Aulacophora opacipennis (lat.) Is a species of leaf beetles of the genus Aulacophora from the subfamily of gnats ( Galerucinae ) [1] .
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Distribution
Endemic of Taiwan . One of 10 species of the genus found in Taiwan [1] .
Description
Small brightly colored bugs, yellow-brown with black omethins (elytra black). Males: length 6.2 mm, width 3.1 mm. Females: length 7.5-7.9 mm, width 3.9-4.3 mm). Antennae 11-segmented. The body is oval-elongated, the attachment points of the antennae are separated, the pronotum with transverse indentation (groove), the epitleuron of the elite are truncated (sharply tapering to the apex) behind the middle line of the elytra, the anterior pelvic hollows behind are open, the abdominal 5th ventrite is three-lobed, the calves are armed with apical claws of legs are bifurcated. They feed on supposedly dicotyledonous plants [1] [2] . The species was first described in 1962 [3] , and its validity was verified by a Taiwanese entomologist Chi-Feng Lee (Taiwan Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan ) and Dutch coleopterologist Ron Binenom (Ron Beenen; Martinus Nijhoffhove, Nieuwegein, Netherlands ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lee, CF. & Beenen, R. Revision of the genus Aulacophora from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2015 .-- Vol. 3949, no. 2 . - P. 151-190. - ISSN 1175-5326 . doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3949.2.1.
- ↑ Barroga, GF & Mohamedsaid, MS (2002). Revision of the genus Aulacophora Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland. Serangga, 7, 15-194.
- ↑ Chûjô, M. (1962) A taxonomic study on the Chrysomelidae from Formosa Part XI. Galerucinae. - The Philippine Journal of Science, 91, 1-239.
Literature
- Barroga, GF & Mohamedsaid, MS (2002). Revision of the genus Aulacophora Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland. - Serangga, 7, 15-194.
- Medvedev LN 2001. A revision of Oriental Aulacophora Chevrolat (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) with metallic color. - Russian Enlomol. J. 10 (1): 28-32.
- Mohamedsaid, MS (1994). The genus Aulacophora Chevrolat from Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). - Malayan Nature Journal, 47, 375-392.
Links
- BioLib Taxon profile - tribus Luperini
- Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World (link not available) . Joe Hallan's Biology Catalog . Archived February 11, 2015.