Arenoledra Kuoh, 1992

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Genus Arenoledra Kuoh

Arenoledra Kuoh, 1992:254 , 307.

Type species. A. nigrimaculata Kuoh, 1992: 255 , 307, fig. 13, by original designation.

Synonymy. None.

Description. Kuoh (Ge 1992): “The vertex of the head as long as breadth between eyes or shorter, nail shape, the body above densely covered [with] granules as rough as sandpaper, the veins of tegmina radialized towards the apex, especially in the process of pygofer which differs from Petalocephala and the shape of the aedeagus and styli differs from both of them [ Petalocephala and Latycephala ].”

Species. [4]: nigrifrons Kuoh ; nigrimaculata Kuoh ; ochracea Kuoh ; tubularis Cai & Sun.

Range. China (Lushui, Yunnan, Weixi).

Host plants. Unknown.

Material examined. None.

Remarks. The type specimen of Arenoledra nigrimaculata , which was not made available for this study, appears to be located in either the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academica Sinica), Beijing, or in Anhui Agricultural College, Anhui, China (Ge 1992). Based on Kuoh’s description of the genus and drawings of A. nigrimaculata , the exact phylogenetic placement of this genus is uncertain, but it appears to be very similar to Midoria and Latycephala . All three genera may be proximate to Hangklipia or Parapetalocephala (Kuoh stated that Arenoledra was between Petalocephala and Platycephala [= Latycephala McKamey ]). A 2004 collecting expedition in Taiwan in which the first author participated (organized by C. H. Dietrich, INHS, and host M. M. Yang, Chung Hsing University, Taichung) yielded a few specimens resembling Arenoledra , and a number of specimens borrowed from the TARI and NMNS collections vaguely resemble Kuoh’s illustrations, but it will be necessary to examine his type material in order to make a positive identification. These specimens ultimately were not included in the phylogenetic analysis.