Pseudotheopea leehsuehae, Lee & Bezděk, 2020

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdek, Jan, 2020, Revision of the Theopea genus group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), part III: Descriptions of two new genera and nine new species, ZooKeys 912, pp. 65-124 : 65

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.912.47719
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scientific name	Pseudotheopea leehsuehae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pseudotheopea leehsuehae sp. nov. Figs 13C, D View Figure 13 ; 18F-H View Figure 18 ; 21 View Figure 21

Types.

Holotype ♂ (NHMB), LAOS, Louang Namtha, Namtha → Muang Sing, 21°09'N 101°19'E, 900-1200 m, 5-31.V.1997, leg. V. Kubáň. Paratypes. 5♂♂ (NHMB), same as holotype; LAOS. Houa Phan: 1♂ (NHMB), Ban Saluei → Phou Pane Mt., 20°12-13.5'N 103°59.5 ’-104°01’ E, 1340-1870 m, 10.V.-16.VI.2009, leg. M. Brancucci and local coll.; Louang Namtha: 1♂ (NMPC), 20 km BW Louang Namtha, 21°09.2'N 101°18.7'E, 800-1100 m, 5.-11.V.1987, leg. M. Štrba and Hergovits; Phongsali: 1♂ (JBCB), Boun Tai (10km SE), 16-25.V.2004, leg. Lao collector; Xaisomboun: 1♀ (NMPC), Phou Khao Khouay N.P., Tad Leuk, 18°23'N 103°04'E, 150-200 m, 15.-21.V.2001, leg. E. Jendek and O. Šauša

Description.

Length 4.8-5.9 mm, width 1.8-2.4 mm. Body color metallic purple (Fig. 18F-H View Figure 18 ), legs yellowish brown, tarsi darker; mouth parts and antennae dark brown or blackish brown. Frontoclypeus (Fig. 13C, D View Figure 13 ) transverse and deeply excavated between eyes in males, concavity transverse and as wide as interspace between eyes; with small membranous sclerite covering sides; membranous sclerite covering most shallow areas of concavity, also with one pair of erect membranous sclerites, concavity with short hair-like setae along margin. Antennae filiform in males (Fig. 21A View Figure 21 ), relatively broader than females, antennomeres III-X slightly curved, length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.2: 1.0: 1.1: 1.2: 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.3: 1.3: 4.0: 4.8: 4.9: 4.8: 5.0: 5.1: 5.1: 4.9: 5.5; slender and straight in females (Fig. 21B View Figure 21 ) length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.8: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.4: 1.5: 3.9: 5.5: 5.7: 5.4: 5.9: 6.5: 6.2: 5.4: 6.5. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided, 1.7-1.9 × longer than wide; disc with dense, coarse punctures arranged into longitudinal rows, with convex longitudinal ridges between rows of punctures, distinct and indistinct ridges intertwined. Tarsomeres I of front legs swollen in males; subparallel in females. Aedeagus (Fig. 21C-E View Figure 21 ) extremely slender, 11.9 × longer than wide; parallel-sided; apex with shallow notch, both apices equal in length; tectum elongate, from apical 1/9 to basal 1/4; slightly curved in lateral view, angular at apical 1/5; triangular sclerites small; internal sac with elongate, endophallic sclerite complex, 0.3 × as long as aedeagus, composed of two sclerites, apical piece as long as basal piece, with one pair of hook-like sclerites combined at base of apical piece ventrally. Gonocoxae (Fig. 21G View Figure 21 ) elongate; apices convergent and narrowly rounded, each gonocoxa with six setae along lateral margin from apex to apical 1/6, three much longer than others; lateral processes reduced, with one or two setae near base; base membranous. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 21F View Figure 21 ) elongate and well sclerotized; disc with several long lateral setae, and with dense, short setae along apical margin; spiculum extremely slender. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig. 21H View Figure 21 ) strongly swollen; pump slender and strongly curved; proximal spermathecal duct deeply inserted into receptacle, narrow and short.

Diagnosis.

Pseudotheopea leehsuehae sp. nov. (Fig. 18F, H View Figure 18 ) is similar to P. clypealis (Medvedev) (Fig. 8D, F View Figure 8 ) based on the convex, distinct ridges and weak indistinct ridges intertwined on the elytra, but P. leehsuehae sp. nov. can be separated from P. clypealis by its metallic purple body (Fig. 18F, H View Figure 18 ) (golden green body in P. clypealis (Fig. 8D, F View Figure 8 )), and concavity covered with a membranous sclerite and with one pair of erect rounded sclerites (Fig. 13C, D View Figure 13 ) (without such structures in P. clypealis (Fig. 9C, D View Figure 9 )). Males of P. leehsuehae sp. nov. are characterized by their extremely elongate aedeagi (11.7 × longer than wide) and one pair of hook-like sclerites arising from the middle of the ventral surface of the apical piece of the endophallic sclerite complex (Fig. 21C-E View Figure 21 ).