Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942

Döberl, Manfred, 2012, Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52, pp. 429-447 : 430

Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942

( Figs. 1 , 15 , 26 )

Material examined (40 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Zemhon area , 10°30′58′′N 54°6′39′′E, 270-350 m, 3.-4.ii.2010, 5 spec. unsexed, L. Purchart & J. Vybíral leg. (3 in JBCB, 2 in MDCA) ; Al Haghier Mts. , Scant Mt. env., 12°34.6′N 54°01.5′E, 1450 m, 12.-13.xi.2010, 2 spec. unsexed, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBCB) ; Al Haghier Mts. , Wadi Madar, 12°33.2′N 54°00.4′E, 1180-1230 m, 12.-14.xi.2010, 2 spec. unsexed, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBCB) ; Aloove area , Hassan vill. env., 12°31.2′N 54°07.4′E, 221 m, 9.-10.xi.2010, 1 spec. unsexed, J. Bezděk leg. ( JBCB) ; Sirhin area , Dixam plateau, 12°31.8′N 53°59.9′E, 812 m, 1.-2.xii.2003, 2 spec. unsexed, P. Kabátek leg. ( NMPC) ; Hadiboh env., 12°65′02′′N 54°02′04′′E, 10-100 m, 21.xi.-12.xii.2003, 23 spec. unsexed, D. Král leg. ( NMPC) ; Noged plain, Qaareh (waterfall), 12°20′10′′N 53°37′56′′E, 57 m, 5.-6.xii.2003, 2 spec. unsexed, D. Král leg. ( NMPC) ; Dixam plateau, Wadi Zeeriq, 12°31′08′′N 53°59′09′′E, 750 m, 3.xii.2003, 2 spec. unsexed, D. Král leg. ( NMPC) ; Shibhon plateau, Eserhe, 12°25.5´N 53°56.6´E, 547 m, 13.vi.2012, 1 spec. unsexed, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart leg. ( NMPC) .

Distribution. Aphthona pusilla is an African species described from Democratic Republic of Congo (LABOISSÈRE 1942), known also from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda, Burundi and Sierra Leone ( SCHERER 1972, BIONDI 1994). Possibly it occurs also in Oman – reported as ‘ Aphthona sp. 1 ’ by DOGUET (1984a) (this record was repeated by MEDVEDEV 1996, but erroneously attributed to Saudi Arabia). First record from Socotra Island.

Figures

Figs.1–9.Aedeagus (a – ventral view, b – lateral view). 1 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942; 2 – A. socotrana sp. nov.; 3 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov.; 4 – Eriotica sp. B; 5 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1849) (specimen from Oman); 6 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984; 7 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov.; 8 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903 (specimen from Yemen); 9 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 13–25. 13 – head of Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov. 14 – left hind leg of Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. 15–25. Spermatheca. 15 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942; 16 – A. socotrana sp. nov.; 17 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov.; 18 – Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1847); 19 – Longitarsus buettikeri Doguet, 1984; 20 – Luperomorpha biondii sp. nov.; 21 – Phyllotreta cheiranthi Weise, 1903; 22 – P. procera (Redtenbacher, 1849); 23 – Podagrica puncticollis Weise, 1902; 24 – Psylliodes persica Allard, 1867; 25 – Yemenaltica furthi sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.5 mm for Figs. 14, 0.2 mm for Fig. 13 and 0.1 mm for Figs. 14–25.

Figs. 26–31. Habitus. 26 – Aphthona pusilla Laboissière, 1942 (unsexed, 1.6 mm); 27 – A. socotrana sp. nov. (holotype, male, 2.0 mm); 28 – A. sp. A (female, 2.1 mm); 29 – A. sp. B (female, 3.8 mm); 30 – A. sp. C (female, 1.6 mm); 31 – Bezdekaltica socotrana sp. nov. (paratype, male, 1.6 mm).