Smaragdina divisa (Jacoby, 1889)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1082.74323

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Smaragdina divisa
status

 

Smaragdina divisa

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Smaragdina divisa Jacoby, 1889: 156 (orig.: Gynandrophthalma divisa ); 1908: 117, fig. 29; Clavareau 1913: 60; Medvedev 1988a: 31 (redescription); Medvedev 2010:265; Regalin and Medvedev 2010: 576 (catalogue).

Gynandrophthalma indica Jacoby, 1895: 263; Jacoby 1908: 117 (as synonym of Gynandrophthalma divisa ). Syn.

Material examined

(n = 17). China: Hainan province: 6 males, 4 females, Jianfeng , 20.IV.1980, coll. Fuji Pu (IZ-CAS) ; 2 males, Jianfenglin , 20.IV.1980, coll. unknown (IZ-CAS) ; 1 male, Lehui , 4.V.1954, coll. Keren Huang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Nada , 25.IV.1954, coll. Keren Huang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Baoting , 16.V.1960, coll. Zhenfu Li (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Ledong , 10.VI.1960, coll. Xuezhong Zhang (IZ-CAS) ; 1 female, Tongshi , 8.V.1960, coll. Zhenfu Li (IZ-CAS) .

Measurements

(n = 10). Body length males: 3.4-3.8 mm, females: 5.1-5.3 mm.

Distribution.

China (Hainan); Vietnam; Burma; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Malaysia.

Remark.

This species is recognized by having the apical half of the elytra distinctly paler than the basal half, and the apex of aedeagus narrowly truncate. It has not previously been recorded from the territory of China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Smaragdina