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Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin 2009, new species

  • 1. Zoology Department, Byelorussian State University, Minsk, Belarus. E-mail: lopatinik @ gmail. com
  • 2. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c / o Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 168 Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA.

Description

Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, new species

(Figs 21–27)

Holotype, male. China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulongshan, Prim forest 2800 m, N 27°28'20" E 100°14'6", 29.V.2002, leg. A. Konstantinov & M. Volkovitsh (IZAS).

Body black, weakly shiny, elytra with four reddish-yellow transverse bands, not reaching sutural or lateral margins (Fig. 24).

Head protruding. Frontal ridge convex, triangular. Antennal sockets situated close to each other. Antennal calli weakly convex. Labrum with broad impression in middle of anterior margin. Gena and sides of mandibles covered with long, stiff bristles. Antenna short and relatively thick. Proportions of antennomeres as follows: 15:8:7:8:8:8:8:8:7:11:12.

Pronotum nearly flat, with wide and shallow impressions on sides of disc (Fig. 22). Pronotal surface densely and minutely shagreened with sparse punctures on sides and near base. Anterior angles strongly protruding forward, separated by deep furrow, and bearing a large setiferous pore. Scutellum large and short, without punctures. Elytra narrow at humeri, widening strongly to posterior third. Sutural margins rounded. Elytral surface densely and minutely shagreened, with small and sparse punctures. Distance between punctures about twice as large as diameter of puncture. Elytral margins slightly swollen, separated by deep, narrow furrow.

Venter densely and minutely shagreened. Posterior side of abdominal ventrites with rows of small punctures. Tibiae with rows of stiff bristles. First tarsomere of all legs elongate, wide distally. Aedeagus as in Figs 25–27.

Etymology. This species is named after A. S. Konstantinov.

Notes

Published as part of Lopatin, I. K. & Konstantinov, A. S., 2009, New genera and species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from China and South Korea, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 2083 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2083.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5321822

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IZAS
Event date
2002-05-29
Verbatim event date
2002-05-29
Scientific name authorship
Lopatin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Yunnaniata
Species
konstantinovi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009