Smaragdina laboissierei (Pic, 1928), new country record for China

Duan, Wen-Yuan, Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2022, Two new species of the genus Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from China, ZooKeys 1082, pp. 1-26 : 1

Smaragdina laboissierei (Pic, 1928), new country record for China

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Smaragdina laboissierei Pic, 1928: 34 (orig.: Cyaniris laboissierei ; type locality: Tonkin; type deposited: MNHN); Kimoto and Gressitt 1981: 320 ( Smaragdina laboissierei ); Medvedev 1992b: 23 (figure); Medvedev 2010: 264.

Material examined

(n = 2). China: Guangxi province: 1 female, Longzhou, Daqingshan, 19. IV. 1963, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Longzhou, Daqingshan, 27. IV. 1963, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS).

Measurements

(n = 2). Body length males: 4.4-4.7 mm, females: 5.2-5.5 mm.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi); Vietnam.

Remark.

The Chinese specimens were identified as this species by the yellowish-brown pronotum with a black stripe and the apical process of aedeagus triangular, which is acute and strongly curved downwards. This species was previously only known from Vietnam.

Figures

Figure 11. Smaragdina laboissierei (Pic, 1928) A habitus B lateral view of habitus C lateral view of aedeagus D ventral view of aedeagus E dorsal view of aedeagus F apex of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C-F).

Figure 12. Smaragdina laboissierei (Pic, 1928) A habitus B maxilla C labium D dorsal view of aedeagus E lateral view of aedeagus F ventral view of aedeagus G spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.