) prosternal and mesoventral process; 20) abdominal tergite VIII, female; 21) abdominal sternite VIII, female; 22) spermatheca and accessory gland; 23) abdomen, female; 24) female genitalia, ventral; 25) female genitalia, dorsal.

FIGURES 125 – 143. Afidentula stephensi (Mulsant); 125) habitus, ventral view; 126) mouthparts; 127) prosternal process; 128) mesoventral process; 129) abdomen, female; 130) abdominal sternite VIII, female; 131) abdominale tergite VIII, female; 132) abdomen, male; 133) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 134) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 135) penis apex, lateral; 136) female genitalia, dorsal; 137) female genitalia, ventral; 138) spermatheca and accessory gland; 139) tegmen, inner; 140) tegmen, lateral; 141) penis, lateral; 142) male genital segment, ventral; 143) male genital segment, dorsal.

FIGURES 26 – 40. Afidentula manderstjernae manderstjernae (Mulsant); 26) habitus, ventral view; 27) penis, lateral; 28) tegmen, lateral; 29) female genitalia, ventral; 30) female genitalia, dorsal; 31) spermatheca and accessory gland; 32) penis apex, lateral; 33) male genital segment, ventral; 34) male genital segment, dorsal; 35) abdomen, female; 36) abdominal tergite VIII, female; 37) abdomen, male; 38) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 39) abdominal sternite VIII, female; 40) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male.

FIGURES 47 – 56. Afidentula manderstjernae bhutani spp. nov.; 47) habitus, ventral view; 48) abdomen, male; 49) penis, lateral; 50) penis apex, lateral; 51) tegmen, inner; 52) tegmen, lateral; 53) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 54) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 55) male genital segment, ventral; 56) male genital segment, dorsal.

FIGURES 68 – 82. Afidentula manderstjernae bielawskii spp. nov.; 68) abdomen, female; 69) abdominal tergite VIII, female; 70) abdominal sternite VIII, female; 71) female genitalia, ventral; 72) female genitalia, dorsal; 73) penis apex, lateral; 74) penis, lateral; 75) tegmen, lateral; 76) tegmen, inner; 77) male genital segment, dorsal; 78) male genital segment, ventral; 79) abdomen, male; 80) abdominal tergite VIII, male; 81) abdominal sternite VIII (ventrite 6), male; 82) spermatheca and accessory gland.