Blepharidina bimbiensis (Bechyné), : Bechyne, 1968

Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia & Biondi, Maurizio, 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4545 (1) : -

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Blepharidina bimbiensis (Bechyné)

( Fig 2 View FIGURES 1–10 , 39 View FIGURES 38–43 , 68 View FIGURES 68–69 )

Blepharida bimbiensis Bechyné, 1948: 547 ; Scherer (1962: 70, misidentification of Blepharidina guttulata (Baly) , cf. Bechyné, 1968: 1725); Ferreira 1965: 941 Blepharidina bimbiensis ( Bechyné): Bechyné 1968 : 1725; Biondi et al. 2017: 128

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “( Angola) Bimbi (8°19′48''S, 15°58′48''E), Oct. 1932 / Angola, Miss. se. Suisse, 1928–29 ” ( NMPC). GoogleMaps

Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina bimbiensis can be attributed to the species group including B. carinata , B. guttulata , B. partita , B. rudeli , and, probably, B. sedecimguttata ( Figs 2, 4, 6 View FIGURES 1–10 , 16, 19 View FIGURES 11–19 ), identified by the following combination of characters of the external morphology, aedeagus and spermatheca: anterior margin of pronotum much wider medially than laterally ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 20–25 ); elytral margin homogenous in thickness, rather thin, at most weakly enlarged in central third ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 34–37 ); aedeagus ( Figs 39, 41–42 View FIGURES 38–43 , 52 View FIGURES 50–54 ) in ventral view stubby, with wide lateral longitudinal depressions, and with small lateral folds ventrally oriented on the apex; in lateral view, aedeagus about as thick basally than subapically, with apical part ventrally oriented; dorsal ligula formed by two simple lateral lobes and a complex medial lobe; spermatheca ( Figs 56, 58, 63–64, 67 View FIGURES 55–67 ) generally with globose basal part, and thin, hook-shaped distal part; ductus very thick in proximal part, generally not clearly distinct from spermathecal capsule. Color of the dorsal integuments in B. bimbiensis is like some specimens of B. guttulata , with small, pale, subrounded patches on light brown pronotum and reddish-brown elytra ( Figs 2, 6 View FIGURES 1–10 ), but its size is distinctly smaller. Aedeagus is easily recognizable by the singular apical part, subrectangular in ventral view ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 38–43 ). No female specimens of B. bimbiensis are known. Morphometry in Appendix 2.

Distribution. Angola ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 68–69 ). Possibly Central Afrotropical (CAT) Chorotype.

Ecological notes. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of West-Central African Mesic Woodland & Savanna vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland formation).