Smaragdina insulana Medvedev, 1992, 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 insulana Medvedev, 1992, new country record for China

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Smaragdina insulana Medvedev, 1992a: 73 (type locality: Vietnam, Prov. Quang Nam-Da Nang); Medvedev 2010: 266.

Material examined

(n = 3). China: Guangxi province: 1 female, Longzhou, Daqingshan, 20.IV.1963, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Longzhou, Daqingshan, 26.IV.1963, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS); 1 male, Longzhou, Daqingshan, 27.IV.1963, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS).

Measurements

(n = 3). Body length males: 4.8-4.9 mm, females: 5.0 mm.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi); Vietnam.

Remark.

This species is recognized by the fulvous body color, pale flavous spots on the elytra, and the sharp apex of the aedeagus. Originally found in Vietnam, we can confirm this species occurs in China.

Figures

Figure 7. Smaragdina insulana Medvedev, 1992 A habitus B lateral view of habitus C spermatheca D lateral view of aedeagus E ventral view of aedeagus F dorsal view of aedeagus G apex of aedeagus H ventral rectal sclerites I dorsal rectal sclerites. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C-I).

Figure 8. Smaragdina insulana Medvedev, 1992 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.