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Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)
expand article infoChi-Feng Lee‡, Cheng-Lung Tsai§, Alexander Konstantinov|, Wen-Bin Yeh§
‡ Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan
§ National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
| Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Washington, United States of America

Corresponding author: Wen-Bin Yeh ( wbyeh@nchu.edu.tw )

Academic editor: Michael Schmitt
© 2016 Chi-Feng Lee, Cheng-Lung Tsai, Alexander Konstantinov, Wen-Bin Yeh.
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Citation: Lee C-F, Tsai C-L, Konstantinov A, Yeh B-W (2016) Revision of Mandarella Duvivier from Taiwan, with a new species, new synonymies and identities of highly variable species (Insecta, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). ZooKeys 568: 23-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.568.7125
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Abstract

Taiwanese species of Mandarella Duvivier are compared on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. Only three of eleven morphospecies are considered to be valid. Mandarella uenoi (Kimoto, 1969) is transferred from the genus Luperus Geoffroy. Stenoluperus taiwanus Kimoto, 1991 and S. kimotoi Döberl, 2001 are synonymized with M. uenoi. Taiwanese records of Stenoluperus tibialis Chen, 1942, S. nipponensis Laboissière, 1913, and S. potanini (Weise, 1889) were based on misidentifications and represent M. uenoi. The Taiwanese population previously erroneously identified as S. pallipes Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963 is here described as a new species, M. tsoui sp. n., Stenoluperus esakii Kimoto, 1969, S. matsumurai Takizawa, 1978, and M. taiwanensis Medvedev, 2012 are synonymized with M. flaviventris (Chen, 1942).

Keywords

Flea beetles, alpine, molecular, taxonomic revision

Introduction

Mandarella Duvivier, 1892 is a small genus of flea beetles containing five species (Döberl 2010). Stenoluperus Ogloblin, 1936 was a larger genus (33 species) and was proposed as a junior synonym of Mandarella Duvivier by Medvedev (2012). This synonym is confirmed after/by examination of type species of both genera (Konstantinov, personal communication). Thus, Mandarella now contains 34 valid species limited to the Palaearctic region.

More than 250 mountains exceed 3000 meters in Taiwan. Localities higher than 3000 m present cold and windy montane habitats (Figs 1–2) where few insects can survive, including leaf beetles. However, members of Mandarella are adapted to these habitats and display extensive morphological diversity (Figs 3–8). Based on morphological characteristics of body color and antennomeres, 11 species, mostly from limited montane areas, have been reported from Taiwan. Chûjô (1965) recorded the first two species, Stenoluperus flaviventris Chen, 1942 and S. tibialis Chen, 1942. Kimoto (1969) described S. esakii, reported S. pallipes Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963 and S. nipponensis Laboissière, 1913. Kimoto (1974) subsequently recorded S. potanini (Weise, 1889). Takizawa (1978) described S. matsumurai. Kimoto (1991a) described S. taiwanus. At the same year, Kimoto (1991b) described S. minor and S. itoi. However, S. minor Kimoto 1991b was a primary junior homonym of S. minor Kimoto, 1977 and was replaced as S. kimotoi by Döberl (2001). Stenopluperus itoi Kimoto, 1991b was a secondary junior homonym of Mandarella itoi Chûjô, 1966 and was replaced as M. taiwanensis by Medvedev (2012). We have discovered that Luperus uenoi Kimoto, 1969 is also a member of Madarella based on examination of the type specimens.

Figures 1–8. 

Field photographs. 1 Alpine habitat, Hohuanshan 2 Microhabitat 3 Mandarella uenoi form C 4 M. uenoi form B 5 M. uenoi form D 6 M. tsoui sp. n. 7 M. flaviventris form G 8 M. flaviventris form I.

Although these Mandarella species can be separated by color patterns and relative lengths of antennomeres (Kimoto and Takizawa 1997), only three forms of male aedeagi were found during our study. In addition, previous authors have noted that variations in body color and antennomeres may be the result of local adaptation that is not indicative of species boundaries (Kurachi et al. 2002, Nahrung and Allen 2005, Quinzin and Mardulyn 2014). Molecular approaches have been applied broadly in systematics of various insects and have fueled taxonomic debates about species recognition, especially when morphological characters are insufficient (Brown et al. 2012, Kumar et al. 2012; Lee et al. 2013, Lees et al. 2014, Park et al. 2011, Tsai et al. 2014). Sequences data from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), a small fragment of mitochondrial DNA, have been viewed as efficient markers in Chrysomelidae and have been exploited to resolve debates in identification (Germain et al. 2013, Kubisz et al. 2012, Lopes et al. 2015) and elucidate species complex phylogenetics (Quinzin and Mardulyn 2014). Nie et al. (2012) also used COI to clarify two closely related leaf beetles with color variation in elytra and pronota. In the present study, mtDNA COI markers are used to examine the taxonomy of 11 species of Mandarella leaf beetles that vary locally in morphology and color.

Methods

Depositories of material examined

BPBM Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA [James Boone]

CAS California Academy of Sciences, California, USA [David H. Kavanaugh]

EIHU Systematic Entomology, The Hokkaido UniversityMuseum, Sapporo, Japan [Masahiro Ôhara]

EUMJ Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan [Hiroyuki Yoshitomi]

KMNH Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Kitakyushu, Japan [Yûsuke Minoshima]

KUEC Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan [Osamu Tadauchi]

NMNS National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan [Ming-Luen Jeng]

TARI Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan

Exact label data are cited for type specimens and voucher ones of the described species; a double slash (//) divides the data on different labels and a single slash (/) divides the data in different rows. Other comments and remarks are in square brackets: [p] – preceding data are printed, [h] – preceding data are handwritten, [w] – white label, [y] – yellow label, [b] – blue label, [r] – red label, and [y] – yellow label.

