Smaragdina oculata, Medvedev, 1988

Duan, Wen-Yuan, Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2022, Two new species of the genus Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from China, ZooKeys 1082, pp. 1-26 : 1

Smaragdina oculata

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Smaragdina oculata Medvedev, 1988b: 471 (type locality: Assam, Kaziranga; type deposited: LM); Medvedev 2010: 268.

Material examined

(n = 4). China: Yunnan province: 1 male, 1 female, Mangshi, 15.V.1955, coll. B. Popov (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Mangshi, 17.V.1955, coll. Xingchi Yang (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Mangshi, 17.V.1955, coll. Krejanovsky (IZ-CAS).

Measurements

(n = 4). Body length males: 4.8-5.0 mm, females: 5.5 mm.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan); India.

Remark.

According to the aedeagus with triangular apex and specific pubescence, the Chinese specimens are certainly S. oculata ( Medvedev 2010: fig. 82), which has only been recorded from India.

Figures

Figure 15. Smaragdina oculata Medvedev, 1988 A habitus B lateral view of habitus C spermatheca D lateral view of aedeagus E ventral view of aedeagus F dorsal view of aedeagus G apex of aedeagus H ventral rectal sclerites I dorsal rectal sclerites. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C-I).

Figure 16. Smaragdina oculata Medvedev, 1988 A habitus B maxilla C labium D dorsal view of aedeagus E lateral view of aedeagus F ventral view of aedeagus G spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.