Cryptocephalus vitellinus Lopatin, 1980

Schöller, Matthias, 2014, Revision of the Cryptocephalus vitellinus species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 645-655 : 647-648

Cryptocephalus vitellinus Lopatin, 1980

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Cryptocephalus (Asionus) vitellinus Lopatin, 1980: 615 (original description).

Type locality. SE Iran, SƯstƗn-o BalnjchestƗn Province, Chabahar, 25 km W of Qasr-e-Qand and 34 km east of Nik Shahr.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘SE Iran, 25 km / W. Ghasre-ghand / 9.- 10.4.1973 [w] // Loc. no. 153 / Exp. Mus. Nat / Praha [w] // Holotype [r] // Cryptocephalus / vitellinus sp. n. [handwritten] / det.I.Lopatin, 19 [w]’ ( NMPC). PARATYPES (20 spec.): 18 unsexed, ‘SE Iran, 25 km / W.Ghasre-ghand / 9.- 10.4.1973 [w] // Loc.no.153 / Exp.Mus.Nat / Praha [w] // det.I.Lopatin, 19 [w]’ ( NMPC); 2 unsexed, ‘SE Iran Bahu-Kalat / 3.- 4.4.1973 [w] // Loc. no. 147 / Exp. Mus. Nat / Praha [w] // Paratype [r] // Cryptocephalus / vitellinus sp. n. [handwritten] / det.I.Lopatin, 19 [w]’ ( NMPC). Additional specimens examined. IRAN: SƮSTƖN- O BALNJCHESTƖN PROVINCE: Rask vall r. Sarbáz, loc. no. 146, 3.–4. iv.1973, 3 spec., det. Lopatin 1983 ( NMPC).

Redescription. Medium-sized, male 3.2 mm, female 3.8 mm; pronotum elongate, with narrowly black base of pronotum and elytra; pronotum glabrous; elytra pale yellow with blurred brownish humeral marking, no additional markings present, with short white setae and rows of small punctures; protibia with brown marking in apical half.

Male. First protarsomere strongly widened, half ( Fig. 14 ) length of claw segment projecting out of lobes of metatarsomere III. Aedeagus regularly rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 7 ), apex of aedeagus in dorsal view in the shape of equilateral triangle with tip forming a narrow denticle; a pair of transverse fraenula and a pair of narrow sickle-shaped endosclerites visible in ostium ( Fig. 8 ); a pair of elongate semi-transparent windows visible in ventral view ( Fig. 9 ).

Female. First mesotarsomere as wide as ¿rst metatarsomere, 2/3 length ( Fig. 15 ) of claw segment projecting out of lobes of metatarsomere III. Spermathecal duct loosely coiled up at base ( Fig. 13 ), yellowish brown in whole length. Kotpresse with dorsal sclerites transverse, ventrally bent part of dorsal sclerite present, with transverse rectangular sclerites fused to sclerotisation of the lateral fold ( Fig. 10 ), ventral sclerite in form of a crosswise band, completely sclerotized at middle, apodemes slender, much wider than rectum, ventral sclerotised area present, i.e. ventral sclerite doubled, wide and long, ventral sclerotised area measuring half width of ventral sclerite, ventral sclerotisations of lateral fold present ( Fig. 11 ).

Distribution. Iran (SƯstƗn-o BalnjchestƗn Province).

Figures

Figs 1–4. 1–2 – Cryptocephalus jirofti sp. nov. (1 – male, 2 – female); 3–4 – C. vitellinus Lopatin, 1980 (3 – male, 4 – female).

Figs 7–15. Cryptocephalus vitellinus Lopatin, 1980. 7–9 – aedeagus (7 – lateral view, 8 – dorsal view, 9 – ventral view); 10–11 – kotpresse (10 – dorsal view, 11 – ventral view); 12 – male right protarsus; 13 – spermatheca and spermathecal ductus; 14–15 – hind tarsal claw segment (14 – male, 15 – female).