Hesperopenna medvedevi, Bezděk, 2013

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 : 723-724

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Hesperopenna medvedevi
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Key to the species of Hesperopenna medvedevi group

1 Tibiae and tarsi black, elytra yellowish, glabrous. ......................................................... 2

– Legs completely brownish or orange, elytra brown, glabrous or partly covered with fine setae. ............................................................................................................................... 3

2 Antennae completely yellow. Extreme margin of epipleura in apical third yellow or at most brownish. Aedeagus ventrally with long thin incision placed on right side ( Fig. 13 View Figs 11–14 ). Female pygidium with apex distinctly pointed ( Fig. 36 View Figs 34–40 ). Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia. ................................................................................ H. tibialis ( Kimoto, 1989)

– Antennae black with first two antennomeres pale. Extreme margin of epipleura in apical third black. Aedeagus ventrally with long thin incision placed medially ( Fig. 18 View Figs 15–18 ). Female pygidium with apex simply triangular ( Fig. 40 View Figs 34–40 ). Indonesia (Java, Bali). ......................... ............................................................................................................... H. zofka sp. nov.

3 Elytra glabrous. .............................................................................................................. 4

– Elytra densely covered with fine setae at least in apical half of elytra, .......................... 6

4 Last ventrite in male with subapical impression anteriorly surrounded with U-shaped ridge ( Fig. 20 View Figs 19–26 ). Aedeagus ventraly flat, with gradually tapering triangular apex ( Fig. 12 View Figs 11–14 ). Female pygidium with apex obtusangulate ( Fig. 35 View Figs 34–40 ). Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. .............. ............................................................................................ H. persimilis ( Kimoto, 1989)

– Last ventrite in male without U-shaped ridge. Female pygidium with small U-shaped incision at apex ( Fig. 38 View Figs 34–40 ). ............................................................................................... 5

5 Aedeagus dorsally with two thin touching processes, ventrally with deep incision on left side, ventral surface not keeled in the middle ( Fig. 15 View Figs 15–18 ). North Myanmar. ....................... .......................................................................................................... H. bonifaci sp. nov.

– Aedeagus dorsally forms two wider touching processes, ventrally with deep incision on right side, ventral surface with high median keel ( Fig. 16 View Figs 15–18 ). Female pygidium with small U-shaped incision at apex ( Fig. 38 View Figs 34–40 ). South Myanmar. ....................... H. helferi sp. nov.

6 Elytra densely covered with fine setae only in apical half. ............................................ 7

– Elytra almost completely covered with fine setae (at least in apical two thirds). Aedeagus ventrally with deep U-shaped incision on right side ( Fig. 14 View Figs 11–14 ). Female pygidium with small semicircular incision at apex ( Fig. 37 View Figs 34–40 ). Laos, Thailand, China (Yunnan). ........................ ............................................................................................................ H. arnoldi sp. nov.

7 Aedeagus ventrally with symmetrical subtriangular apex, lateral incisions short and of the same depth, ventral surface flat with thin median keel ( Fig. 11 View Figs 11–14 ). Female pygidium with U-shaped incision and slightly concave posterior margins near incision ( Fig. 37 View Figs 34–40 ). Vietnam. ................................................................................... H. medvedevi nom. nov.

– Aedeagus ventrally asymmetrical, with very deep and wide subtriangular incision on right side, ventral surface with high median keel apically forming robust process bent downwards ( Fig. 17 View Figs 15–18 ). Female pygidium with deep U-shaped incision with oblique apical margins straight ( Fig. 39 View Figs 34–40 ). India (Meghalaya). ............................ H. sipekorum sp. nov.

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