Blepharidina rudeli Weise
| Main Authors: | Iannella, Paola D'Alessandro Mattia, Biondi, Maurizio |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5935520 |
Daftar Isi:
- Blepharidina rudeli (Weise) (Figs 19, 67, 69) Blepharida rudeli Weise, 1905: 41 Blepharidina rudeli (Weise): Biondi et al. 2017: 133 Type material examined. Lectotype ♀ (Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “(Tanzania) Lukuledi (10°33′36''S, 38°48'E), Rudel” (ZMHB). Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina rudeli can be attributed to the species group including B. bimbiensis, B. carinata, B. guttulata, B. partita and, probably, B. sedecimguttata (Figs 2, 4, 6, 16, 19) (see “Taxonomic observations” in B. bimbiensis). However, B. rudeli is easily recognizable by the partially irregular elytral punctuation (Fig. 19), and the reddish-brown dorsal integuments with large and roundish yellow patches. These characters are likely shared, based on the original description of the latter species by Weise (2012), with B. sedecimguttata. However, B. rudeli seems distinguishable for the: number of large yellow patches on each elytron (nine instead of eight in B. sedecimguttata); deeper and coarser elytral punctation; larger yellow patches on pronotum; more elongate pronotal longitudinal furrows. Compared to B. carinata, B. guttulata and B. partita, the spermatheca in B. rudeli has more slender and sclerotized basal part and more sclerotized ductus (Figs 56, 58, 63, 67). Male is unknown for this species. Morphometry in Appendix 2. Distribution. Tanzania (Fig. 69). Possibly Northern-Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype. Ecological notes. Not available. The collection site falls within the area of Miombo & Associated Broadleaf Savanna (belonging to the Tropical Lowland Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland formation).
- Published as part of Iannella, Paola D'Alessandro Mattia & Biondi, Maurizio, 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Zootaxa 4545 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/2618635