Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto 1998: 3
Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto
Kimoto 1999: 110
A review of the genus Chaeridiona Baly, 1869 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Staines, C. L.
Zootaxa
2007
2007-07-05
1521
1
19
29
T9YR
Kimoto
Kimoto
1998
[151,547,555,581]
Insecta
Chrysomelidae
Chaeridiona
Animalia
Coleoptera
8
27
Arthropoda
species
thailandica
Figure 7
Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto 1998: 3[ Holotype: Thailand, 50 kmWest of Tak, 900 m, 7–8.iv.1966, J. & M. Sedlacek/ Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto, n. sp.Det S. Kimoto, 19 (BPBM)]. Kimoto 1999: 110(distribution). Vertex of head, pronotal and elytral discs metallic green; head and pronotum coppery laterally; elytra yellowish laterally and apically; antennae (except apical four antennomeres) and legs yellowish; venter reddishbrown. Head: wedge-shaped; acutely produced between antennal bases; carinate medially from apex to between anterior portion of eye; vertex deeply, densely punctate; with two carinae around each eye. Antenna: antennomere I robust, 2x length of II; II transverse; III longer than II; IV–VII each shorter than preceding; VIII–XI each thicker and longer than preceding, forming an elongate club. Pronotum: strongly convex; subcylindrical; quadrate; lateral margin sinuate; anterior angle notched, with 2 teeth; posterior angle rounded; surface deeply, coarsely, densely punctate; pronotal width 0.9 mm; pronotal length 0.9 mm. Scutellum: elongate; depressed; micropunctate. Elytron: lateral margin slightly expanding apically, smooth; apical margin finely serrate; exterior apical angle rounded; extra puncture row present between rows 5 and 6; interspaces 2, 4, 6, and 8 costate, all entire; humerus slightly angulate, not produced; elytral width 1.6 mm; elytral length 3.1 mm. Venter: pro- and mesosterna punctate medially, smooth laterally; metasternum smooth medially, punctate laterally. Total length: 3.8–4.4 mm.
Comparative notes.This species can be distinguished from all other Chaeridionaby the metallic green pronotum and elytra, by having elytral costa 2 entire, and by the rounded exterior apical angle of the elytra without a tooth. Food plants.Unknown.
Distribution. Thailand. Specimens examined. Thailand: ( NW), Doi Suthrep, 1278 m, III-29-V-4-1958, water margin ( BPBM, 1); Thailand, 50 km Westof Tak, 900 m, 7–8.iv.1966, J. & M. Sedlacek( BPBM, 1). Total: 2.
[471,661,1498,1524]
NW
Thailand
Thailand
8
27
1
[673,1429,1498,1524]
1958-03-29
1958-05-04
1958-03-29
BPBM
Thailand
1278
Doi Suthrep
8
27
1
[151,1195,1538,1564]
1966-04-07
1966-04-08
1966-04-07
BPBM
J. & M. Sedlacek & Total
Thailand
900
West
8
27
1
Tak