Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980

Schöller, Matthias, 2014, Revision of the Cryptocephalus vitellinus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 645-655 : 648-650

Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980

( Figs 5–6 , 16–19 )

Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980: 80 (original description).

Type locality. Iran, KermƗn Province, Delfar, Central mountain chain in the Sabzevarn Region (nowadays renamed to Jiroft Region).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Iran Delfar (chai / ne centr.) 19.VI.73 / 1500 m. [handwritten] [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // HOLOTYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4099 [w]’ ( MNHN) . PARATYPES (3 spec.): 2JJ, ‘ IRAN Saqdar (chaî- / ne centrale) / 2200 m. 17VI.73 (ink) [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // PARATYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4101 [w] // [note: in one male, the endophallus is everted]’ ( MNHN) ; 1 J, ‘ IRAN Saqdar / 11.6.73 / RN [handwritten] [w] // Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly [handwritten] / M. Rapilly dét. 1979 [w] // PARATYPE [r] // Museum Paris [w] // MNHN / EC4100 [w]’ ( MNHN).

Redescription. Medium-sized, male 3.4–3.9 mm, female 4.2 mm long; pronotum elongate, with narrowly black base of pronotum and elytra; pronotum glabrous; elytra pale yellow with black humeral marking distinct and a longitudinal blackish brown marking present in apical third of elytron, with short white setae and rows of small punctures; pro- and mesotibia with brown marking in apical half.

Male. Both ¿rst pro- and mesotarsomeres strongly widened. In lateral view, aedeagus bulging in apical part ( Fig. 16 ), apex of aedeagus in dorsal view triangular with apical denticle broader than in C. vitellinus ; a pair of triangular fraenula and a pair of narrow sickle-shaped endosclerites visible in ostium ( Fig. 17 ); a pair of short semi-transparent windows visible in ventral view ( Fig. 18 ).

Spermathecal duct loosely coiled up at base (see Fig. 14 in RAPILLY (1980)).

In male, half of claw segment projecting out of lobes of metatarsomere III.

Distribution. Iran (KermƗn Province). Known from the localities given in the original description only.

Figures

Figs 5–6. Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980 (5 – male dorsal, 6 – male lateral).

Figs 16–19. Cryptocephalus lucidus Rapilly, 1980. 16–18 – aedeagus (16 – lateral view, 17 – dorsal view, 18 – ventral view); 19 – male right protarsus.

Figs 7–15. Cryptocephalus vitellinus Lopatin, 1980. 7–9 – aedeagus (7 – lateral view, 8 – dorsal view, 9 – ventral view); 10–11 – kotpresse (10 – dorsal view, 11 – ventral view); 12 – male right protarsus; 13 – spermatheca and spermathecal ductus; 14–15 – hind tarsal claw segment (14 – male, 15 – female).