Chrysodema (Pseudochrysodema) dalmanni dalmanni (Mannerheim, 1837)

Qi, Zhi-Hao, Ai, Hong-Mu & Song, Hai-Tian, 2022, Notes on the genus Chrysodema from China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae), with one new species and one new record, Zootaxa 5099 (3), pp. 355-368 : 365

Chrysodema (Pseudochrysodema) dalmanni dalmanni (Mannerheim, 1837)

( Figs 4A–F , 5D , 7C, 7D )

Evides dalmanni Mannerheim, 1837: 40 .

= Chrysodema manillarum Thomson, 1879: 9 .

= Chrysodema granulosa Kerremans, 1895: 197 .

= Chrysodema mira Obenberger, 1928: 147 .

Material examined. 11 ♂♂ ( Fig. 4A–C , 5D ), 12 ♀♀ ( Fig. 4D–F ) ( CHTS): CHINA, Ludao Island , Taitung City, Taiwan; 22°67’N, 121°49’E, alt. 49 m; Hai-Tian Song & Wen-I Chou leg.; body ♂♂ length: 2.35–2.81 cm, width: 0.80–0.98 cm, length/width ratio: 2.87–2.94; body ♀♀ length: 2.54–3.18 cm, width: 0.88–1.14 cm, length/width ratio: 2.79–2.89; aedeagus (n=1) length: 8.30 mm, width: 1.60 mm, length/width ratio: 5.19.

Distribution. China (south to southeast of the main island and Ludao Island, Taiwan); Japan (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines and Indonesia.

Adult host plant. Terminalia catappa ( Ong & Hattori, 2019) .

Larva host plant. Casuarina equisetifolia ( Ong & Hattori, 2019) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Chrysodema, habitus (Scale = 10 mm): A–C—C. (P.) dalmanni dalmanni (Mannerheim, 1837) (male from Ludao Island, Taiwan); D–F—C. (P.) dalmanni dalmanni (female from Ludao Island, Taiwan); G–I—C. (P.) yasumatsui Kurosawa, 1954 (male from Lanyu Island, Taiwan). A, D, G—dorsal view; B, E, H—ventral view; C, F, I—lateral view.

FIGURE 5. Chrysodema, genitalia and terminal abdominal segments (Scale in A–F, I, L, O, R = 1 mm; Scale in G, H, J, K, M, N, P, Q, S, T= 0.2 mm): A—C. (C.) hainanensis sp. nov. (holotype); B—C. (C.) hainanensis sp. nov. (paratype, small-sized); C—C. (C.) lewisii lewisii Saunders, 1873 (Okinawa, Japan); D—C. (P.) dalmanni (Mannerheim, 1837) (Ludao Island, Taiwan); E—C. (P.) yasumatsui Kurosawa, 1954 (Lanyu Island, Taiwan); F–H—C. (C.) hainanensis sp. nov. (paratype); I–K—C. (C.) lewisii nakatai Frank & Sekerka, 2020 (New Taipei, Taiwan); L–T—C. (C.) tonkinea Kerremans, 1909 (variability of ovipositor and terminal abdominal segments; all from Nanning, Guangxi).A–E—parameres (left) and penis (right); F, I, L, O, R—oviposi- tor; G, J, M, P, S—female tergite IX; H, K, N, Q, T—female tergite VIII.

FIGURE 7. Host plant and habits of Chrysodema (Pseudochrysodema) dalmanni (Mannerheim, 1837) (Ludao Island, Taiwan): A—Terminalia catappa in the wild; B—marginal feedings on the leaves of T. catappa by C. (P.) dalmanni; C—lateral view of living individuals; D—dorsal view of living individual.