Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby, 1896

Lee, Chi-Feng & Beenen, Ron, 2015, Revision of the genus Aulacophora from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Zootaxa 3949 (2), pp. 151-190 : 185-186

Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby, 1896

( Figs 127–128 , 137–144 )

Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby, 1896: 138 ( Indonesia: Mentawei islands); Barroga & Mohamedsaid, 2002: 46 ( Malaysia, Indonesia: Sumatra, Java).

Aulacophora tenuicincta Jacoby, 1897: 406 ( Indonesia: Batu islands); Barroga & Mohamedsaid, 2002: 46 (as synonym of apicipes ).

Aulacophora nigripalpis Chen & Kung, 1959: 378 ( China: Yunnan). New synonym

Aulacophora opacipennis: Kimoto, 1989: 61 ( Thailand, Laos). Misidentification

Type material. Aulacophora apicipes : lectotype ♂ ( MCSN), here designated, labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV– VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // SYNTYPUS [p] / Aulacophora / apicipes / Jacoby, 1896 [r, h] // Museo Civico / di Genova [w, p]”. Paralectotypes: 2♀ ( MCSN), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // SYNTYPUS [p] / Aulacophora / apicipes / Jacoby, 1896 [r, h] // Museo Civico / di Genova [w, p]”; ♂ ( BMNH), labeled: “ Type / H. T. [w, p, round label with red border] // Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28 a [w, p] // A. apicipes / Jac. [b, h] // SYN- / TYPE [w, p, round label with blue border]”; 1♀ ( BMNH), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV-VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // Museo Civ. / Genova [y, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28 a [w, p] // SYN- / TYPE [w, p, round label with blue border]”; 1♂, 1♀ [still mating and glued on the same card] ( MCSN), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // Typus [w, p, red letter, with red border] // apicipes / Jac. [w, h] // Aulacophora / apicipes Jac [b, h] // SYNTYPUS [p] / Aulacophora / apicipes / Jacoby, 1896 [r, h] // Museo Civico / di Genova [w, p]”; 1♂ ( MNHUB), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // apicipes / Jac. / Type. [w, h] // SYNTYPUS / Aulacophora / apicipes Jacoby, 1896 / labelled by MNHUB 2014 [r, p]”; 1♂ ( MNHUB), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // SYNTYPUS / Aulacophora / apicipes Jacoby, 1896 / labelled by MNHUB 2014 [r, p]”; 1♂ ( MCZC), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // 209 [w, p] // Aul. / apicipes / n. sp. Jac. [w, h] // Type [p] / 17554 [r, h]”.

Aulacophora tenuicincta : lectotype ♂ ( BMNH), here designated, labeled: “ ISOLE BATU / 1896-97 / H. Raap [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28 a [w, p] // Syntype. / A. tenuicincta / Jac. [w, h] // ♂ [w, p] // MCZ [y, h] // SYN- / TYPE [w, p, round label with blue border]”. Paralectotypes: 1♂ ( BMNH), labeled: “Mentawei / Sipora / Sereinu V–VI, 94 / Modigliani [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28 a [w, p] // Syntype. / A. tenuicincta / Jac. [w, h] // SYN- / TYPE [w, p, round label with blue border]”; 1♀ ( BMNH), labeled: “Mentawei / Si Oban IV–VIII / Modigliani 94 [w, p] // Jacoby Coll. / 1909-28 a [w, p] // Syntype. / A. tenuicincta / Jac. [w, h] // SYN- / TYPE [w, p, round label with blue border]”; 1♂ ( MCZC), labeled: “Is. Nias / Bawolovalani / Maggio 1886 / Modigliani [w, p] // 1st Jacoby / Coll. [w, p] // ♂ [w, p] // Type [p] / 17556 [w, h]”.

Aulacophora nigripalpis : holotype ♂ ( IZAS), labeled: “ *m: wΑDZM RDZ [= Yunnan: Xishuangbanna Mengla] / 620–650 ¼Dz (= 620–650 m) / φ№flYNJ [=Academia Sinica] [w, p] // 1959. v.31 [h] / ※AE* ※ fl dz (= collector Zhang Fa-Cai) [w, p] // HOLOTYPE [r, p] // Aulacophora / nigripalpis / R ª [= Chen Kung] [h] / ffi ffi*: Rffª [= determined by Sicien H. Chen] [w, p]”.