Specimens and sampling

Approximately 2500 specimens were examined for this study. Most of them either belong to the historic collections at TARI or were collected recently as part of a long term project “inventorying chrysomelids of Taiwan” by the Taiwan Chrysomelid Research Team (TCRT). One hundred and thirty-five specimens were collected for DNA analysis. These specimens were classified into morphospecies, including two specimens of Mandarella nipponensis collected from Japan. Dercetina itoi Kimoto, 1969 and D. shirozui Kimoto, 1969 were used as outgroups for convenience since they fed on the same host plants as M. tsoui sp. n.

DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing

Genomic DNA was extracted from the meta-femora via QuickExtract DNA extraction kits (Epicenter Biotechnologies, Madison, WI). The protocol was modified according to Tsai et al. (2014). The primer sets used to amplify the mitochondrial COI gene are listed (Table 1). Polymerase Chain Reaction was conducted in a volume of 25 μl and the programing conditions were 94 °C for 2 min for initial denaturation, 35 cycles of 94 °C for 40 s, 45 °C for 40 s, and 72 °C for 40 s, then 72 °C for 10 min as a final extension. The upstream primer COI-49_Chrysomelidae_F and COI-64_Chrysomelidae_F were used for COI if COI-Chry_F was not successful in achieving amplification. Purification of PCR products was conducted via QIA quick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) from 1% agarose gel. DNA products were sequenced using Taq dye terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) and an ABI 377A sequencer.

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Primers and their amplification size in this study.

Gene Primer Sequence 5’→3’ Size (bp) References
COI COI-Chry_F (+) ACYAAYCAYAAAGAYATWGG 689 In this study
COI-49_Chrysomelidae_F CATAAAGATATTGGHACHTT 683
COI-64_Chrysomelidae_F ACHYTRTAYTTYATTTTYGG 668
CI-731Coleoptera (-) CCAAAAAATCAAAATAAATGTTG Tsai et al. (2014)

“+” and “-” are upstream and downstream primers, respectively.

Phylogenetic analyses

Sequences were edited in Bioedit 7.0 (Hall 1999) and then aligned using Muscle Multiple Alignment option in SeaView4 (Gouy et al. 2010). Genetic divergences among species were analyzed using MEGA 6.0 via p-distance (Tamura et al. 2013).

Phylogenetic inference of COI was conducted using neighbor-joining clustering (NJ) and Bayesian inference (BI). For NJ, Kimura two-parameter (K2P) was selected as the substitution model and 1000 replications of bootstrapping analyses were applied. For BI, the evolutionary hypothesis of nucleotide substitution inferred in jModelTest 0.1 (Posada 2008) using Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) for the best-fit models of COI was TIM3 + I + G. BI of the COI gene was analyzed in MrBayes v. 3.2 (Ronquist et al. 2012) with three heat chains and one cold chain, and MCMCMC searches were conducted for 1 × 107 generations with sampling every 100 generations. Analysis was finished with the average standard deviation of split frequencies below 0.01. The initial 25% of trees were discarded as burn-in, and then the remaining trees were used to generate a consensus tree.

Results

A total of 131 specimens of Mandarella flea beetles were successfully amplified for COI, with 584 bp in this study. The average nucleotide compositions for G, A, T, C are 18.4%, 28.0%, 32.8%, 20.8%, respectively. All sequences have been deposited in GenBank (Suppl. material 1).

Phylogenetic inferences based on COI gene using neighbor-joining (NJ) and Bayesian inference (BI) reveal that montane Mandarella flea beetles are monophyletic, with three lineages, each including several morphospecies (Fig. 9). In the M. uenoi lineage, Japanese populations of M. nipponensis diverge separately, while the other morphology-based Taiwanese taxa (i.e., M. kimotoi, M. nipponensis, M. potanini, M. taiwana, M. tibialis) collected from different montane areas overlap with each other. A similar situation exists in the M. flaviventris lineage, with four morphospecies, M. flaviventris, M. esakii, M. matsumurai, and M. taiwanensis, from different localities overlapping and mixing. The third lineage includes several flea beetles in a separate group that occur only in mainland China. Therefore, specimens collected from Tsuifeng, Tatachia and Kueiku forming a separate lineage should be considered a new species, i.e. M. tsoui sp. n.

Figure 9. 

Neighbor-joining (NJ) inference based on COI gene using Kimura two-parameter (K2P) substitution model. Both bootstrapping values of NJ (left) and those of posterior probabilities from Bayesian inference (BI) (right) more than 50% are shown at nodes.

Among Mandarella flea beetles, the interspecific genetic distances range from 16.2–22.6%, while the intraspecific divergence is 0.0–14.4%.

Systematics

Mandarella uenoi (Kimoto, 1969), comb. n.

Stenoluperus tibialis: Chûjô 1965: 98 (Taiwan); Kimoto 1969: 40 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1991c: 13 (additional record in Taiwan). Misidentification

Mandarella tibialis: Medvedev 2012: 427.

