Apophylia takizawai, Bezdek, 2005

Bezdek, Jan, 2005, New And Interesting Apophylia Species From South-East Asia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53 (1), pp. 35-45 : 35-36

Apophylia takizawai , new species

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Material examined. – Holotype - male, Indonesia, Central Bali, Yeh Sumbul Nega, coll. H. Takizawa, 5-8 Dec.1999 ( NHMB).

Paratypes – 1 male, 4 females, same data as holotype (1 paratype in NHMB, 1 in JBCB, 2 in HTHJ, 1 in SEHU) ; 3 males, Indonesia, West Bali, Pektatan, coll. H. Takizawa, 24 Sep.1998 (1 paratype in JBCB, 1 in HTHJ, 1 in SEHU) .

Description. – Male. Body flattened, parallel, subopaque. Head bicolorous, vertex and postgenae black, anterior and ventral parts of head, mouthparts and frontal tubercles yellow,

labrum sometimes brownish. Antennae pale, gradually darkenned to apex. Pronotum and legs yellow, last two tarsomeres occasionally infuscate, elytra metallic green. Prosternum yellow, meso- and metasternum black. Abdomen black with posterior margin of last sternite yellow.

Labrum transverse, covered with several long setae at each side, anterior margin sinuate. Anterior part of head with microsculpture, subopaque. Interantennal space with small deep groove. Frontal tubercles small, subtriangular, slightly elevated above vertex, covered with microsculpture, subopaque. Vertex dull, covered with large dense punctures and dense fine short pale hairs. Antennae filiform, 0.75 times as long as body in male, 0.65 times in female; length ratio of antennomeres 1 to 11: 22-10-18-35-28-27-24-23-21-20- 23.

Pronotum transverse, 1.80-1.85 times as broad as long, widest at the first third. Anterior and posterior margins distinctly thinly bordered, lateral margins indistinctly bordered. Anterior margin rounded, with incision in the middle, posterior margin almost straight, lateral margins rounded. Anterior angles widely rounded, posterior angles obtusely angulate, all angles with very small dent directed upwards bearing long pale seta. The stout ridge, interrupted in the middle, is situated along anterior margin. Surface uneven, with two very large deep depressions laterally and longitudinal furrow running from middle of anterior margin to the middle of posterior margin, less distinct on the disc. Anterior margin and the stout ridge scarcely covered with very large punctures, subopaque, the rest of surface with smaller dense punctures and dense short pale hairs.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus of Apophylia takizawai, new species (P. Krásensky´ orig.).

Figs. 2-5. Apophylia species, aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view: 2, A. takizawai, new species; 3, A. brancuccii Medvedev; 4, A. viridis (Jacoby); 5, A. denisae, new species. Scale: 1 mm.