Pseudotheopea azurea (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963) Lee & Bezděk, 2020

Lee, Chi-Feng & Bezdek, Jan, 2020, Revision of the Theopea genus group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae), part III: Descriptions of two new genera and nine new species, ZooKeys 912, pp. 65-124 : 65

Pseudotheopea azurea (Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963) comb. nov. Figs 5D-E , 6D

Theopea azurea Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963: 677 (China: Guandong); Wilcox, 1973: 630 (catalogue); Wang et al., 1998: 128 (China: Fujian); Yang, 2002: 656 (China: Fujian); Yang & Yao, 2002: 447 (China: Hainan Island); Beenen, 2010: 489 (catalogue).

Type.

Holotype ♂ (CAS): "CHINA: Kwang- / tung, Summer / 1950. JL. Gressitt [p, w] // L. Gressitt / Collection [p, w] // HOLOTYPE [p] ♂ / Theopea / azurea [h] / Gressitt and Kimoto [p, r] // Theopea / azurea / holo G and K [h] / J. L. Gressitt det. [p, w] // California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. [p] 13312 [h, w]".

Diagnosis (based on photographs). Body color (Fig. 5D, E ) bluish metallic, mouth parts and antennae dark brown; legs yellowish brown but tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Frontoclypeus (Fig. 6D ) transverse and deeply excavated between eyes in males, concavity as wide as interspace between eyes, apico-lateral angles margined with long hair-like setae except along basal margin; with a pair of erect processes at center, almost reaching level of opening.

Distribution.

China (Fujian and Guandong).

Figures

Figure 5. Habitus of Pseudotheopea aeneipennis, P. azurea, and P. sufangae sp. nov. A T. aeneipennis, male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C P. aeneipennis, female, dorsal view D P. azurea, holotype, dorsal view E Same, lateral view F P. sufangae sp. nov., male, dorsal view G Same, ventral view H P. sufangae sp. nov., female, dorsal view.

Figure 6. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea aeneipennis and P. azurea. A P. aeneipennis, dorsal view B Same, dorsofrontal view C Same, front view D P. azurea, holotype, dorsofrontal view.