Luperus uenoi Kimoto, 1969: 39 (Taiwan).

Stenoluperus nipponensis: Kimoto 1969: 40 (Taiwan); Kimoto 1989: 253 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1991c: 12 (additional records in Taiwan). Misidentification

Stenoluperus potanini: Kimoto 1974: 26 (Taiwan); Kimoto 1989: 253 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1991c: 12 (additional records in Taiwan). Misidentification

Stenoluperus taiwanus Kimoto, 1991a: 14. New synonym

Mandarella taiwana: Medvedev 2012: 427.

Stenoluperus minor Kimoto, 1991b: 117 (nec Kimoto, 1977).

Stenoluperus kimotoi Döberl, 2001: 383. (replacement name for Stenoluperus minor Kimoto, 1991). New synonym

Type material

Luperus uenoi. Holotype ♂ (KUEC): “(Taiwan) / Mt. Nan-hu-ta Shan [南湖大山] / 3,580 m / Tái-chung Hsien [h, w] // 17.VI. [h] 19 [p] 61 [h] / S. Ueno [p, w] // Luperus / uenoi / Kimoto, sp. n. [h, w] // HOLOTYPE [p, r]”. Paratypes: 1♂, 1♀, (KMNH): “(Taiwan) / Mt. Nan-hu-ta Shan [南湖大山] / 3,580 m / Tái-chung Hsien [h, w] // 17.VI. [h] 19 [p] 61 [h] / S. Ueno [p, w] // Luperus / uenoi / Kimoto, sp. n. [h, w] // PARATOPOTYPE [p, b]”.

Stenoluperus minor. Paratype: 1♂ (KMNH): “Mt. YUSHAN [玉山] / TAIWAN / 8. VI. 1980 / N. ITO [p, y] // Stenoluperus / minor / Kimoto, sp. n. [h] / Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 91 [h, w] // PARATOPOTYPE [p, b]”.

Stenoluperus taiwanus. Paratypes: 1♀ (KMNH): “(Taiwan) / Yuanfeng [鳶峰], 2800m / -- Kunyang [昆陽], 3100m / Nantou Hsien [p, w] // Stenoluperus / taiwanus / Kimoto, sp. n. [h] // Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 91 [h, w] // Stenoluperus / tibialis / Chen ? [h] / Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 75 [h, w] // PARATYPE [p, b] // Japan-U. S. / Co-op. Sci. / Programme [p, y] // 1.VI.1965 / T. Nakane [h, w]”; 1♂ (KMNH): “Mt. Ho Huan Shan, [合歡山] / (3200m) / M-Taiwan / 28.V.1989 / Col. K. Baba [p, w] // Stenoluperus / taiwanus / Kimoto, sp. n. [h] // Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 91 [h, w] // PARATYPE [p, b]”; 1♀ (KMMH): “ M.t Wu Kon Shan, [五公山] / near Liu kuei, / S-Taiwan / 3.VI.1989 / Col. K. Baba [p, w] // Stenoluperus / taiwanus / Kimoto, sp. n. [h] // Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 91 [h, w] // PARATOPOTYPE [p, b]”.

Voucher specimens

Stenoluperus nipponensis. 1♂ (KMNH): “(Taiwan) / Mt. Nanhu-pei Shan [南湖北山] / 3,500 m / I-lan Hsien [h, w] // 17.VI. [h] 19 [p] 61[h] / S. Ueno [p, w]”; 1♂ (KMNH): “Mt. Hsüeh Shan [雪山] / 3,400~3,600 m / Tái-chung Hsien [h, w] // 22.VI. [h] 19 [p] 61 [h] / S. Ueno [p, w]” (it belong to form uenoi); 1♂ (KMNH): “(Taiwan) / Alishan [阿里山] / Yushankou [玉山口] / Chiai Hsien [p, w] // May [p] 26 [h] .1971 [p] / K. Kanmiya [p, w]”; 1♀ (KMNH): “Ya Kou, [啞口] / Alt. Ca. 2800m. / Kao Hsiung Hsien, / S-Taiwan / 1.VIII.1986 / Col. K. Baba [p, w]”; they were determined by Kimoto in 1968. 1♀ (EUMJ): “(TAIWAN) / Tsuifeng [翠峰] / Nantou Hsien / 28. VI, 1970 / Y. Hor [p, w]”; it was determined by Kimoto in 1991.

Stenoluperus potanini. 1♀ (CAS): “Szechuan, W. China / Omei Shan: Shin-kai / -sze, 1,500 M. Aug. / 9. 1940. L. Gressitt [p, w]”; 1♂ (BPBM): “near Mupin / 7000-1300 ft [p] / Jul.6-8, [h] ’29 [p, w] // Szechuan / CHINA / DCGraham [p, w] // US [p, w]”; 1♂ (BPBM): “nr Mupin / Jul.7.1929 / 12,300 ft. [p, w] // Szechuan / CHINA / DCGraham [p, w] // ILL [p, y] // N48 [h, w]”; 1♀ (BPBM): “Washan [p] / 7-26-25 [h] / Szechuan [p, w] // China / Alt [p] 11,000 ft [h, w] // DCGraham / collector [p, w] // US [p, w]”; 1♀ (BPBM): “Szechuan, W. China / Omei Shan: S. side. / 2,000-1,000 M. Aug. / 12. 1940. L. Gressitt [p, w] // N62 [h, w] // ILL [p, y]”; 1♀ (BPBM): “Szechuan, W. China / Nien-hwo-shih to / summit. Omei Shan / 2,000-3,060 M. Aug / 10. 1940. L. Gressitt [p, w]”; they was determined by Gressitt & Kimoto in 1962. 1♂ (KMNH): “Mt. HOHUAN [合歡山] / TAIWAN / 3.V.1982 / T. ITO [p, y]; 1♀ (KMNH): “Ho Huan Shan, [合歡山] / Alt. 3200m. / Nan Tow Hsien. / M-Taiwan / 6.VIII.1986 / Col. K. Baba [p, w]” (it should belong to form uenoi); both were determined by Kimoto in 1991. 1♂, 1♀ (KMNH): “(FORMOSA) / Lake Yenyanfu [鴛鴦湖] / Ilan Hsien / 29, IV 1982 / N. Ohbayashi leg. [p, w]”; both were determined by Kimoto in 1987.

