Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 440

Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903

( Figs. 8 , 21 , 38 )

Material examined (3 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Zemhon area , 12°30′58′′N 54°06′39′′E, 270-350 m, 3.-4.ii.2010, 1 spec. unsexed, L. Purchart & J. Vybíral leg. ( JBCB) ; Noged plain, Qaareh (waterfall), 12°20′10′′N 53°37′56′′E, 57 m, 5.-6.xii.2003, 2 spec. unsexed, D. Král leg. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen ( BRYANT 1957, DOGUET 1979, 1984a, 1984b, MEDVEDEV 1996, LOPATIN 2001, DÖBERL 2009, BEZDĚK & BATELKA 2011). Known also from Algeria and tropical Africa: Congo, Guinea, Sudan, Tanzania ( SCHERER 1962a, 1972, POLLARD 1957, DOGUET 1984 b, GRUEV & DÖBERL 1997). 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. 38–42. Habitus. 38 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903 (female, 1.9 mm); 39 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849) (male, 2.4 mm); 40 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902 (female, 3.7 mm); 41 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867 (female, 2.3 mm); 42 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. (holotype, male, 2.0 mm).