Blepharidina knighti (Bryant)

Iannella, Paola D’Alessandro Mattia & Biondi, Maurizio, 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle subgenus Blepharidina s. str. Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 4545 (1) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5935500
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scientific name	Blepharidina knighti (Bryant)
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( Figs 11 View FIGURES 11–19 , 30 View FIGURES 26–33 , 47 View FIGURES 44–49 , 69 View FIGURES 68–69 )

Blepharidella knighti Bryant, 1945: 339

Blepharidina knighti (Bryant) : Biondi et al. 2017: 131, 143

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ ( Biondi des. in Biondi et al. 2017): “ Kenya Colony, Makuyu (0°49′39''S, 37°13′59''E), iii–v.1937, C.D. Knight ” ( BMNH). Additional material examined in Appendix 1. GoogleMaps

Taxonomic observations. Blepharidina knighti is recognizable from other similarly-sized species by the following combination of characters: pronotum with clearly sinuate lateral margin ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 26–33 ); elytra comparatively elongate ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11–19 ); elytral striae clearly darkened ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11–19 ); aedeagus ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 44–49 ), with very elongate and slightly carinate dorsal ligula. No females are known for this species. Morphometry in Appendix 2.

Distribution. Kenya ( Fig. 69 View FIGURES 68–69 ). Possibly Northern–Eastern Afrotropical (NEA) chorotype.

Ecological notes. Not available. The collection sites fall within the area of Afromontane Moist Forest vegetation (belonging to the Tropical Montane Humid Forest formation), and Eastern African Xeric Scrub (belonging to the Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland formation).