Stenoluperus tibialis. 1♂ (CAS): “Szechuan, W. China / Omei Shan: below / Shin-kai-sze, alt. 1,400-1,000 M. Aug. / 17. 1940. L. Gressitt [p, w]”; 1♀ (BPBM): “Szechuan, W. China / Nien-hwo-shih to / summit. Omei Shan / 2,000-3,060 M. Aug / 10. 1940. L. Gressitt [p, w]”; both were determined by Gressitt & Kimoto in 1962. 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (KMNH): “(Taiwan) / Alishan [阿里山] / Chiai Hsien [p, w] // May [p] 25 [h] .1971 [p] / K. Kanmiya [p, w]”; they were determined by Kimoto in 1973

Description

Male. Body size, relative lengths of antennomeres, and color patterns extremely variable, separated into six forms:

Form A (formerly identified as M. uenoi): Length 3.1–3.5 mm. General color metallic blue except antenna, leg, and abdomen black (Figs 10–11). Elytron with longitudinal ridges. Antenna 0.8X as long as body, four apical antennomeres wide, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.6 : 1.0 : 1.2 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.2 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI about 1.8 : 3.0 : 3.6 : 4.0 : 3.7 : 3.4 : 2.7 : 3.0 : 2.9 : 3.9 (Fig. 20). Some individuals with longer antenna, as long as body, four apical antennomeres slender, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.6 : 1.0 : 1.3 : 1.6 : 1.3 : 1.6 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.7; ratio of length to width from antennomere III to XI 1.8 : 3.0 : 4.0 : 4.7 : 4.1 : 4.6 : 4.2 : 4.2 : 3.9 : 4.1 (Fig. 21).

Figures 10–15. 

Mandarella uenoi, color variations, all at same scale. 10 Form A, dorsal view 11 Same, ventral view 12 Form B, dorsal view 13 Same, ventral view 14 Form C, dorsal view 15 Same, ventral view.

Figures 16–19. 

Mandarella uenoi, color variations, all at same scale. 16 Form D, dorsal view 17 Ditto, ventral view 18 Form E, dorsal view 19 Ditto, ventral view.

Figures 20–32. 

Diagnostic characters of Mandarella uenoi. 20 Male antenna, form A, typical 21 Male antenna, form A, elongate 22 Male antenna, form B 23 Male antenna, form C 24 Male antenna, form D, typical 25 Male antenna, form D, variation 26 Male antenna, form E 27 Male antenna, form F 28 Penis, dorsal view 29 Penis lateral view 30 Gonocoxae 31 Ventrite VIII 32 Spermatheca.

Form B (formerly identified as M. potanini): Similar to form A, but body larger, length 3.7–4.1 mm; elytron without longitudinal ridges (Figs 12–13). Antennae longer, 1.2X longer than body, antennomere II subequal to III, antennomeres III-XI extremely slender, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.7 : 1.0 : 2.6 : 2.7 : 2.5 : 2.5 : 2.5 : 2.3 : 2.2 : 2.3; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.6 : 2.2 : 6.2 : 6.5 : 6.2 : 6.1 : 6.1 : 6.6 : 6.2 : 6.5 (Fig. 22).

From C (formerly identified as M. nipponensis): Length 3.8–4.1 mm. Similar to form B (Figs 14–15); antennae 1.2X longer than body, antennomere III much longer than II, III to XI extremely slender, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.4 : 1.0 : 1.5 : 1.7 : 1.6 : 1.6 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.5; ratio of length to width from antennomere II to XI 1.7 : 4.1 : 6.1 : 6.9 : 7.0 : 7.0 : 6.8 : 6.7 : 6.4 : 6.8 (Fig. 23).

Form D (formerly identified as M. tibialis): General color metallic blue but antennae and legs yellowish brown, coxa and femora metallic blue except apex (Figs 16–17). Length 3.4–3.7 mm. Antennae extremely long, about 1.5X longer than body, antennomere II subequal to III, III to X extremely slender; ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 1.0 : 1.0 : 3.9 : 3.8 : 3.8 : 3.9 : 3.8 : 3.9 : 3.5 : 3.9; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.7 : 1.7 : 6.5 : 6.3 : 7.3 : 7.5 : 7.3 : 7.5 : 6.8 : 7.5 (Fig. 24). Some individuals with antennomere III much longer than II, III to X extremely slender; ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.5 : 1.0 : 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.8 : 3.9 : 6.3 : 6.5 : 6.1 : 6.5 : 7.5 : 7.5 : 6.7 : 8.0 (Fig. 25).

