Madurasia obscurella Jacoby, 1896

Bezděk, Jan, 2012, Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, with a review of taxa recorded from Yemen, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 403-428 : 422

Madurasia obscurella Jacoby, 1896

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Material examined (2 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Wadi Ayhaft, 12°36.5′N 53°58.9′E, 200 m, 7.–8.xi.2010, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBCB).

Distribution. A species occuring in India (e. g. MAULIK 1936), Nepal ( TAKIZAWA 1990), Sri Lanka ( MOHAMEDSAID 1997), and continetal Yemen (present paper). Recorded also from Sudan ( LABOISSIÈRE 1926) under the name Neorudolphia bedfordi Laboissière, 1926 . First record from Socotra Island.

Figures

Figs.13–18.Habitus.13 – Monolepta suchomeli sp. nov.(paratype, male, 1.9 mm); 14 – M.hlavaci sp. nov.(paratype, male, 2.9 mm); 15 – M. hlavaci sp. nov. (black form) (paratype, female, 2.8 mm); 16 – M. kmenti sp. nov. (holotype, male, 3.1 mm); 17 – Madurasia obscurella Jacoby, 1896 (female, 2.7 mm); 18 – Medythia sp. (female, 3.3 mm).