Epilachna bocaki Pang

Pang, Hong, Ślipiński, Adam, U, Yap Ing W & Zuo, Yongsheng, 2012, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Epilachna Chevrolat with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini), Zootaxa 3420 (1), pp. 1-37 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3420.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6300819

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scientific name

Epilachna bocaki Pang
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Epilachna bocaki Pang View in CoL et Ś lipi ń ski sp. nov. ( Figs 23 View FIGURE 23 a–j)

Etymology. The species is dedicated to our friend Dr. Ladislav Bocák of the Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, who collected large series of Epilachna in China, including the holotype of this species.

Diagnosis. E. bocaki is very similar to E. glochinosa Pang et Mao , E. hopeiana Miyatake and E. concuongensis Hoàng and can only be distinguished by the shape of the penis apex ( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 e, 23j).

Description. Length 8.4 mm. TL/EW = 1.31; PL/PW = 0.43; EL/EW = 1.06; EL/PL = 4.0. Body oval. Dorsum reddish; pronotum with central transverse spot of varying size. Elytra with 6 pairs of black, partially interconnected spots, arranged as on Figs. 23 View FIGURE 23 a–c; humeral spot large, reaching anterior edge of elytron and connected to sutural spot; median three spots connected into transverse fascia extending from lateral margin to suture. Abdominal postcoxal line complete, extending posteriorly to 0.6 of ventrite length ( Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 e).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 23 View FIGURE 23 f–j). Penis arcuate with short, clubbed apical piece; parameres narrow and as long as penis guide; penis guide narrow and apically pointed. Female genitalia: ovipositor short, coxites oval and broadly rounded, as in Fig. 23 View FIGURE 23 d.

Types. Holotype (male), Sichuan: Mt. Emei, 1989.v.5–19, Lad. Bocák ( NHMB) (No. CHC-0121). Paratypes. Guanxian , 1989.v.20, S. & J. Kolibáč (3, NHMB); Guanxian , 1989.v.21–22; 1998.vi.24–29, Lad. Bocák (1, NHMB; 1, SYSM).

Distribution. Sichuan.

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FIGURE 9. Epilachna glochinosa. (a) Dorsal view; (b) anterior view; (c) lateral view; (d) abdomen; (e) apical sclerite of penis; (f) penis; (g) tegmen inner; (h) paramere; (i) tegmen lateral

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FIGURE 23. Epilachna bocaki. (a) Dorsal view; (b) anterior view; (c) lateral view; (d) female genitalia; (e) postcoxal line; (f) tegmen inner; (g) tegmen lateral; (h) paramere; (i) penis; (j) apical sclerite of penis

NHMB

Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum

NHMB

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Genus

Epilachna