Form E (formerly identified as M. kimotoi): General color metallic blue but antennae and legs yellowish brown (Figs 18–19). Elytra with longitudinal ridges. Length 3.0–3.1 mm, antennae 0.9X as long as body, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.5 : 1.0 : 1.3 : 1.6 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.2 : 2.9 : 4.1 : 4.8 : 4.5 : 4.7 : 4.5 : 4.2 : 4.1 : 4.8 (Fig. 26).

Form F (formerly identified as M. taiwana): Similar to form E, but larger, length 3.4–3.7 mm. Antennae longer, about 1.1X longer than body; antennomere III much longer than III, III to X extremely slender; ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.4 : 1.0 : 1.5 : 1.6 : 1.5 : 1.6 : 1.5 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.5 : 3.9 : 6.1 : 6.4 : 6.5 : 6.7 : 6.3 : 7.1 : 6.7 : 6.7 (Fig. 27).

Pronotum 1.4–1.6 times as broad long, quadrate, disc with scattered fine punctures, sometimes with feeble lateral depressions. Elytra 1.7–1.8 times as long as broad, parallel-sided, disc with dense, irregular, coarse punctures. First tarsomeres of front and middle legs extremely variable, extremely swollen, either elongate swollen or apically swollen. Posterior margin of last abdominal ventrite rounded, with two small incisions. Penis (Figs 28–29) extremely slender, about 9.1 times as long as broad; parallel-sided; tectum well sclerotized and apically tapering; almost straight in lateral view, curved near apex, apex truncate; endophallus with one longitudinal sclerite, apex bifurcate and forming two acute process, medially narrow.

Females. Length 3.5–3.7 mm, width 1.5–1.7 mm. Similar to male; head weakly constricted behind eyes. First tarsomeres of front and middle legs normal and not swollen. Gonocoxae (Fig. 30) slender, each gonocoxa apically widened, apex with eight setae; gonocoxae connected at middle, base abruptly and extremely widened. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 31) weakly sclerotized; apical margin with several short setae, disc with one pair of oblique dark stripes connected at apex, with several setae along outer margins of dark stripes; spiculum extremely long. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig. 32) extremely swollen; pump strongly curved; sclerotized spermathecal duct long, weakly projecting into receptaculum.

Diagnosis

Mandarella nipponensis, M. tibialis, and M. potanini were misidentified as M. uenoi. Mandarella nipponensis possesses a wide and asymmetric penis (Figs 33–34). The penis of M. tibialis is wider in lateral view with a pair of stout acute processes at the base of the endophallic sclerites (Figs 35–36). The penis of M. potanini is wider and straight apically, and possesses a pair of serrate sclerites at the middle of the endophallic sclerites (Figs 37–38).

Figures 33–38. 

Penis of Mandarella species. 33 M. nipponensis, dorsal view 34 Same, lateral view 35 M. tibialis, dorsal view 36 Same, lateral view 37 M. potanini, dorsal view 38 Same, lateral view.

Host plants

Adults are abundant at high altitudes during spring and summer. The first author collected more two hundred specimens in three hours in Yuanfeng, Nantou county on June 12, 2015. They were resting on leaves of various plants and produced very small feeding scars.

Distribution

Endemic to Taiwan.

Other material examined

A total of 1008 specimens was examined (Supplementary file 2: Mandarella uenoi, specimens examined).

Mandarella tsoui sp. n.

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Stenoluperus pallipes: Kimoto, 1969: 39 (Taiwan); Kimoto, 1989: 253 (additional records in Taiwan). Misidentification

Type material of Sternoluperus pallipes

Holotype ♂ (CAS): “Suisapa, 1000 M. / Lichuan Distr. / W. Hupeh, China / VII- [p] 26 [h] -48 [p, w] // Gressitt & / Djou Collrs. [p, w] // HOLOTYPE [p] / Stenoluperus / pallipes ♂ [h] // Gressitt & Kimoto [p, r] // Stenoluperus / pallipes / G & K [h] / J. L. Gressitt det. [p, w] // NO34 [p, w]”.

