Hesperopenna pallida group., 1981

Bezděk, Jan, 2013, Revision of the genus Hesperopenna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). I. Generic redescription, definition of species groups and taxonomy of H. medvedevi species group, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 715-746 : 721

Hesperopenna pallida group.

Body length 4.2 – 5.7 mm. Body completely orange or tibiae and metaventrite black. Antennae longer than body, antennomere III about 1.5 – 3.5 times longer than anntenomere II. Pronotum 1.3 – 1.4 times as wide as long, covered with fine dense punctures. Elytra glabrous. Aedeagus simple, long, thin, with long internal sclerite ( Fig. 67 ).

Species included. Hesperopenna annulicornis (Jacoby, 1896) (comb. nov.), H. antennalis ( Kimoto, 1989) (comb. nov.), H. fulvicollis (Jacoby, 1896) (comb. nov.), H. pallida ( Jacoby, 1894) (comb. nov.) and at least two undescribed species.

Figures

Figs 66–69.Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view; ventral view). 66 – Hesperopenna vietnamica (Medvedev, 2000) (paratype); 67 – H. antennalis (Kimoto, 1989); 68 – H. minor (Kimoto, 1989) (paratype); 69 – H. bicolor (Kimoto, 1989) (paratype). Scale bar 1 mm.