Eriotica sp. B

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 437

Eriotica sp. B

( Figs. 4 , 33 )

Material examined (1 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Ayhaft, 3.xi.2000, 1 J, V. Bejček & K. Štastný leg. ( NMPC).

Diagnosis. Body flavous, labrum and maxillar palpi dark, apical two tarsomeres of all legs slightly infuscate, antennae gradually darkened from antennomere IV. Pronotum subquadrate, with sides narrowed posteriorly and with transverse impression before base. Elytra subparallel, with nine regular rows of large deep punctures, and with short scutellar row. Interstices densely covered with very short pale setae. Apex of each elytron with small cavity bearing one short thin spine. Body length: 3.0 mm.

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. 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).