Phaedon flavotibialis Lopatin, 2005

Ge, Si-Qin, Daccordi, Mauro, Ren, Jing & Yang, Xing-Ke, 2015, Revision of Phaedon Latreille from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Zoological Systematics 40 (1), pp. 1-30 : 14-16

Phaedon flavotibialis Lopatin, 2005 ( Fig.10 )

Phaedon flavotibialis Lopatin, 2005: 936 .

Description. Body length 3.4–3.8mm, width 2.0– 2.4 mm. Body elongate, rather convex, hind wings reduced. Colour. Dorsum metallic dark green; underside of two basal antennal segments, all tibiae, and two basal segments of tarsi yellowish brown; labrum, onychium, bases of tibiae, and other antennal segments black. Underside black with bronze reflection.

Head. Frons and vertex with dense and coarse punctures, interspersed very fine punctures. Antennae shown as Figs 10A, 10B .

Thorax and abdomen. Pronotum length 1.0 mm, width 2.0 mm; disc with sparse and fine punctures, much bigger and denser in lateral sides. Scutellum subtriangular, with very fine punctures. Elytra with regular striae; interspace of elytra with fine and dense punctures. Epipleuron with dense and fine punctures. Underside. Prosternal process narrow, with few separate punctures, slightly widened apically. Hypomeron, mesoventriate, metaventrate and abdomen with dense and coarse punctures. Antero-lateral plate of metaventrite narrow and impunctate.

Aedeagus. Shown as Figs 10C, 10D .

Spermatheca. Shown as Fig. 10E .

Material examined. Holotype male, China, Sichuan, E. Danba, E. Suopo, H (30°52'54"N, 102°03'05"E – 30°52'46"N, 102°03'34"E; elev. 4 560–4 780 m), 14 August 2004, coll. Belousov and Kabak ( ZIN). Paratype 1 female, same data as holotype ( ZIN) .

Remarks. The species is distinguished by the following characters: tibiae yellowish brown, the punctures of pronotum fine and sparse, much bigger in lateral sides.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

© Zoological Systematics, 40(1): 1–30

© Zoological Systematics, 40(1): 1–30

© Zoological Systematics, 40(1): 1–30

Figures

Fig. 10. Phaedon flavotibialis Lopatin, 2005. A. Antenna, male. B. Antenna, female. C. Aedeagus, dorsal view. D. Aedeagus, lateral view. E. Spermatheca. Scale bars: A–B=0.5mm; C–D=0.2mm; E=0.1mm.