Aphthona sp. C

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 433

Aphthona sp. C

( Fig. 30 )

Material examined (1 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Thar area, pitfall trap, 24.ii.2009, 1 ♀ ( MCCI).

Diagnosis. Teneral female. Body glabrous, brown with feeble metallic tint, antennae yellow, gradually darkened from antennomere VI, legs yellow, metafemora brown. Pronotum 1.43 times as wide as long, distinctly covered with fine punctures, anterior margin straight, posterior margin rounded, lateral margins slightly rounded. Elytra convex, lateral margins rounded, widest in the middle, 0.63 times as long as body, 1.30 times as long as wide, sparsely covered with small confused punctures. Body length: 1.6 mm.

Figures

Figs. 26–31. Habitus. 26 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942 (unsexed, 1.6 mm); 27 – A. socotrana sp. nov. (holotype, male, 2.0 mm); 28 – A. sp. A (female, 2.1 mm); 29 – A. sp. B (female, 3.8 mm); 30 – A. sp. C (female, 1.6 mm); 31 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov. (paratype, male, 1.6 mm).