Smaragdina laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981, 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 laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981, new country record for China

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Smaragdina laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 320 (type locality: Laos; type deposited: BPBM); Medvedev 2010: 269.

Material examined

(n = 5). China: Yunnan province: 1 female, Cheli , 8.III.1957, coll. Fuji Pu (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Cheli , 11.III.1957, coll. Fuji Pu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, Xishuangbanna, Yunjinghong , 3.IV.1958, coll. unknown (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Xishuangbanna, Yunjinghong , 7.VIII.1958, coll. Xuwu Meng (IZ-CAS) .

Measurements

(n = 5). Body length males: 2.9-3.2 mm, females: 3.3-3.5 mm.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan); Laos.

Remark.

Following the description of Kimoto and Gressitt (1981, especially figs 21b, 23a), we determined the Chinese specimens as S. laosensis . This species was originally recorded in Laos.

Figures

Figure 13. Smaragdina laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981 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 14. Smaragdina laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981 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.