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Academic editor: Li Ren.
The genus
For preparation of male and female genitalia, whole specimens were immersed in warm soapy water for 10 minutes. The abdomen was detached gently with a minuten pin and kept overnight in 10% KOH. The genitalia were dissected in distilled water and transferred to glycerol for studies and imaging. After examination, the genitalia were transferred to microvials and pinned beneath the respective specimens. The following measurements were made using the measurement module of a Leica M205A stereo microscope: total length, from apical margin of clypeus to apex of elytra (TL); total width, across both elytra at their widest point (TW = EW); pronotal length, from the middle of anterior margin to the base of pronotum (PL); pronotal width at its widest (PW); elytral length along suture from apex to base including scutellum (EL). Images of whole specimens and their diagnostic characters were taken using a Leica DFC 420 camera attached to a Leica M205A stereo microscope. Composite images were generated from image stacks using Combine ZP and touched up in Adobe Photoshop Elements 11. The specimens studied are deposited in the following collections: NBAII – National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore; NPC – National Pusa Collection, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
TL: 7.50–9.00 mm; TW: 6.00–8.00 mm; TL/TW: 1.07–1.50; PL/PW: 0.45–0.48; EL/EW: 0.88–1.03. Male: Form (Fig.
Female: Externally similar to male. Female genitalia (Fig.
This species is externally similar to
The specific epithet is an adjective of Latin origin and refers to the explanate elytral margins.
India (Sikkim; West Bengal). Nepal.
This species seems to have an arboreal habitat like many other species of
Habitus of
Diagnostic characters of
Abdominal postcoxal line.
Male genitalia: Tegmen, lateral view.
Male genitalia: Tegmen, inner view.
Male genitalia: Penis.
Male genitalia: Penis apex, magnified.
Female genitalia, spermatheca with accessory gland, sperm duct and distal part of bursa.
Female genitalia of
Female genitalia.
Spermatheca.