Clytra Laicharting

Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2011, A synopsis on the Chinese species of Clytra Laicharting, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini), Zootaxa 3067, pp. 1-25 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201359

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192022

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD5187FB-FFD0-B15E-FF51-FF41FA39489A

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scientific name

Clytra Laicharting
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Key to Chinese species of Clytra Laicharting (based on Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961)

1 Body oval, obviously narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 D–F)...... C. (Clytraria) duodecimmaculata (Fabricius)

- Body sub-cylindrical, not narrowed and elytra more or less parallel-sided......................................... 2

2 Pronotum black....................................................................................... 3

- Pronotum fulvous or yellow with black markings........................................................... 6

3 Elytra yellow, only with black apical margins, without humeral spot...................... C. (s. str.) reductoapicalis Pic

- Elytra fulvous, each elytron with a humeral spot............................................................ 4

4 Pronotum widely edged, densely and coarsely punctured, especially on the lateral margins ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 G).................................................................................... C. (s. str.) quadripunctata turfanica Lopatin

- Pronotum narrowly edged, with very fine punctures or impunctate.............................................. 5

5 Each elytron with a small humeral spot and a sub-rectangular band at apical two fifths ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 F), in China only occurring in Xinjiang................................................................... C. (s. str.) laeviuscula Ratzeburg

- Patterns on the elytra variable: each elytron with a humeral spot and a reduced band at apical two-fifths ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A), which sometimes divided into two spots; each elytron with a single humeral spot ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 C); sometimes each elytron with a large oblong humeral spot and a sub-square band at apical two-fifths ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 B); occurring in the north of China.................................................................................................. C. (s. str.) arida Weise

6 Pronotum with a fused black marking..................................................................... 7

- Pronotum with more than one black marking............................................................... 8

7 Each elytron with a basal oblique and a transverse band at apical one-third ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 C); occurring in the north of China........................................................................ C. (Clytraria) atraphaxidis asiatica Chûjô

- Each elytron with a humeral spot, a spot at basal one-third near elytral suture, and a band at apical one-third ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 D), occur- ring in Xinjiang..................................................... C. (Clytraria) atraphaxidis punctata Weise

8 Pronotum with two black spots.......................................................... C. (s. str.) guerryi Pic

- Pronotum with more than two black spots................................................................. 9

9 Pronotum with four black markings...................................................................... 10

- Pronotum with three black markings..................................................................... 11

10 Frons without marking, ventral side of median lobe with a high ridge ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5. C F)......... C. (Clytraria) yunnana Medvedev

- Frons with a red marking, ventral side of median lobe not highly convex ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10. C F).......... C. (s. str.) rubrimaculata Tan

11 Body parallel-sided, pronotum with a sub-rhombic marking medially and a pair of small lateral spots ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 I).............................................................................................. C. (s. str.) tsinensis Pic

- Body sub-cylindrical, pronotum with an oblong marking medially and two small spots, one on each side.............. 12

12 Last tarsomere longer than 2nd and 3rd together, apex of median lobe truncated ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2. C D–F)...................................................................................................... C. (Clytraria) truncatula sp. nov.

- Last tarsomere not longer than 2nd and 3rd together, apex of median lobe emarginate ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1. C D–F).................................................................................................... C. (Clytraria) tanae sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

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