Jolibrotica sauteri ( Chujo , 1935) Chujo, 1935

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdek, Jan, 2015, Revision of " Phyllobrotica " from Taiwan with description of Jolibrotica gen. n. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), ZooKeys 547, pp. 75-92 : 79-82

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Chrysomelidae

Jolibrotica sauteri ( Chujo, 1935) comb. n.

Luperus (Luperus) sauteri Chûjô, 1935: 162.

Luperus sauteri : Chûjô, 1962: 238.

Phyllobrotica sauteri : Kimoto, 1969: 38; Wilcox 1973: 474; Kimoto 1989: 252; Kimoto and Chu 1996: 72; Kimoto and Takizawa 1997: 303, 377; Beenen 2010: 487.

Type locality.

Taiwan: New Taipei City, Tinshungchi [頂雙溪] (= Chosokei), 25°01'27"N, 121°52'22"E, 50 m.

Type material examined.

Lectotype male (TARI), pinned, here designated to fix the concept of Luperus (Luperus) sauteri Chûjô and to ensure the universal and consistent interpretation of the same, labeled: "Chosokei [= Tinshungchi, New Taipei City] (Form) / H Sauter, 1914 [p, w] // COTYPE [p, circle label with yellow letters] // Luperus / sauteri / Chûjô [h] / DET. M. CHUJO [p, b] // No. 1356 [p, w] // Lectotypus / Luperus sauteri ♂ / Chûjô, 1935/ des. C.-F. Lee, 2015 [p, r]". Paralectotypes: 1 ♀ (TARI): "Chosokei (Form) / H Sauter, 1914 [p, w] // COTYPE [p, circle label with yellow letters] // Luperus / sauteri / Chûjô [h] / DET. M. CHUJO [p, b] // No. 1355 [p, w]"; 1♂, 1♀ (SDEI): "Chosokei (Form) / H Sauter, 1914 [p, w] // Syntypus [p, r] // Luperus / sauteri / Chûjô [h] / DET. M. CHUJO [p, b] // DEI Müncheberg / Col - 05057 and 05058"; 1♂ (SDEI): "Taihoku-Dist. / Maruyma [= Yuanshan, Taipei City] XII.1912 [p, w] // Syntypus [p, r] // Luperus / sauteri / Chûjô [h] / DET. M. CHUJO [p, b] // DEI Müncheberg / Col - 05056". Each paralectotype has a type label: "Paralectotypus [p] / Luperus sauteri ♂ [or ♀] [p] / Chûjô, 1935 [p] / des. C.-F. Lee, 2015 [p, pink label]"

Additional specimens examined

(n = 181). TAIWAN. Chiayi: 1♂, 1♀, Lachitashan, 19.III.2009, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 2♀♀, Tutzuhu trail, 1.VI.2014, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); Hsinchu: 1♂, 1♀, Litungshan, 26.II.2009, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); 4♂♂, 15.III.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 2♂♂, 3♀♀, same locality, 13.III.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, Lupi, 4.IV.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, Talu logging trail, 24.VI.2009, leg. Y.-F. Hsu (TARI); Hualien: 14♂♂, 8♀, coastal range SE of Fuli, 12.-16.XI.2008, leg. L. Dembický (BMNH, 2♂♂, 1♀ JBCB);. Ilan: 1♀, Chiaosi, 7.XII.2008, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); 1♀, Fushan Botanical Park, 14.II.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 3♂♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 20.III.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, Hsinliao, 19.I.2010, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); 1♀, Mingchi, 27.IV.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, Fushan Chihwuyan, 20.III.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (JBCB); Kaoshiung: 3♂♂, Chungchihkuan, 16-17.IV.2012, leg. L.-P. Hsu (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, Chuyunshan, 1.III.2009, leg. U. Ong (TARI, 1♀ JBCB); 3♂♂, 24.III.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, 5♀♀, Shihshan logging trail, 24.III.2009, M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, 8♀♀, Tengchih, 2-5.VI.2008, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI, 1♂, 1♀ JBCB); 2♂♂, 4♀♀, same locality, 26.V.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 4.VIII.2012, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, Tona trail, 3.II.2013, leg. B.-X. Guo (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 3.II.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 9.XI.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); Keelung: 1♀, Lungkang trail, 5.IV.2011, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 1♀, Tawulunshan, 21.III.2009, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); Nantou: 1♂, 2♀♀, Lushan, 7.III.2009, leg. U. Ong (TARI); 3♂♂, Meifeng, 19-21.IV.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & S. P. Huang (TARI); 1♂, Peitungyanshan, 14.V.2014, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 4♂♂, 2♀♀, Tatachia, 9.VI.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, Tsuifeng, 23.V.1982, leg. L. Y. Chou (TARI); 1♂, Tungpu, 20-24.VI.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & C. Y. Wong (TARI); 2♀♀, same locality, 16-20.IV.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. H. Yung (TARI); 1♀, Tunyuan, 10.III.2010, leg. Y.-F. Hsu (TARI); 13♂♂, 12♀♀, Wushe, 19-22.IV.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & S. P. Huang (TARI); Pingtung: 2♀♀, Lilungshan, 23.XII.2009, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 2♀♀, Peitawushan, 17.II.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 19.II.2014, leg. Y.-T. Chung (TARI); 1♀, Tahanshan, 6.II.2008, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); 1♂, 3.III.2008, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 25.V.2008, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 21.III.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 5.IV.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♀, 6.IV.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 19.II.2014, leg. Y.-T. Chung (TARI); Taichung: 2♂♂, Kukuan, 19.III.2014, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♀, Tahsuehshan, 24.IV.2012, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 3♂♂, 5♀♀, Wushihkeng, 19.III.2008, leg. C.-F. lee (TARI, 1♂ JBCB); Taipei: 1♀, Fushan, 2.III.2012, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); 1♂, Hsiaoyukeng, 29.III.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, 5♀♀, Sukanshui, 24.XII.2006, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); 1♀, Tanshui, 9.IV.2008, leg. W.-T. Liu (TARI); 3♀♀, same locality, 19.IV.2009, leg. H.-T. Cheng (TARI); 2♀♀, Wulai, 3.XII.2006, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 22.XII.2006, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); 3♂♂, 3♀♀, same locality, 28.II.2007, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI, 1♂ JBCB); 1♂, same locality, 22.II.2008, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); 3♂♂, same locality, 2.I.2010, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 21.II.2010, leg. Y.-L. Lin (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 17.III.2010, leg. H.-J. Chen (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 17.III.2010, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, Yangmingshan, 15.III.1998, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 3.V.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); Taitung: 2♀♀, Lichia, 15-16.VII.2014, leg. Y.-T. Chung (TARI); 1♀, Liyuan, 19.IV.2014, leg. W.-C. Huang (TARI); Taoyuan: 1♀, Fuhsing, 6.V.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan (TARI); 2♂♂, Hsuehwunao, 2-3.IV.2011, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 10.IV.2011, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, Lalashan, 2.IV.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 3♀♀, Paling, 3-5.V.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan (TARI). CHINA. Guangxi: 5♀♀, Longsheng Hot Spring, 25°53.6'N 110°12.4'E, 360 m, 11.-14.iv.2013, M. Fikáček, J. Hájek & J. Růžička leg. (NMPC).

