Leaf Beetles

Leaf-mining locust-beetle, Odontota dorsalis, a beetle, b larva, c pupaFigure 226 in Sanderson, E. D. and C. F. Jackson. 1912. Elementary Entomology. Boston, Ginn and Company. Available through the Biodiversity Heritage Library: http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29213

Figures 1–2. Habitus, dorsal view: 1 Pachybrachis sassii sp. n., holotype 2 Pachybrachis salfii, neotype.

Figures 2–10.Habitus. 2 Abrarius cribrosus Fairmaire 3 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro 4 Afrocrepis malvernensis (Jacoby) 5 Afrorestia peringueyi (Jacoby) 6 Alocypha bimaculata (Jacoby) 7 Altica madagascariensis (Allard) 8 Amphimela bryanti (Csiki) 9 Amphimela (ex Sphaerophysa Baly) heikertingeri (Bechyné) 10 Anaxerta castanea Fairmaire.

Figures 1–3.Callispa keram sp. n. 1 dorsal habitus 2 ventral habitus 3 lateral margin of pronotum.

Figures 1–12.Habitus. 1–2 Pyrrhalta fossata (holotype) 3–4 Pyrrhalta huangshana (holotype) 5–6 Pyrrhalta martensi (paratype) 7–8 Pyrrhalta meghalayana (paratype) 9–10 Pyrrhalta metallica 11–12 Pyrrhalta orientalis (holotype).

Figures 1–2.Habitus of Ambrostoma koreana sp. n., holotype. 1 dorsal view 2 ventral view.

Habitus 2.Dorsal habitus of Pachybrachis bivittatus. Scale bar, 1 mm.

Figure 1.Chaetocnema picipes, (Qinling Mountain, Shaanxi, China). A Male habitus B Pronotum C Head D Aedeagus, ventral and lateral view E Apical part of aedeagus, dorsal view F Vaginal palpi G Spermatheca H Tignum.

Figure 1–6.Amblycerus virens (Jekel, 1855), specimen male: 1 dorsal 2 lateral 3 head 4 pygidium 5 median lobe of male genitalia 6 tegmen of male genitalia. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (Figs 1–2); scale bars = 0.5 mm (Figs 3–4, 6); scale bar = 0.2 mm (Fig. 5).

Figure 1.Megalostomis juanenrique sp. n. A Habitus dorsal (male) B Habitus lateral (male) C Habitus dorsal (female) D Head of male (frontal view) E Head of female (frontal view).

Figures 19–26.Adult structures and sexual dimorphism in Cephaloleia beetles 19 Head and mouth parts (Cephaloleia belti) 20 Head, dorsal view showing carina (Cephaloleia dilaticollis) 21 Scutellum (Cephaloleia belti) 22 impressions and setae on elytron (Cephaloleia belti) 23–24 typical sexual dymorphism in last abdominal segment (Cephaloleia dilaticollis): 23 Female 24 Male 25–26 Sexual dymorphism in setose attachment pads (Cephaloleia dilaticollis) 25 Female tarsa with bifurcate setal tips 26 Male tarsa with bifurcate and discoidal setal tips. All specimens were collected at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Scale bar equals in all panels equal 200 μm.

Figures 3–4. Median lobe of aedeagus; magnification 120×, scale bar = 100 µm 3 Pachybrachis sassii sp. n. holotype; a dorsal b lateral and c ventral view 4 Pachybrachis salfii neotype a dorsal b lateral and c ventral view. Median lobe silhouette is demaged by dehydration, probably due to contact with air for a long time.

Figures 110–115.Morphological characters. 110 Abrarius aethiops (Weise), head and pronotum in dorsal view 111 Ditto, head and right antenna in dorsal view 112 Abrarius cribrosus Fairmaire, ventral parts 113 Afroaltica parvula D’Alessandro & Biondi, head in frontal view 114 Afroaltica subaptera Biondi & D’Alessandro, head and pronotum in dorsal view 115 Ditto, triangular hollow on ventral side of middle tibiae in male.

Figures 4–10.Callispa keram sp. n. 4 median lobe of aedeagus, ventral view 5 median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view 6 median lobe of aedeagus, distal opening 7 spermatheca 8 coxite 9 sternite VIII 10 tergum IX.

Figures 24–35.Aedeagus. 24–25 Pyrrhalta huangshana (holotype, 24 dorsal view 25 lateral view) 26–27 Pyrrhalta martensi (26 dorsal view 27 lateral view) 28–29 Pyrrhalta meghalayana (paratype, 28 dorsal view 29 lateral view) 30–31 Pyrrhalta metallica (30 dorsal view 31 lateral view) 32–33 Pyrrhalta orientalis (32 dorsal view 33 lateral view) 34–35 Pyrrhalta subaenea (syntype, 34 dorsal view 35 lateral view).

Figure 20.Larvae inside the abdomen of female of Ambrostoma koreana sp. n.

Map 2.The known distribution of Pachybrachis bivittatus in eastern Canada. OR – Ottawa River; SLR – St. Lawrence River; SR – Saguenay River.

Figures 2.Chaetocnema fortecostata. A Male habitus B Pronotum C Head D Aedeagus, ventral and lateral view E Apical part of aedeagus, dorsal view F Vaginal palpi G Spermatheca H Tignum.

Figure 7–12.Amblycerus medialis Ribeiro-Costa, Vieira & Manfio, sp. n., holotype male: 7 dorsal 8 lateral 9 head 10 pygidium 11 median lobe of male genitalia 12 tegmen of male genitalia. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (Figs 7–8); scale bars = 0.5 mm (Figs 9–12).

Figure 2.Megalostomis juanenrique sp. n. A–C Male aedeagus and internal sac: A Dorsal view B Lateral view C Ventral view.

Figures 27–34.Cephaloleia larval stages 27–28 Cephaloleia belti, first instar, dorsal and ventral views 29–30 Cephaloleia belti, second instar, dorsal and ventral views 31–32 Cephaloleia dilaticollis, first instar, dorsal and ventral views 33–34 Cephaloleia dilaticollis, second instar, dorsal and ventral views. All specimens collected at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Scale bars in all panels equal 1 mm.

Figure 6. Pachybrachis sassii sp. n. a spermatheca b ventral sclerite of kotpresse c dorsal sclerite of kotpresse. Scale bar = 0.3 mm.

Figures 278–283.Maps of distribution. 278 Abrarius Fairmaire 279 Afroaltica Biondi & D’Alessandro 280 Afrocrepis Bechyné 281 Afrorestia Bechyné 282 Alocypha Weise 283 Altica Geoffroy.

Figures 11–16.Callispa keram sp. n. 11 ootheca 12 larva 13 pupa 14 adult 15 adult feeding trough 16 larval feeding trough.