Hermaeophaga (Orthocrepis) ruficollis (Lucas, 1847)

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 438

Hermaeophaga (Orthocrepis) ruficollis (Lucas, 1847)

( Figs. 5 , 18 , 34 )

Lactica unicolor Jacoby, 1886: 124 , syn. nov.

Type material. Lactica unicolor : LECTOTYPE (by present designation): 1 J, ‘ Aden I. 1880. / Doria Beccari [w, p] // Museo Civ. / Genova [orange label, p] // SYNTYPUS [p] / Lactica / unicolor / Jacoby, 1886 [pale red label, h] // Lactica / unicolor / Jac. [blue label, h] // Lectotype [r, p]’ ( MSNG) . PARALECTOTYPES: 1 J 2 ♀♀, ‘ Aden I. 1880. / Doria Beccari [w, p] // Museo Civ. / Genova [orange label, p] // SYNTYPUS [p] / Lactica / unicolor / Jacoby, 1886 [pale red label, h] // Lactica / unicolor / Jac. [blue label, h] // Paralectotype [r, p]’ ( MSNG). The lectotype is herein designated to fix the name on single specimen.

Additional material examined (1 spec.). YEMEN: Socotra Island: Wadi Ayhaft, 12°36.5′N 53°58.9′E, 200 m, 7.-8.xi.2010, 1 ♀, J. Bezdĕk leg. ( JBCB).

Distribution. Widely distributed in southern Europe, North, Central and West Africa, Central Asia, Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, India and Sri Lanka ( SCHERER 1959, 1962a, 1962b, 1972, GRUEV & DÖBERL 1997, DÖBERL 2010). In the Arabian Peninsula it is reported from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen ( MEDVEDEV 1996, LOPATIN 2001, BEZDĚK & BATELKA 2011). First record from Socotra Island.

Figures

Figs.1–9.Aedeagus (a – ventral view, b – lateral view). 1 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942; 2 – A. socotrana sp. nov.; 3 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov.; 4 – Eriotica sp. B; 5 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1849) (specimen from Oman); 6 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984; 7 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov.; 8 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903 (specimen from Yemen); 9 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 13–25. 13 – head of Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov. 14 – left hind leg of Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. 15–25. Spermatheca. 15 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942; 16 – A. socotrana sp. nov.; 17 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov.; 18 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1847); 19 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984; 20 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov.; 21 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903; 22 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849); 23 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902; 24 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867; 25 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm for Figs. 14, 0.2 mm for Fig. 13 and 0.1 mm for Figs. 14–25.

Figs. 32–37. Habitus.32 – Eriotica sp.A (female, 3.6 mm); 33 – Eriotica sp. B (male, 2.9 mm); 34 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1847) (female, 2.9 mm); 35 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984 (male, 2.4 mm); 36 – Longitarsus sp. A (male, 2.3 mm); 37 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov. (paratype, male, 2.3 mm).