Morphosphaera albipennis Allard

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdĕk, Jan, 2016, Revision of the genus Morphosphaera Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Zootaxa 4179 (1), pp. 1-41 : 4-6

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Morphosphaera albipennis Allard
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Morphosphaera albipennis Allard

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Morphosphaera albipennis Allard, 1889a: 309 (Cambodia) ; Allard, 1889b: 67 (notes); Weise, 1924: 129 (list); Laboissière, 1930: 364 (Vietnam); Wilcox, 1971: 218 (list); Medvedev & Dang, 1982: 91 (host plants); Kimoto, 1989: 97 (Thailand, Laos); Yang et al., 2015: 189 (key, list).

Morphosphaera sumatrana: Jacoby, 1889: 207 (Myanmar) . Misidentification

Galerucida simplex Weise, 1922: 91 ( Vietnam) ; Wilcox, 1971: 206 (list); Kimoto, 1989: 97 (as synonym of M. albipennis ). Synonymy confirmed

Morphosphaera sodalis Chen, 1935: 778 (China: Guizhou); Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963b: 560 (list); Wilcox, 1971: 220 (list); Beenen, 2010: 462 (list); Yang et al., 2015: 189 (key), 190 (list). New synonym

Morphosphaera brunnea Maulik, 1936: 321 ( Myanmar) ; Wilcox, 1971: 218 (list); Takizawa, 1988: 6 ( Nepal); Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999: 315 (list); Kimoto, 2005: 65 (list); Beenen, 2010: 462 (list); Sprecher-Uebersax, 2011: 441 (list). New synonym

Type material. Morphosphaera albipennis . Holotype ♀ (MNHN), labeled: “PP (= Pnomh-Penh) [p, y] // Ex- Musaeo / E. ALLARD / 1899 [p, w] // Morphosphara / albipennis all. [h, y] // TYPE [p, r]”.

Galerucida simplex . Lectotype (NHRS, sex undetermined), here designated, labeled: “Central-Tonkin / Chiem-Hoa [p, w] // Aug. Sept. / H. Fruhstorfer [p, w] // simplex / m [h, w] // Typus [p, r] // NHRS-JLKB / 0 0 0 0 23319 [p, w]”. Paralectotype: 1 ex. (MNHUB, sex undetermined), labeled: “Central-Tonkin / Chiem-Hoa / Aug. Sept. / H. Fruhstorfer [p, w] // Galerucida / simplex / m. [h, w]”

Morphosphaera sodalis . Holotype ♀ ( IZAS, by monotypus), labeled: “ 貴州 (= Kweichow or Guizhou): 平舟 (= Pingzhou) / 1930. IX.16 [h] / 中國科 學院 (= Academia Sinica, China) [p, w] // HOLOTYPE [p, r] // IOZ(E) 215727 [p, b] // Morphosphaera / sodalis Chen [h] // 鑑定者: 陳世驤 (= det. Sicien Chen) [h, w]”.

Morphosphaera brunnea . Holotype Ƌ (BMNH, by monotypus), labeled: “63005 [h, w] // Doherty [p, w] // Type [p, w, circle label with red border] // Tenasserim [p] / Tavoy [h, w] // Fry Coll. / 1905, 100. [p, w] // Morphosphaera / brunnea Maulik [h] / S. Maulik [p] / 1934 Type [h, w]”.

Description. Length 7.0– 7.2 mm, width 4.6– 4.6 mm. Head, meso- and metathoracic, and abdominal ventrites black or blackish brown, meso- and metathoracic, and abdominal ventrites with bluish reflection, sides of each abdominal ventrite and apex of last abdominal ventrite yellowish brown; elytron yellowish brown; scutellum brown ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1 A–1C); prothorax yellow, pronotum with seven black spots ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 D): two pairs at sides near base, inner pair much larger than outer one, another pair near median line and apical margin, smaller than inner pair but larger than outer ones, one at median line and near base, similar to outer pairs in size. Antenna filiform ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2 A), 0.5x as long as body; length ratios of antennomeres II to XI about 1.0: 1.1: 1.8: 1.8: 1.7: 1.9: 1.8: 1.9: 1.7: 2.0, and length to width ratios of antennomeres II to XI about 1.9: 2.1: 2.8: 2.8: 2.7: 3.0: 2.9: 3.0: 2.7: 3.2. Aedeagus ( Figs 2 View FIGURES 2 B–2C) slender in dorsal view, 8.5x longer than wide, parallel-sided; apically tapering from apical 1/7; ventral surface well sclerotized and smooth; almost straight in lateral view; with several stout setae on ventral surface of internal sac; apical processes of endophallic sclerite acute; apico-lateral processes joined internally; without pair of erect processes at apical 1/3; base tubelike. Gonocoxae reduced. Ventrite VIII ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2 D) with short spiculum; apex transverse and apically tapering, apical area scattered with long and short setae. Receptacle of spermatheca ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2 E) strongly swollen, pump much narrower and longer, sharply curved; proximal spermathecal duct extremely short and narrow.