Type material

(n = 354). Holotype ♂ (TARI): Nantou, Tsuifeng (翠峰), 2374 m, 21.IV.2015, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI). Paratypes: Chiayi: 2♂♂, 1♀, Alishan (阿里山), 2216 m, 5-9.VIII.1981, leg. L. Y. Chou & S. C. Lin (TARI); 1♂, Fenchihu (奮起湖), 1400 m, 18.V.2014, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 2♂♂, 5♀♀, Shihshan channel (石山引水道), 2300 m, 23.XI.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); Hsinchu: 2♂♂, Kuanwu (觀霧), 2000 m, 30.IV.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, Mamei (馬美), 1560 m, 18.V.2008, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); Hualien: 1♂, Kuanyuan (關原), 2374 m, 2.VII.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♀, Piliu (碧綠), 2150 m, 13.VI.2014, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, Tayuling (大禹嶺), 2560 m, 9-16.VI.1980, leg. K. S. Lin & B. H. Chen (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 12-15.IX.1980, leg. K. S. Lin & C. H. Wang (TARI); 4♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 6-9.IX.1983, leg. L. Y. Chou & K. C. Chou (TARI); 1♀, Tzuen (慈恩), 2000 m, 12.VII.2014, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); Ilan: 6♂♂, 2♀♀, Ssuyuanyakou (思源啞口), 1948 m, 28.IV.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); Kaohsiung: 3♀♀, Chungchihkuan (中之關), 1930 m, 16.IV.2012, leg. L.-P. Hsu; 1♀, same locality, 13.X.2012, leg. L.-P. Hsu (TARI); 1♀, Tengchih (藤枝), 1550 m, 2-5.VI.2008, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 26.V.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 3♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 13.IV.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 8.VI.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, Tona (多納), 500 m, 3.II.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); Nantou: 1♂, Chingching (清境), 1750 m, 27.VII.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♀, Meifeng (梅峰), 2100 m, 20-22.VI.1979, leg. K. S. Lin & B. H. Chen (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 26.VIII.1980, leg. K. S. Lin & C. H. Wang (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 28-29.VIII.1981, leg. L. Y. Chou & S. C. Lin (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 8-11.V.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan (TARI); 3♂♂, same locality, 17.VI.2010, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 3.VII.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 20.IV.2011, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 3♂♂, Nenkao trail (能高古道), 2600 m, 12.VII.2014, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 2♂♂, 2♀♀, Nenkaoshan (能高山), 2860 m, 18.X.2011, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, 3♀♀, Sungkang (松岡), 2000 m, 15-17.VIII.1984, leg. K. C. Chou (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 13-15.IX.1984, leg. K. S. Lin & S. C. Lin (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 2.VII.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 6♂♂, 9♀♀, Tatachia (塔塔加), 2610 m, 5.X.2008, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 9.VI.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 2♂♂, 1♀, 20.VII.2009, leg. S.-F. Yu (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 21.IX.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 30.X.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 4♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 17.XI.2009, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 19.XI.2009, leg. H. Lee (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 29.XII.2009, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 27.IV.2010, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 9.VII.2014, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 13.VII.2014, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 1.VII.2015, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Tsuifeng (翠峰), 2374 m, 21.VI.1979, leg. K. S. Lin & B. H. Chen (TARI); 3♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 3.VI.1980, leg. L. Y. Chou & C. C. Chen (TARI); 2♂♂, 5♀♀, same locality, 8.V.1981, leg. K. S. Lin & S. C. Lin (TARI); 15♂♂, 21♀♀, same locality, 25-27.VI.1981, leg. K. S. Lin & W. S. Tang (TARI); 2♂♂, 3♀♀, same locality, 1-3.VIII.1981, leg. T. Lin & W. S. Tang (TARI); 5♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 27.VIII.1981, leg. L. Y. Chou & S. C. Lin (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 8.XI.1981, leg. S. C. Lin & W. S. Tang (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 23.V.1982, leg. L. Y. Chou (TARI); 7♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 1-3.IX.1982, leg. L.-Y. Chou & K. C. Chou (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 20.IV.1983, K. C. Chou & S. P. Huang (TARI); 3♂♂, same locality, 9.V.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan (TARI); 2♂♂, 1♀, same locality, 5.VIII.1984, leg. K. S. Lin (TARI); 4♂♂, 6♀♀, same locality, 15-16.VIII.1984, leg. K. C. Chou (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 9.IV.2014, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, Tungpu (東埔), 1200 m, 25-29.IX.1980, leg. L. Y. Chou & T. Lin (TARI); 7♂♂, 9♀♀, 28.IV.-2.V.1981, leg. T. Lin & C. J. Lee (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 22-25.XI.1982, leg. K. C. Chou & S. P. Huang (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 20-24.VI.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & C. Y. Wong (TARI); 6♂♂, 3♀♀, same locality, 16-20.IV.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. H. Yung (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 23-27.VII.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. H. Yang (TARI); 1♀, Wushe (霧社), 1148 m, 30.VIII.-2.IX.1982, leg. L. Y. Chou & K. C. Chou (TARI); 13♂♂, 15♀♀, 19-22.IV.1983, leg. K. C. Chou & S. P. Huang (TARI); 1♂, 3♀♀, same locality, 7.V.1984, leg. K. C. Chou & C. C. Pan (TARI); Pingtung: 1♂, Jinshuiying (浸水營), 1450 m, 22.IX.2011, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♀, Machia (瑪家), 1070 m, 17.III.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, Peitawushan (北大武山), 1100 m, 13.V.2010, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 3♂♂, same locality, 21.III.2011, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 22.IX.2012, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, Tahanshan (大漢山), 1200 m, 16.II.2013, leg. Y.-T. Chung (TARI); 2♂♂, Wutai (霧台), 1000 m, 22.III.2011, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); Taichung: 5♂♂, 3♀♀, Kukuan (谷關), 730 m, 14-17.X.1980, leg. K. S. Lin & C. H. Wang (TARI); 4♂♂, 13♀♀, Lishan (梨山), 2000 m, 26.VI.1979, leg. K. S. Lin & L. Y. Chou (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, Tahsuehshan (大雪山), 2600 m, 22.IX.2007, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, Wuling (武陵), 1900 m, 27-29.VI.1979, leg. K. S. Lin & L. Y. Chou (TARI); Taitung: 1♀, Hsiangyang (向陽), 2320 m, 31.V.2011, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 12.VII.2012, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 9.V.2013, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 2♀♀, same locality, 28.VI.2013, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♂, 2♀♀, same locality, 22.XII.2013, leg. W.-C. Liao (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 28.III.2014, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 1♀, same locality, 18.VII.2014, leg. W.-C. Huang (TARI); 4♂♂, 2♀♀, Liyuan (栗園), 1793 m, 8.VII.2010, leg. J.-C. Chen (TARI); 2♂♂, 1♀, 19.VI.2013, leg. B.-X. Guo (TARI); 5♂♂, 4♀♀, same locality, 19.VI.2013, leg. Y.-T. Chung (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 19.IV.2014, leg. W.-C. Huang (TARI); 7♂♂, 6♀♀, Motien (摩天), 1546 m, 5.X.2010, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 1♂, same locality, 23.V.2011, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI); 2♂♂, same locality, 19.VI.2011, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI). 1♂ (EUMJ), labeled: “(TAIWAN) / Sungkang~ / Meifeng (2044~2127) / Nantow Co. / 18.V.1969 / S. Hisamatsu [p, w] // 松崗~梅峰 [h, w] // Sternoluperus / pallipes / Gressitt & Kimoto [h] / Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 90 [h, w]”.

