Aetheomorpha gressitti Medvedev and Regalin , 1998

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 : 1429

Aetheomorpha gressitti Medvedev and Regalin, 1998

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Medvedev and Regalin, 1998: 19 (type locality: Yunnan, Daju, Jinsha River; holotype deposited: NHMB); Regalin and Medvedev, 2010: 564 (catalogue).

Material examined – type material

Holotype. CHINA: male, Yunnan: Daju, Jinsha r., 27.18 ◦ N, 100.14 ◦ E, 1950–2050 m, 7–10 July 1992, leg. Vít Kubáň ( NHMB).

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Remarks

This species can be distinguished by these characters: pronotum has a sub-trapezoidal black spot in the disc and each elytron has four oblong spots and an indistinct spot at posterior one-third of elytral margin. Moreover, the elytra are moderately punctured; and the aedeagal apex is triangular. According to the original description, the spermathecal duct is loosely coiled dozens of times, and with a thicker base.

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.