Candezea salisburiensis Jacoby, 1899: 378
3463
Bolz, Helmut
Wagner, Thomas
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
3463
1
112
(Jacoby, 1899)
Bolz & Wagner
2012
Jacoby
1899
[151,702,151,177]
Insecta
Chrysomelidae
Neobarombiella
GBIF
Animalia
Coleoptera
37
38
Arthropoda
species
salisburiensis
comb. nov.
( Figs 54–57)
Candezea salisburiensis Jacoby, 1899: 378. Total length.3.00– 5.45 mm(mean: 4.28 mm) (n=12).
Head.Head, labial and maxillary palpi yellowish-brown or reddish-brown. Antennomeres short and broad, four basal antennomeres yellow, following antennomeres brown ( Fig. 54); length of second to third antennomere 0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77), and length of third to fourth antennomere 0.75–0.85 (mean: 0.80; Fig. 56). Eyes small and widely separated ( Fig. 54), width of eye to interocular distance 0.47–0.56 (mean: 0.51). FIGURES 54–56. Neobarombiella salisburiensis( Jacoby, 1899). FIGURE 54. Dorsal view; FIGURE 55. Aedeagus, a—ventral, b—dorsal, c—lateral; FIGURE 56. Antennomeres 1–4 of two different males (a, b) and two different females (c, d). Thorax.Pronotum yellowish- or reddish-brown; indistinctly punctuated; trapezoidal, pronotal width 1.18–1.86 mm(mean: 1.55 mm), pronotal length 0.62–1.04 mm(mean: 0.84 mm), and pronotal length to width 0.52–0.57 (mean: 0.54). Elytron metallic greenish or bluey-black with reddish-brown apex; coarsely punctuated; elytral length 2.25–4.15 mm(mean: 3.26 mm), elytral width 1.60–2.70 mm(mean: 2.17 mm), and maximal width of both elytra to length of elytron 0.63–0.71 (mean: 0.68; Fig. 54). Meso- and metathorax dark brown; legs brownish-yellow, metatibia twice as long as basi-metatarsus, and length of basi-metatarsus to metatibia 0.42–0.49 (mean: 0.45). Abdomen.Entirely yellowish-brown or dark brown. Male genitalia.Median lobe short, slender, and parallel-sided, broad and bucket-like apically, with small angled, slightly slerotised projections besides apical incision ( Fig. 55); apex strongly sclerotized in lateral view; endophallic brush not protruding, basal orifice rectangular in ventral view.
Diagnosis. Neobarombiella salisburiensiscan be best identified by its characteristic metallic greenish or blueish colouring and coarse elytral punctuation. Although N. nigritaand N. punctatolineataare similar to N. salisburiensisin appearance, they have no metallic colouring. Short, broad elytron are also characteristic of N. nigrita, width of both elytra to length of elytron 0.72–0.82 (mean: 0.77) ( N. salisburiensis0.63–0.71 (mean: 0.68); Figs 24, 54), whereas N. punctatolineatahas elytral punctuation arranged in short striae and it has a short second antennomere, length of second to third antennomere 0.56–0.71 (mean: 0.62) (length of second to third antennomere in N. salisburiensis0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77); Figs 50, 56). Neobarombiella nigrocaeruleais similar to N. salisburiensisin appearance, having a yellow to yellowish-red pronotum and dark metallic elytra, but different in that its elytron only have microsculpture. Its second antennomere is only half to two-thirds as long as the third antennomere, length of second to third antennomere 0.50–0.65 (mean: 0.57) (length of second to third antennomere in N. salisburiensis0.72–0.83 (mean: 0.77); Figs 35, 56). Two other species, namely N. mendicaand N. apicalis, also resemble N. salisburiensis, in having reddish or yellowish-brown pronotal colouring, but only N. mendicaoccurs sympatrically with N. salisburiensis. Neobarombiella apicalisis known from the Democratic Republic of the Congoand the vicinity of the Albertine Rift ( Figs 57, 68, 109); the elytron of N. mendicaare a glossy black, and those of N. apicalisdark metallic green or bluey, but both have a red or brownish-red apical tip; the third antennomere in N. mendicais only half as long as the fourth, length of third to fourth antennomere 0.44–0.57 (mean: 0.50) ( N. salisburiensis0.75–0.85 (mean: 0.80); Figs 56, 67); the pronotum in N. mendicais on average shorter and broader, pronotal length to width 0.45–0.54 (mean: 0.50) (0.52–0.57 (mean: 0.54) in N. salisburiensis) ( Figs 54, 65).