Description

Male. Length 3.3–4.1 mm, width 1.3–1.7 mm. General color (Figs 39–41) bluish metallic; mouth parts, legs and abdomen yellowish; antennae dark brown but three or four basal antennomeres paler. Head weakly constricted behind eyes; antennae (Fig. 45) filiform and extremely slender, 1.2 times as body; ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.6 : 1.0 : 1.3 : 1.3 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 2.0 : 3.2 : 4.3 : 4.2 : 4.7 : 4.6 : 4.3 : 4.4 : 4.0 : 5.3. Pronotum 1.3 times as broad long, quadrate, disc with scattered, coarse punctures, and with lateral depressions. Elytra 1.8 times as long as broad, parallel-sided, disc with dense, irregular, coarse punctures, and with depression at sides, and longitudinal ridge present along depression. First tarsomeres of front and middle legs swollen. Posterior margin of last abdominal ventrite rounded, with two small incisions, basal margin irregularly serrate. Penis (Figs 47–48) extremely slender, about 10.3 times as long as broad; parallel-sided; tectum membranous; almost straight in lateral view, weakly curved near apex, apex narrowly rounded; endophallus with one extremely elongate sclerite, sinuate in lateral view; base dorsally covered by one transverse sclerite.

Figures 39–44. 

Mandarella tsoui sp. n., all at the same cale. 39 Male, dorsal view 40 Same, ventral view 41 Same, lateral view 42 Female dorsal view 43 Same, ventral view 44 Same, lateral view.

Figures 45–51. 

Diagnostic characters of Mandarella tsoui sp. n. 45 Male antenna, 46 Female antenna 47 Penis, dorsal view 48 Penis lateral view 49 Gonocoxae 50 Ventrite VIII 51 Spermatheca.

Female. Length 4.3–4.7 mm, width 1.8–1.9 mm. Similar to male (Figs 42–44); ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.6 : 1.0 : 1.3 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.6; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 2.1 : 3.6 : 4.8 : 5.4 : 5.2 : 5.4 : 5.1 : 4.9 : 4.9 : 5.0 (Fig. 46). First tarsomeres of front and middle legs normal and not swollen. Gonocoxae (Fig. 49) slender, each gonocoxa apically widened, apex with nine setae; gonocoxae connected at middle, base abruptly and extremely widened. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 50) weakly sclerotized; apical margin with several short setae, several long setae along lateral margin; spiculum extremely long. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig. 51) extremely swollen; pump strongly curved; sclerotized spermathecal duct long, shallowly projecting into receptaculum.

Diagnosis

This new species is similar to M. pallipes but the latter lacks lateral depressions and ridges on the elytra.

Host plant. Adults are closely associated with Stachyurus himalaicus Hook. f. & Thomson ex Benth. (Stachyuraceae), which is sympatric with Dercetina itoi Kimoto, 1969 and D. shirozui Kimoto, 1969.

Etymology

This new species is named after Mr. Mei-Hua Tsou, a member of the TCRT and the first to collect this new species.

Distribution

Endemic to Taiwan.

Mandarella flaviventris (Chen, 1942)

Stenoluperus flaviventris Chen, 1942: 67 (China: Jiangxi); Gressitt and Kimoto 1963: 580 (China: Fujian); Chûjô 1965: 98 (Taiwan); Kimoto 1969: 40 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1987: 189 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1989: 253 (additional records in Taiwan); Kimoto 1991c: 12 (additional records in Taiwan).

Stenoluperus esakii Kimoto, 1969: 40. New synonym

Stenoluperus matsumurai Takizawa, 1978: 128. New synonym

Mandarella matsumurai: Medvedev 2012: 427.

Stenoluperus itoi Kimoto, 1991b: 116 (nec Stenoluperus itoi Chûjô, 1966).

Mandarella taiwanensis Medvedev, 2012: 427 (replacement name for Stenoluperus itoi Kimoto, 1991). New synonym

Type material

Stenoluperus flaviventris. The holotype was reportedly deposited at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China but could not be found (Yong-Ying Ruan, pers. comm. 8 October 2015).

Sternoluperus esakii. Holotype ♀ (KUEC): “[Formosa] / Hassenzan [八仙山] (Taichû-shû) / 13. Vii. 1932 / Teiso Esaki [p, w] // Stenoluperus / esakii / Kimoto, sp. n. [h, w] // HOLOTYPE [p, r]”.

