Hesperopenna medvedevi 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 medvedevi group.

Larger species, body length 6.6–10.0 mm. Body completely yellow, orange or brown, legs completely pale or tibiae and tarsi black, antennae usually gradually darkened from antennomere III or IV, or black with first two antennomeres pale, or, rarely, antennae completely yellow.

Antennomere III about 1.5–2.0 times longer than anntenomere II. Pronotum less transverse, 1.40–1.60 times as wide as long, widest in anterior third, lustrous, with very fine, almost indistinct punctures, lateral margins moderately rounded, channeled, posterior margin rounded. Scutellum triangular with apex shortly rounded. Elytra lustrous (in species with pubescent elytra the places with setae semiopaque), glabrous or partly covered with short dense setae. Pygidium of females often incised at apex, in some species apex pointed.

Aedeagus long, robust, subtubular, with basal orifice large and long, with two endophallic sclerites: one very large, with spoon-like apex and distinct ridges ventrally, always protruding aedeagus, second thin, usually hidden inside the aedeagus ( Figs 11–18 ).

Species included. Hesperopenna medvedevi nom. nov. (for flava Medvedev & Dang, 1981 ), H. tibialis ( Kimoto, 1989) (comb. nov.) (= merkli Medvedev, 2000 , syn. nov.), H. persimilis ( Kimoto, 1989) (comb. nov.) and 5 new species described below.

Figures

Figs 11–14.Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view; c – ventral view). 11 – Hesperopenna medvedevi nom.nov.; 12 – H. persimilis (Kimoto, 1989); 13 – H. tibialis (Kimoto, 1989); 14 – H. arnoldi sp. nov. Scale bar 1 mm.

Figs 15–18. Aedeagus (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view; c – ventral view). 15 – H. bonifaci sp. nov.; 16 – H. helferi sp. nov.; 17 – H. sipekorum sp. nov.; 18 – H. zofka sp. nov. Scale bar 1 mm.