Aetheomorpha coerulea ( Jacoby, 1892 )

Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2012, Taxonomy of the genus Aetheomorpha Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini) from China, with description of five new species, Journal of Natural History 46 (23 - 24), pp. 1407-1440 : 1426

Aetheomorpha coerulea ( Jacoby, 1892)

( Figures 8A–I , 12H )

Jacoby, 1892: 882 (orig.: Aspidolopha coerulea ; type locality: Burma, Carin Chebà; type deposited: MSNG); 1908: 134; Clavareau, 1913: 44 (catalogue); Kimoto and Gressitt, 1981: 297 (transfer to Aetheomorpha ; Thailand, Vietnam); Regalin and Medvedev, 2010: 564 (catalogue); Medvedev, 2010: 198 (Yunnan: Xishuangbanna).

Material examined

CHINA: Hainan: one male, one female, Jianfengling , 12 August 1981, leg. Maobin Gu ; Yunnan: two males, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang , 12 July 1957, leg. Lingchao Zang ; two females, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang , 13 July 1957, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one male, Xishuangbanna, Menghun , 19 May 1958, leg. Yiran Zhang ; one male, six females, Xishuangbanna, Menghun , 6 June 1958, leg. Xuwu Meng ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Menghai , 21 July 1958, leg. Fuji Pu ; one male, one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengzhe , 25 July 1958, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one male, Xishuangbanna, Meng’a , 9 August 1958, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengla , 20 May 1958, leg. Facai Zhang ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengsong , 24 July 1958, leg. Leyi Zheng ; one female, Ruili, Wanting , 10 June 1992, leg. Decheng Yuan ( IZ-CAS) .

Distribution

China (Hainan, Yunnan); Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia.

Remarks

This species is well defined by its characteristic colouration: elytra are completely bluish black and pronotum is fulvous with a central black band. Also, the aedeagal apex slightly bent ventrally; the spermathecal duct is long, irregularly coiled dozens of times and the dorsal central sclerite is sub-oblong.

Figures

Figure 8. Aetheomorpha coerulea (Jacoby): (A) habitus; (B) maxilla; (C) labium; (D) male genitalia in dorsal view; (E) male genitalia in lateral view; (F) male genitalia in ventral view; (G) spermatheca; (H) rectal sclerites in ventral view; (I) rectal sclerites in dorsal view. Scales 0.5 mm.

Figure 12. Habitus of Aetheomorpha: (A) Aetheomorpha bidentata sp. nov.; (B) Aetheomorpha bilobata sp. nov.; (C) Aetheomorpha obtusapicata sp. nov.; (D) Aetheomorpha punctistriata sp. nov.; (E) Aetheomorpha wangi sp. nov.; (F) Aetheomorpha furcata Medvedev and Kantner; (G) Aetheomorpha bacboensis Medvedev; (H) Aetheomorpha coerulea (Jacoby); (I) Aetheomorpha decemnotata (Jacoby).