Menippus beeneni, Lee, Chi-Feng, Bezdĕk, Jan & Suenaga, Haruki, 2012

Lee, Chi-Feng, Bezdĕk, Jan & Suenaga, Haruki, 2012, Revision of Menippus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Taiwan and Menippus dimidiaticornis species group with a new generic synonymy, Zootaxa 3427, pp. 1-16 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3427.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5911246
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A670F920-FFAE-DD73-FF3D-28CD65D310C4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Menippus beeneni
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Menippus beeneni , new species

( Figs 10 View FIGURES 9 – 17 , 20 View FIGURES 18 – 25 , 27 View FIGURES 26 – 32 , 34 View FIGURES 33 – 41 )

Male. Length 7.5 mm. Color: brown; antennae blackish brown except two basal antennomeres; vertex, apex of femur, apex and base of tibiae, tarsi darkened. Sculpture: head, pronotum and elytra with small, extremely dense punctures. Antenna short, reaching mid-point of body, all antennomeres elongate, relative length of antennomeres II-XI about 1.0: 1.3: 1.6: 1.6: 1.5: 1.6: 1.4: 1.4: 1.4: 1.7. Pronotum widest at apical 1/3, gradually narrowed towards base; pronotal disc with pair of circular depressions, with shallow depression medially, transverse depression along hind margin laterally; hind margin slightly medially and laterally concave. Prosternal process reduced to a sharp keel between coxae, parallel-sided from base to apex; procoxal cavities closed, long thin hypomeral lobes reaching apex of posternal process. Elytra elongate, about 1.5X longer than wide, dorsally flat. Apex of last ventrite with a shallow concave excision. Penis extremely wide and curved in lateral view ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9 – 17 a), strongly constricted towards tip, dorso-lateral angles bent downwards; in dorsal view wide and laterally parallel, apex truncated and slightly convex at middle ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9 – 17 b). Apex of endophallic sclerite broad, with teeth along outer apical margin and several teeth scatted on disc ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9 – 17 b).

Female. Length 8.8–9.4 mm. Similar to male. Apex of last ventrite truncate. Sternite VIII well sclerotized ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 18 – 25 ), apex moderately concave at middle, with dense extremely long setae along apical margin, spiculum short. Spermathecal receptaculum ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 26 – 32 ) strongly swollen, gradually narrowed between receptaculum and pump, pump narrow and curved, spermathecal duct slightly projecting into receptaculum. Gonocoxae separated, transverse, irregular margined, laterally tapering, disc with one short setae ( Figs. 34 View FIGURES 33 – 41 ).

Diagnosis. This species is identified by the strongly curved penis and the truncate and medially convex apex in dorsal view.

Types (8 specimens). Holotype ♂: CHINA, Shaanxi, Tsinling mts., 1600 m, Foping Nature reserve , 33°51’N, 107°57’E, 6.IV.1999 leg. V. Siniaev & A. Plutenko ( TARI) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 3♀♀, same data as holotype ( TARI, RBNN) ; 13, same but with “ 20.IV.-11.V.1999 ” ( RBNN) ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Tai Bei Shan, 33°35’N, 107°43’E, 1300- 1500 m, 10.VIII.-4.IX.1998, leg. S. Murzin & V. Siniaev ( RBNN) ; 13, Shaanxi, Qing Ling Shan Mts., 1500 m, Hou Zen Zi vill., 30 km SE of Taibai Shan Mt., 26.VI.1998, leg. O. Šafránek & M. Trýzna ( JBBC) ; 1♀, Shanxi, Shou-man, Daba Shan mts., 1800 m, 32°08’N, 108°37’E, 1.VI. 20000, collector unknown ( RBNN).

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Shanxi).