Chikatunolepta emir (Lopatin, 2006), 2020

Bezděk, Jan, 2020, Chikatunolepta n. gen. - a new genus of Saharo-Arabian Monoleptites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 50 (2), pp. 11-29 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3945126
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A9B32D0B-A916-430F-9E25-CF446922CA31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15813534
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE8799-FF87-216D-A13B-0DC1185C8B80
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chikatunolepta emir (Lopatin, 2006)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Chikatunolepta emir (Lopatin, 2006) n. comb.

( Figs 3, 4, 9, 10, 25–36, 49–51, 55, 56)

Calomicrus (Nymphius) emir Lopatin, 2006: 261 . (Type locality: United Arab Emirates, Wadi Wurayah GoogleMaps , 25.24°N 56.17°E).

Calomicrus emir Lopatin : Lopatin 2008: 320.

Nymphius emir (Lopatin) : Beenen 2010: 485; Bezděk & Batelka 2011: 251; Monks et al. 2019: 948.

Main diagnostic characters: Male ( Fig. 3). Abdomen modified as follows: ventrite I moderately elevated, II with wide flat subtriangular process, III with lanceolate process with sharp apex and margins covered with short setae, IV with raised posterior margin; middle parts of ventrites I, II and IV covered with long pale setae ( Figs 25–27). Protarsomere I subpentagonal. Mesotibiae widely rounded in apical half, without subapical lamella, mesotarsomere I enlarged ( Figs 32, 33).

Female ( Fig. 4). Spermatheca with apical part of cornu longer than basal part, appendix as long as apical part of cornu ( Fig. 29).

Holotype (examined, Figs 55, 56): ♂ United Arab Emirates: Wadi Wurayah [25.24°N 56.17°E], 12–14.iv.2005, T. van Harten ( ZIN). GoogleMaps

Other material examined: United Arab Emirates: 2♂ 2♀, N of Masafi , 27.xi.2019, M. Snížek ( JBCB) ; 1♂, Ras Al Khaimah, Wadi Shawqa , 25°06'N 56°02'E, 20.iii.2007, J. Batelka ( JBCB) GoogleMaps ; 2♂ 7♀, Ras Al Khaimah, Wadi Shawqa , 25°06'N 56°02'E, 3.x.2007, J. Batelka ( JBCB) GoogleMaps ; 13♂ 11♀, Wadi Safad , 25°13'N 56°19'E, 15–22.iv.2006, A. Van Harten ( JBCB) GoogleMaps . Oman: 5♂ 4♀, Jabal Akhdar , 15 km N of Nizza, 23°00'N 57°34'E, 11.ii.2007, L. Major (JBCB) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Oman ( Monks et al. 2019; present study), United Arab Emirates (Lopatin 2006, 2008; Bezděk & Batelka 2011; present study).

Comparison: The males of Ch. emir are very similar to that of Ch. millingeni . Both species differ in the structure of abdominal appendages: process on ventrite II is widely subtriangular, flat and much shorter than lanceolate and much longer process on ventrite III in Ch. emir , while process on ventrite II is long, narrowly subtriangular, only slightly shorter than very long, narrow and parallel process on ventrite III in Ch. millingeni ( Figs 25–27, 37–39). The females are indistinguishable in habitus.