Morphosphaera Baly

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdĕk, Jan, 2016, Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Zootaxa 4179 (1), pp. 1-41 : 36-37

Key to species of Morphosphaera Baly (excluding M. impuctata )

1a Pronotum lacking black spots ( Fig. 24 D); elytra reddish brown ( Fig. 24 A)........................ M. takizawai sp. nov.

1b Pronotum with black spots.............................................................................. 2

2a Pronotum with two lateral black spots and wide median brown or black band, elytra metallic blue...................... 3

2b Pronotum with four, five, or seven smaller black spots....................................................... 5

3a Wide median band on pronotum brown or brown with black interior stripes ( Figs 3 D, 20D)........................... 4

3b Wide median band on pronotum black ( Fig. 12 D)........................................... M. colaris Laboissière

4a Wide median band on pronotum brown ( Fig. 3 D); elytra bluish metallic ( Fig. 3 A).................. M. bimaculata Chûjô

4b Wide median band on pronotum brown with a black pattern in the centre ( Fig. 20 D); elytra reddish brown with purple reflec- tion ( Fig. 20 A)...................................................................... M. montivaga Maulik

5a Seven spots on pronotum ( Fig. 1 D)....................................................... M. albipennis Allard

5b Four or five spots on pronotum.......................................................................... 6

6a Four spots on pronotum ( Figs 7 D, 18D)................................................................... 7

6b Five spots on pronotum ( Figs 9 D, 14D, 16D, 22D)........................................................... 8

7a Black spots on pronotum large ( Fig. 18 D); abdomen dark brown or black ( Fig. 18 B)................ M. maculicollis Baly

7b Black spots on pronotum small ( Fig. 7 D); abdomen yellowish brown ( Fig. 7 B)................ M. caerulea (Schönfeldt)

8a Elytra bluish or greenish metallic ( Figs 7 A, 9A, 16A)....................................................... 9

8b Elytra reddish brown with purple reflection ( Figs 14 A, 22A).................................................. 11

9a With black band along basal margin of pronotum ( Fig. 16 D), meso- and metathoracic ventrites and femora black ( Fig. 16 B)................................................................................... M. japonica (Hornstedt)

9b Without black band along basal margin of pronotum ( Figs 7 D, 9D), meso- and metathoracic ventrites and femora reddish brown ( Figs 7 B, 9B)................................................................................. 10

10a Black spots on pronotum large ( Fig. 9 D); with one pair of black spots at sides of abdominal ventrites ( Fig. 9 B)........................................................................................... M. chrysomeloides (Bates)

10b Black spots on pronotum small ( Fig. 7 D); black spots on abdominal ventrites ( Fig. 7 B)........... M. caerulea (Schönfeldt)

11a Head yellowish brown, with one dark spot on vertex ( Fig. 14 C).............................. M. coomani Laboissière

11b Head black or dark brown, without dark spots on vertex ( Fig. 22 C)............................. M. sumatrana Jacoby

Figures

FIGURES 1. Habitus of Morphosphaera albipennis Allard, 1889. 1 A. Dorsal view; 1 B. Ventral view; 1 C. Head; 1 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 3. Habitus of Morphosphaera bimaculata Chûjô, 1938. 3 A. Dorsal view; 3 B. Ventral view; 3 C. Head; 3 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 7. Habitus of Morphosphaera caerulea (Schönfeldt, 1890). 7 A. Dorsal view; 7 B. Ventral view; 7 C. Head; 7 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 9. Habitus of Morphosphaera chrysomeloides (Bates, 1866). 9 A. Dorsal view; 9 B. Ventral view; 9 C. Head; 9 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 12. Habitus of Morphosphaera collaris Laboissière, 1930. 12 A. Dorsal view; 12 B. Ventral view; 12 C. Head; 12 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 14. Habitus and habitat photographs of Morphosphaera coomani Laboissière, 1930. 14 A. Dorsal view; 14 B. Ventral view; 14 C. Head; 14 D. Pronotum; 14 E. Adult feeding on leaves of Debregeasia orientalis; 14 F. Mating adults feeding on leaves of D. orientalis.

FIGURES 16. Habitus of Morphosphaera japonica (Hornstedt, 1788). 16 A. Dorsal view; 16 B. Ventral view; 16 C. Head; 16 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 18. Habitus of Morphosphaera maculicollis Baly, 1861. 18 A. Dorsal view; 18 B. Ventral view; 18 C. Head; 18 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 20. Habitus of Morphosphaera montivaga Maulik, 1936 (holotype). 20 A. Dorsal view; 20 B. Ventral view; 20 C. Head; 20 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 22. Habitus of Morphosphaera sumatrana Jacoby, 1886. 22 A. Dorsal view; 22 B. Ventral view; 22 C. Head; 22 D. Pronotum.

FIGURES 24. Habitus of Morphosphaera takizawai sp. nov. 24 A. Dorsal view; 24 B. Ventral view; 24 C. Head; 24 D. Pronotum.