Diagnosis. Morphosphaera albipennis is characterized by the seven black spots on the pronotum and yellowish brown elytra.

Host plant. Moraceae sp. ( Medvedev & Dang 1982).

Other material examined. CHINA. Yunnan: 1 ex., Cangshan mts. , E slope, 2000–2500m, 21.VI.1992, leg. D. Král ( NHMB) ; 1 ex., Dali-W env., 20–25.VIII.1998, leg. O. Šafránek & M. Trýzna (SMNS); INDIA. Arunachal Pradesh: 1 ex., Mishmi Hills, Mondon , leg. M. Steele ( BMNH) ; Assam: 1 ex., Lohit Valley, Minzang , 25– 27.III.1933, leg. F. K. Ward & R. J. H. Kaulback ( BMNH); LAOS. 5 exs. , Annam ( NHMB, NMPC) ; 1 ex., Vientiane, Ban Van Eue , 15–31.V.1965, leg. Native collector ( BPBM) ; 1 ex., Umgeb. Paksé, 1964 (ZSM); 1 ex., Umgeb. Pakley, 1964 (ZSM); 1 ex., Umg. Vientiane, III.–VI.1 963 ( ZSM) ; MYANMAR. 1 ex., Bhamò , VII.1886, leg. Fea, Morphosphaera sumatrana Jac. , det. M. Jacoby, 1889 ( MCSN) ; 1 ex., Carin Ghecù , 1300–1600 m, II- III.1888, leg. Fea, Morphosphaera sumatrana var? Jac., det. M. Jacoby ( MCSN) ; 6 exs., Meigui , I.1927, leg. R. N. Parker ( BMNH) ; 1 ex., Teinzò , 1886, leg. Fea & Magqio, Morphosphaera sumatrana Jac. , det. M. Jacoby, 1889 ( MCSN) ; THAILAND. 1 ex., Chiang Mai, I.1989, leg. Trautner & Geigenmüller ( SMNS) ; 1 ex., Chiang Mail, Kwai river , 23.XI.1998, leg. N. Hartmann ( NME) ; VIETNAM. 1 ex., Ha Son-Binh, Cho Bo , 16.X.1976, leg. L. Medvedev ( SMNS) ; 1 ex., Haut-Tonkin, Madon, Riviere Claire (IRSB); 1 ex., Phu Lang Thuong , I.1902 [mistakenly labelled as cotype of M. albipennis ] ( ZMUH) .

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Yunnan), Cambodia, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

IZAS

Institut Zoologii Akademii Nauk Ukraini - Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

NHMB

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

NMPC

National Museum Prague

BPBM

Bishop Museum

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

MCSN

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"

SMNS

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart

NME

Sammlung des Naturkundemseum Erfurt

ZMUH

Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Morphosphaera

Loc

Morphosphaera albipennis Allard

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdĕk, Jan 2016
2016
Loc

Morphosphaera brunnea

Sprecher-Uebersax 2011: 441
Beenen 2010: 462
Kimoto 2005: 65
Medvedev 1999: 315
Takizawa 1988: 6
Wilcox 1971: 218
Maulik 1936: 321
1936
Loc

Morphosphaera sodalis

Yang 2015: 189
Beenen 2010: 462
Wilcox 1971: 220
Gressitt 1963: 560
Chen 1935: 778
1935
Loc

Galerucida simplex

Kimoto 1989: 97
Wilcox 1971: 206
Weise 1922: 91
1922
Loc

Morphosphaera albipennis

Yang 2015: 189
Kimoto 1989: 97
Medvedev 1982: 91
Wilcox 1971: 218
Laboissiere 1930: 364
Weise 1924: 129
Allard 1889: 309
Allard 1889: 67
1889
Loc

Morphosphaera sumatrana:

Jacoby 1889: 207
1889
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