Diagnosis.

Jolibrotica sauteri is characterized by its metallic blue or green color and extremely elongate penis.

Males.

Length 3.3-3.8 mm, width 1.4-1.6 mm. Color metallic green or blue (Figs 1-3); antenna and legs black. Eyes small, distance between eyes 3.0 times wider than diameter of eye. Antenna (Fig. 7) filiform and long, as long as body, ratio of length of antennomeres III to XI about 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.3; ratio of length to width from antennomere III to XI about 2.6: 2.7: 2.6: 2.6: 2.6: 2.6: 2.0: 2.0: 4.0. Pronotum quadrilateral; 1.43-1.48 times wider than long; widened anteriorly; disc moderately depressed behind middle. Elytra elongate, 1.73-1.78 times longer than wide; widest at apical 1/3. First tarsomeres normal. Abdominal ventrites without modification, ventrite V with apical margin truncate. Penis (Figs 9, 10) extremely elongate, about 8.8 times longer than wide; parallel-sided, slightly wider in basal third; tectum membranous; ventral surface with longitudinal median area membranous; extremely slender and slightly curved in lateral view; internal sac with one longitudinal sclerite, apically pointed and with base truncate.

Females.

Length 3.6-3.9 mm, width 1.8-1.9 mm. Similar to male (Figs 4-6); antenna relatively shorter and slender than male (Fig. 8), about 0.8 times as long as body, ratio of length of antennomeres III to XI about 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 0.9: 0.9: 0.8: 1.2; ratio of length to width from antennomere III to XI about 3.3: 3.3: 3.3: 3.3: 3.3: 2.9: 2.8: 2.5: 3.2. Apical margin of ventrite V truncate. Gonocoxae (Fig. 11) slender, well separated from each other, combined together from apical 2/5 to 3/5; each gonocoxa with seven setae from apical 1/6 to apex. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 12) well sclerotized; apical margin widely rounded, with several long setae near lateral margins, and several long and short setae mixed along apical margin. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig. 13) extremely swollen; pump extremely slender and curved; sclerotized spermathecal duct short and wide.

Distribution.

Taiwan, China: Guangxi. Jolibrotica sauteri is more widespread (Fig. 14) than Jolibrotica chujoi (Fig. 15). In Taiwan, most adults appear below 1500 m elevation and are active during winter.

Host plant.

Callicarpa formosana Rolfe var. formosana Rolfe ( Verbenaceae ).

Comments.

Four females collected in Guangxi are tentatively assigned to Jolibrotica sauteri . No difference were observed between females from Guangxi and Taiwan. The shapes of spermatheca and ventrite VIII of females from Guangxi slightly differ from Taiwan specimens, but such slight differencies may be infraspecific. The gonocoxae from both populations are identical.