Other specimens examined. LAOS. Vientiane: 3♂, 2♀, Ban van Eue, 30.XI.1965, leg. native collector ( BPBM); 1♀, same locality, 15.I.1966, leg. native collector ( BPBM); MALAYSIA. Penang, 1♂, leg. Pascoe ( BMNH); THAILAND. 1♂, Khao Yai, 10.IV.1963 ( BPBM); 1♂, same locality, 12.II.1964 ( BPBM); Trang: 1♂, 1♀, Khaophappha Khaochang, 10–11.I.1964, G. A. Samuelson ( BPBM); 1♂, Loei prov., Phu Kradung N. P., 1000 m, 17.V.1999, leg M. Řiha ( JBCB); VIETNAM. 1♂, Hoa-Binh, leg. A. Cooman ( BPBM).

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of Aulacophora opacipennis .

Males. Length 6.3–7.0 mm, width 2.9–3.4 mm. General color ( Figs 127–128 ) yellowish brown except elytron black and opaque, tibia and tarsi darkened except base of tibia; apical margin of elytron yellowish brown. Antenna ( Fig. 137 ) filiform and extremely slender, antennomere I not enlarged; ratio of length of antennomeres III to XI about 1.0: 1.1: 1.0: 1.1: 1.0: 1.0: 0.9: 0.8: 1.0; ratio of length to width from antennomere III to XI about 3.7: 4.2: 3.7: 4.3: 4.1: 4.4: 4.3: 4.4: 5.2. Apex of abdominal tergite VIII forming notch ( Fig. 143 ), weakly convex at middle, with several long setae along apical margin; base weakly sclerotized. Median lobe of fifth abdominal ventrite rectangular, disc weakly depressed. Penis ( Figs 139–140 ) slender, parallel-sided, abruptly narrowed from apical 1/6 to apex, apex pointed; almost straight in lateral view, curved at apical 1/6; tectum well sclerotized, extremely slender, apically widened, apex bifurcate; endophallus with clusters of dense stout setae, and with one longitudinal sclerite, apex weakly recurved and rounded, basally widened.

Females. Length 6.7–7.5 mm, width 3.7–3.8 mm. Similar to male, but antenna shorter ( Fig. 138 ), 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 3.5: 3.8: 3.7: 3.5: 3.3: 3.5: 3.6: 3.8: 5.6. Apical margin of abdominal ventrite V truncate. Gonocoxae ( Fig. 141 ) slender, apex of each gonocoxa with seven or eight setae from apical 1/6 to apex; gonocoxae connected at middle, base widened. Ventrite VIII ( Fig. 142 ) weakly sclerotized; apex narrow, apical margin a little emarginate at middle, surface with dense short setae inside and along apical margin, and with extremely long setae near apical margin; spiculum short. Spermathecal receptaculum ( Fig. 144 ) a little swollen, hardly separated from pump; pump strongly curved; spermathecal duct short, stout, shallowly projecting into receptaculum.

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. Kimoto (1989) misidentified specimens of this species collected from Southeast Asia as Aulacophora opacipennis .

Distribution. China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 121 – 128. Habitus of Aulacophora species. 121. A. tibialis, Taiwan, male, dorsal view; 122. Ditto, ventral view; 123. A. tibialis, Vietnam, female, dorsal view; 124. A. tibialis, Java, female, dorsal view; 125. Lectotype of A. dohrni, dorsal view; 126. Paralectotype of A. dohrni, dorsal view; 127. A. apicipes, male, dorsal view; 128. Ditto, venral view.

FIGURES 137 – 144. Diagnostic characters of Aulacophora apicipes Jacoby. 137. Antenna, male; 138. Antenna, female; 139. Penis, dorsal view; 140. Penis lateral view; 141. Gonocoxae; 142. Abdominal ventrite VIII, female; 143. Abdominal tergite VIII, male; 144. Spermatheca.