Longitarsus sp. A

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

Longitarsus sp. A

( Fig. 36 )

Material examined (1 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Wadi Zirik, 12°29.584′N 53°59.475′E, 12.vi.2010, 1 J, leg. V. Hula & J. Niedobová ( JBCB).

Diagnosis. Body glabrous, brown, mouthparts dark brown, apical four antennomeres gradually darkened, tarsi slightly infuscate, elytra with thin brownish suture. Head with deep orbital lines, frontal tubercles feebly developed but visible, separated by fine furrows, vertex laterally with large deep punctures. Pronotum 1.35 times as wide as long, covered with very fine microsculpture and fine punctures, anterior margin straight, posterior margin moderately rounded, lateral margins slightly rounded, posterior angles with very long pale seta. Elytra 0.65 times as long as body, 1.75 time as long as wide (measured at humeral calli), densely covered with small confused punctures. Protarsomere I elongate, subparallel, slightly narrower than protarsomere III, length ratios of protarsomeres I–IV equal to 6-3-3-5. Metatarsomere I long, thin, length ratios of metatarsomeres I–IV equal to 11-7-3-5. Body length: 2.3 mm.

Figures

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).