Smaragdina kimotoi, Lopatin, 2003

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 kimotoi

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Smaragdina kimotoi Lopatin, 2003: 301 (type locality: South Vietnam, northeast of Ho Chi Minh); Medvedev 2010: 284.

Material examined

(n = 13). China: Hainan province: 1 male, 3 females, Jianfeng , 20.IV.1980, coll. Fuji Pu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, Jianfenglin , 29.IV.1983, coll. Maobin Gu (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Jianfenglin , 19.IV.1984, coll. Chunling Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Wuzhishan , 4.IV.1980, coll. Shuyong Wang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Nada , 25.IV.1954, coll. Keren Huang (IZ-CAS) ; 2 females, Nada , 30.IV.1954, coll. Keren Huang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Nada , 30.V.1954, coll. Keren Huang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Tongshi , 27.III.1960, coll. Changqing Li (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Tongshi , 23.IV.1960, coll. Zhenfu Li (IZ-CAS) .

Measurements

(n = 10). Body length males: 4.4-4.9 mm, females: 4.9-5.9 mm.

Distribution.

China (Hainan); Vietnam.

Remark.

The fulvous dorsal body and the aedeagus with a broad and parallel-sided apical process, distinguish this species from S. divisa . Originally from Vietnam, we confirm that S. kimotoi occurs in China.

Figures

Figure 9. Smaragdina kimotoi Lopatin, 2003 A habitus B lateral view of habitus C lateral view of aedeagus D ventral view of aedeagus E dorsal view of aedeagus F apex of aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.2 mm (C-F).

Figure 10. Smaragdina kimotoi Lopatin, 2003 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.