Distribution:Recorded from Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwein southern Africa, and from southern Tanzania( Fig. 57).
Type material examined. Lectotype, female: “Salisbury, Dec. 97 / Candezea, salisburiensis, Jac./ Jacoby Coll., 1909-28a. / Type / AfriGa, specimen ID: 1121, specimen data, documented, 15.II.2005” ( BMNH; Fig. 58). Twelve specimens collected by Marshallfrom the type locality are available, and a lectotypeis here designated. Type locality: Zimbabwe, Salisbury, 17°50'S/ 31°03'E.— Paralectotypes: 11 specimenswith the same label data as the lectotype are paralectotypes( BMNH). Other material examined. Namibia. 1 ex., Ongongo Falls, 19°08'S/ 13°49'E, F. Koch, II.1995( MNHU).— South Africa. 4 ex., Charters Creek Game Reserve, 28°12'S/ 32°25'E, C. Chaboo& E. Grobbelaar, I.2006( SANC); 1 ex., Zululand, Empangeni Univ., 28°45'S/ 31°54'E, P. E. Reavell, II.1975( TMSA); 1 ex., Harrismith, 28°17'S/ 29°08'E, H. K. Munro, XII.1950 ( SANC); 1 ex., Natal, Malvern, 29°53'S/ 30°55'E, G. A. K. Marshall, 1908 ( BMNH); 1 ex., KwaZulu-Natal, St. Lucia Park, 28°12'S/ 32°25'E, F. Koch, II.1995( MNHU).— Tanzania. 3 ex., Usangu Dist., 9°17'S/ 33°27'E, S. A. Neave, XI.– XII.1910( BMNH); 2 ex., Ulleheland, Kidugala, 5°39'S/ 32°45'E( BMNH).— Zimbabwe. 8 ex., Salisbury, 17°50'S/ 31°03'E, 1897–1898 ( BMNH); 6 ex., Salisbury, G. A. K. Marshall, 1908 ( BMNH).
2005-02-15
BMNH
Marshall
Zimbabwe
-17.833334
Salisbury
1277
31.05
38
39
2
lectotype
2005-02-15
BMNH
Marshall
Zimbabwe
-17.833334
Salisbury
1277
31.05
38
39
11
paralectotype
1995-02
MNHU
F. Koch
Namibia
-19.133333
Ongongo Falls
1273
13.816667
38
39
1
[290,1432,2010,2035]
C. Chaboo & E. Grobbelaar
South Africa
-28.2
Charters Creek Game Reserve
1233
32.416668
38
39
4
[151,333,151,175]
2006-01
SANC
39
40
1
[351,1138,151,175]
P. E. Reavell
-28.75
Zululand
1230
31.9
Empangeni Univ.
39
40
1
[1156,1350,151,175]
1975-02
TMSA
39
40
1
XII
H. K. Munro
-28.283333
Harrismith
1233
29.133333
39
40
1
BMNH
G. A. K. Marshall
-29.883333
Natal
1224
30.916666
Malvern
39
40
1
[489,1328,223,247]
F. Koch
-28.2
KwaZulu-Natal
1233
32.416668
St. Lucia Park
39
40
1
1995-02
MNHU
39
40
1
[290,1045,259,284]
S. A. Neave
Tanzania
-9.283334
Usangu Dist.
1300
33.45
39
40
3
BMNH
Tanzania
-5.65
Ulleheland
1305
32.75
Kidugala
39
40
2
BMNH
Zimbabwe
-17.833334
Salisbury
1277
31.05
39
40
8
[268,837,332,356]
BMNH
Salisbury, G. A. K & Marshall
Zimbabwe
39
40
6