Clytra

Wang, Feng-Yan & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2011, A synopsis on the Chinese species of Clytra Laicharting, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini), Zootaxa 3067, pp. 1-25 : 13-14

7. Clytra (s. str.) duodecimmaculata ( Fabricius, 1775)

( Figs. 7 A–G, 13 D–F).

Fabricius, 1775: 106 (orig.: Cryptocephalus 10-maculatus; Cape of Good Hope); 1781: 139 ( Cryptocephalus 12-maculatus; Cape of Good Hope); Schönherr, 1808: 346 ( Clythra duodecimmaculatus ); Lacordaire, 1848: 220 ( Clythra 12-maculata; Java, Sumatra, not Cape of Good Hope); Clavareau, 1913: 49 ( Clytra duodecimmaculata ; catalogue); Gressitt, 1942: 327 (Hainan); Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 92 ( Clytra duodecimmaculatus ; Kwangtung); Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 308 ( Clytra duodecimmaculata ; Thailand, Laos, Vietnam); Regalin & Medvedev, 2010: 566 (catalogue).

Syn.: Chrysomela cryptocephala Hornstedt, 1788: 7 , t. 1, f. 2. 5, 8, 11 (type locality: Java).

Clythra bella Baly, 1865: 48 ; Monrós, 1956: 163 (var. of Clytra duodecimmaculata ).

Diapromorpha gigantea Jacoby, 1892: 878 (type locality: Burma); 1908: 162 ( Burma); Monrós, 1956: 163 (var. of Clytra duodecimmaculata ); Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 308 (as synonym of Clytra duodecimmaculata ).

Clytra theresae Pic, 1927a: 30 (type locality: Cochin – China); Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 308 (as synonym of Clytra duodecimmaculata ).

Clytra bicoloriceps Pic, 1933: 31 ; Regalin & Medvedev, 2010: 566 (as synonym of Clytra duodecimmaculata ).

Clytra binhana Pic, 1927a: 31 ; Kimoto & Gressitt, 1981: 308 (as synonym of Clytra duodecimmaculata ).

Material examined. CHINA: Hainan: 23, Tongshi, 28.VI.1960, coll. Zhenfu Li; 23, 2ƤƤ, Tongshi, 31.VII.1960, coll. Changqing Li; 13, Tongshi, 31.VII.1960, coll. Xuezhong Zhang; 13, 2ƤƤ, Qiongzhong, 14.VII.1960, coll. Changqing Li; Guangdong: 1Ƥ, Tongtou, Shenzhen, 18.VIII.1980, coll. Unknown; Guangxi: 23, 2ƤƤ, Yanshan, Guilin, 9.VII.1963, coll. Shuyong Wang; 1Ƥ, Wantian, Lingui, 30.VI. 1963, coll. Yongpu Shi; Yunnan: 13, 1Ƥ, Menghai, Xishuangbanna, 24.VII.1958, coll. Fuji Pu; 13, Damenglong, Xishuangbanna, 10.VII.1980, coll. Leyi Zheng; 13, 2ƤƤ, Menghun, Xishuangbanna, 28.V.1958, coll. Xuwu Meng; 53, 4ƤƤ, Lancang, 26.VII.1957, coll. Shuyong Wang; 33, 2ƤƤ, Lancang, 29.VII.1957, coll. Lingchao Zang.

Distribution. Burma, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Java, Laos, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. This species is widespread in the south of China. It can be well defined by its large oval-shaped body and broad tarsi in both sexes.

According to Kimoto & Gressitt (1981), the coloration of C. (s. str.) duodecimmaculata is variable, and the specimens from China can be distinguished into three different forms. First form has a black pronotum, scutellum, and fulvous elytra with three black bands situated at the base, two-thirds and the apex on each elytron ( Fig. 13 D). The second form has a fulvous pronotum with five isolated black spots, a completely fulvous scutellum, and fulvous elytra with two black basal spots, a postmedian black band and a black apex on each elytron ( Fig. 13 F). The third form has a similar color pattern as the second one, but the three medial spots connected into a larger one ( Fig. 13 E).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Habitus of Clytra: A – C, C. (s. str.) arida; D – F, C. (s. str.) duodecimmaculata.

FIGURE 7. C. (s. str.) duodecimmaculata: A, dorsal pattern; B, maxilla; C, labium; D, male genitalia in dorsal view; E, male genitalia in lateral view; F, male genitalia in ventral view; G, spermatheca. Scales = 0.5 mm.