Aetheomorpha laeta Medvedev, 1995

Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Taxonomy of the genus Aetheomorpha Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini) from China, with description of five new species, Journal of Natural History 46 (23 - 24), pp. 1407-1440 : 1430

Aetheomorpha laeta Medvedev, 1995

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Medvedev, 1995: 90 (type locality: Yunnan, Weibaoshan mts.; holotype deposited: NHMB); Regalin and Medvedev, 2010: 566 (catalogue).

Material examined – type material

Holotype. CHINA: male, Yunnan, Weibaoshan mts. , 25.11 ◦ N, 100.24 ◦ E, 2000–2800 m, 25–28 June 1992, leg. Vít Kubáň ( NHMB).

Paratypes. CHINA: two males, Yunnan, Weishan mountains , 25.10 ◦ N, 100.21 ◦ E, 1800–2500 m, 22–25 June 1992, leg. Vít Kubáň ( NHMB) .

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Remarks

This species is well characterized by an unusual sexual dimorphism in colouration: pronotum is fulvous with a dark central stripe; elytron is completely blue in female, and is fulvous with a broad lateral dark violaceous stripe in male. Moreover, the elytra have regular rows of punctures. According to the original description, the aedeagal apex is long and narrow.

We examined the holotype and two paratypes, all are males. The type locality of the holotype is “Weibaoshan mts.”, which differs from the original description “Meibaoshan mts.”.

Figures

Figure 13. Habitus of Aetheomorpha: (A) Aetheomorpha gressitti Medvedev and Regalin (Holotype); (B) Aetheomorpha laeta Medvedev (Paratype); (C) Aetheomorpha taiwana Chûjô (Paratype of Aetheomorpha bowditchi Gressitt and Kimoto); (D) Aetheomorpha weigeli Medvedev.