Apophylia denisae, 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 : 36-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4619027
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4673E736-5055-4D7E-FC7B-FF72FE62A89E
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Apophylia denisae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Apophylia denisae , new species

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Material examined. – Holotype - male, Laos, Phongsaly prov., Phongsaly env., 1500 m, 21 41-2´N 102 6-8´E, coll. P. Pacholátko, 28 May. - 20 Jun.2003 ( NHMB).

Paratype – male, NE Burma [= Myanmar], Sadon , 1200 m, coll. R. Malaise, 28 Jun.-5 Jul.1939 ( BMNH) .

Description. – Male. Body flattened, parallel, subopaque. Head black, labrum, mandibles at apices and palpi maxillares yellow, clypeus at sides with small brownish spot. Antennae pale, gradually darkenned to apex. Pronotum, scutellum and underside black. Legs yellow, last two tarsomeres infuscate. Elytra dark metallic green.

Labrum transverse, covered with 3 long setae at each side, anterior margin distinctly sinuate. Anterior part of head with microsculpture and scarce large punctures, covered with long pale setae, subopaque. Interantennal space with small deep groove. Frontal tubercles small, subtriangular, slightly Scutellum subtriangular, with apex widely rounded, densely covered with small punctures and short pale hairs, dull. Elytra densely covered with small punctures and short dense pale hairs. Humeral calli well developed. Epipleura distinct, gradually narrowed to apex. Macropterous. Underside with microsculpture and fine punctures, covered with dense short pale hairs. Last visible sternite with large semicircular excision. Claws bifid. The shape of aedeagus as in Fig. 2 View Figs . Body length 4.25-5.85 mm (holotype 4.30 mm).

Female. Last visible sternite complete. Claws appendiculate. Abdomen yellow (occasionally with sternites 1 to 3 darkenned).

Etymology. – Dedicated to Haruo Takizawa (Hasuda, Japan), the well known Japanese specialist in Chrysomelidae and the collector of the type series.

Remarks. – A. takizawai , new species, is closely related to Apophylia brancuccii Medvedev in Medvedev & Sprecher, 1998, widely distributed throughout the continental Southeast Asia. Both species can be easily distinguished by the structure of aedeagus ( Figs. 2-3 View Figs ). The pale forms of A. viridis ( Jacoby, 1884) with uniformly yellow pronotum are also similar to A. takizawai . However, A. viridis differs by less deep depressions on pronotum and by the structure of aedeagus ( Fig. 4 View Figs ).

elevated above vertex, lustrous. Vertex dull, densely covered with large punctures and fine short pale hairs. Antennae filiform, 0.72 times as long as body; length ratio of antennomeres 1 to 11: 15-8-12-18-16-16-15-14-12-11-12.

Pronotum transverse, 1.75 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 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 sparsely covered with very large punctures, subopaque, the rest of surface with smaller dense punctures and dense short pale hairs.

Scutellum subtriangular, with apex widely rounded, densely covered with small punctures and short pale hairs, dull. Elytra densely covered with small punctures and short fine pale hairs. Humeral calli well developed. Epipleura distinct, gradually narrowed to apex. Macropterous. Underside with microsculpture and fine punctures, covered with dense short pale hairs. Last visible sternite with large semicircular excision. Basimetatarsomere 1.75 times as long as two following metatarsomeres combined. Claws bifid. The shape of aedeagus as in Fig. 5 View Figs . Body length 4.65-4.90 mm (holotype 4.90 mm).

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. – Dedicated to my dear lifelong friend Denisa Matejíckováˇ ˇ (Brno, Czech Republic).

Remarks. – A. denisae , new species, is externally very similar to A. nigriceps Laboissière, 1927 (from Vietnam and China), A. sikkimensis Bezdek ˇ, 2003 (from Sikkim), A. clypeata Samoderzhenkov, 1988 (from Vietnam and Laos), A. velai Bezdek ˇ, 2003 (from Taiwan) and A. laotica Bezdek ˇ, new species. All six species can be distinguished by the structure of aedeagus ( Figs. 6-11 View Figs View Figs ). The paler forms of A. assamensis ( Jacoby, 1891) also resemble A. denisae , new species. However, the antennomeres 1 to 5 in the males of A. assamensis are densely covered with very long hairs (missing in A. denisae , new species).