Hesperopenna granulicollis 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 : 722

Hesperopenna granulicollis group.

Body length 3.7 – 7.0 mm. Antennomere III about two times longer than anntenomere II. Body completely orange, tibiae sometimes black. Pronotum transverse, 1.45–1.55 times as wide as long, distinctly covered with fine dense punctures, often with two or four small slightly elevated areas on the disc. Elytra glabrous. Aedeagus with relatively short proximal part, apex often bent down ( Fig. 70 ).

Species included. Hesperopenna granulicollis ( Kimoto, 1989) (comb. nov.), H. fulva (Kimoto, 1977) (comb. nov.), H. flava ( Jacoby, 1892) (comb. nov.) (= kimotoi Warchałowski, 1991 , syn. nov.), H. romantsovi nom. nov. (for Levnma thailandica Medvedev & Romantsov, 2013 ) (comb. nov.), H. malayana ( Medvedev & Romantsov, 2013) (comb. nov.) and at least six undescribed species.

Figures

Fig. 70. Aedeagus of Hesperopenna granulicollis (Kimoto, 1989) (paratype) (a – dorsal view; b – lateral view; ventral view). Scale bar 1 mm.