Liroetis latispinus ( Chen, 1976 ) Bezděk, 2021

Bezděk, Jan, 2021, Redefinition of Liroetis, with descriptions of two new species and an annotated list of species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61 (2), pp. 529-614 : 605

Liroetis latispinus ( Chen, 1976) comb. nov.

( Figs 22 , 348 )

Zangia latispina Chen, 1976 in CIJൾඇ et al. (1976): 208, 220 (original description).

Zangia latispina: CIJ ൾඇ & JංൺඇǤ (1981): 476 (noted); CIJൾඇ & JංൺඇǤ (1987): 53 (noted); CIJൾඇ & JංൺඇǤ (1988): 343 (noted); JංൺඇǤ (1990): 142, 144 (key); Bൾൾඇൾඇ (2010): 490 (catalogue); YൺඇǤ et al. (2015): 274 (key), 275 (noted).

Type locality. ‘ Tibet: Chayu’ [= China: Xizang Province: Zayü].

Type material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: J ( Fig. 22 , only photograph seen), ‘[Xizang, Chayu, Zhala bridge / 2300 m / Chinese Academy of

Sciences] [in Chinese, w, combined p and h] // [1973.VII.4. / Collector:

Fu-Sheng Huang] [in Chinese, w, combined p and h] // HOLOTYPE [r,

p] // Zangia / J latispina / [Identifier:Sicien Chen] 19 [partly in Chinese,

w, combined p and h]’ ( IZAS).

Figures

Figs 21–25. Type specimens of Liroetis, dorsal view. 21 – L. coeruleus (Jiang, 1990), male, holotype; 22 – L. latispinus (Chen, 1976), male, holotype; 23 – L. nigricollis (Jiang, 1990), male, holotype; 24 – L. pallidulus (Jiang, 1990), male, holotype; 25 – L. ephippiatus (Laboissière, 1930) (holotype of Zangia signata Jiang, 1990, male).

Figs 347–351. Aedeagus of Liroetis, dorsal and lateral views, apex of dorsal process in frontal view. 347 – L. apicicornis Jacoby, 1896; 348 – L. latispinus (Chen, 1976); 349 – L. pallidulus (Jiang, 1990); 350 – L. reitteri (Pic, 1934); 351 – L. violaceipennis Zhang, Li & Yang, 2008. Fig. 348 reproduced from JංൺඇǤ (1990). Scale 0.5 mm.