Stenoluperus itoi. Paratype: 1♂ (KMNH): “Mt. YUSHAN [玉山] / TAIWAN / 19. V. 1981 / N. ITO [p, y] // Stenoluperus / itoi / Kimoto, sp. n. [h] / Det. S. Kimoto, 19 [p] 91 [h, w] // PARATOPOTYPE [p, b]”.

Stenoluperus matsumurai. Holotype ♂ (EIHU), holotype glued on the top of a triangular card; one front tibia and tarsi, antenna, and aedeagus also on the card: “Type [h, red letters, underside of triangular card] // Formosa / Matsumura [p, w] // (Japanese characters) / 21/IV1907 [h, underside of previous label] // Holo [h] –type [p] / Stenoluperus / matsumurai / Takizawa [h, r] // Holotype / Appended label by / ÔHARA, INARI, KANBE / SUZUKI and HIRONAGA / 2007 [p, w, with red band along right side] / 0000003054 / Sys. Ent / Hokkaido Univ. / Japan [SEHU] [p, w]. Paratypes: 1♂, 1♀, glued on tops of triangular cards, mounted with the same pin as holotype, the male has the blackish abdomen.

Voucher specimens

1♀ (CAS): “FUKIEN, S. China / Shaowu: Tachulan / 1000 m. T. Maa [p, w] // Apr.30.1942 [h, w]”; 1♂, 1♀ (CAS): “FUKIEN, S. China / Shaowu: Tachulan / 1000 m. T. Maa [p, w] // Apr.17,1943 [h, w]”; 1♂ (BPBM): “FUKIEN, S. China / Shaowu: Tachulan [p] / IV.20. [h] 194 [p] 3 [h] T. Maa [p, w] // N52 [h, w] // ILL [p, w]”; 4♂♂ (BPBM), 2♀♀ (CAS): “FUKIEN, S. China / Shaowu: Tachulan / 1000 m. T. Maa [p, w] // Apr.27,1943 [h, w]”; they were determined by Gressitt & Kimoto in 1962. 1♂ (KMNH): “ (Taiwan) / Alishan, [阿里山] 2300m / Chiayi Hsien [p, w] // 9. [h] iv.1965 [p] / Y. Hirashima [p, w] // Japan-U. S. / Co-op. Sci. / Programme [p, y]”; 1♀ (KMNH): “ (Taiwan) / Meifeng [梅峰] / Nantou Hsien [h, w] // 18.V.1965 / B. S. Chang [h, w]”; 1♂ (CAS): “FORMOSA: / Arisan. [阿里山] / VIII-18-1947 / J. L. Gressitt [p, w] // L. Gressitt / Collection [p, w]”; they were determined by Kimoto in 1968. 1♂ (KMNH): “ (Taiwan) / Alishan [阿里山] / Hsien [p, w] // May [p] 25 [h] .1971 [p] / K. Kanmiya [p, w]”; it was determined by Kimoto in 1973. 1♂ (KMNH): “ALISHAN [阿里山] / TAIWAN / 3. V. 1983 / T. ITO [p, y]”, it was determined by Kimoto in 1987. 1♀ (EUMJ): “(TAIWAN) / Sungkang~ / Meifeng (2044~2127) / Nantow Co. / 18.V.1969 / S. Hisamatsu [p, w] // 松崗~梅峰 [h, w]”; it was determined by Kimoto in 1991.

Description

Color patterns and relative lengths of antennae separated into four forms:

Form G (formerly identified as M. flaviventris): General color (Figs 52–57) bluish metallic; antennae black and abdomen yellow. In male, antennae (Fig. 62) filiform and extremely slender, 1.4 times as body; ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 1.2 : 1.0 : 4.5 : 5.0 : 5.0 : 5.4 : 5.2 : 5.2 : 4.5 : 5.0; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.5 : 1.1 : 5.0 : 5.6 : 5.6 : 6.0 : 5.8 : 5.8 : 5.7 : 6.4. In female, antennae shorter, as long as body (Fig. 63), antennomeres III relatively longer, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.9 : 1.0 : 2.6 : 2.8 : 2.6 : 2.7 : 2.4 : 2.4 : 2.1 : 2.4; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI about 1.8 : 2.0 : 5.3 : 5.8 : 5.4 : 5.6 : 5.3 : 5.5 : 5.0 : 5.2.

Figures 52–57. 

Mandarella flaviventris, form G, all at same cale. 52 Male, dorsal view 53 Same, ventral view 54 Same, lateral view 55 Female dorsal view 56 Same, ventral view 57 Same, lateral view.

Figures 58–61. 

Mandarella flaviventris, color variation, all at same scale. 58. Form H, male, dorsal view 59 Same, ventral view 60 Form I, male, dorsal view 61 Same, ventral view.

Figures 62–71. 

Diagnostic characters of Mandarella flaviventris. 62 Male antenna, form G 63 Female antenna, form G 64 Male antenna, form I 65 Female antenna form I 66 Male antenna, form J 67 Penis, dorsal view 68 Same, lateral view 69 Gonocoxae 70 Ventrite VIII 71 Spermatheca.

Form H (formerly identified as M. esakii): Similar to form G, but antennae and legs dark brown (Figs 58–59).

Form I (formerly identified as M. matsumurai): General color metallic blue but antennae, legs, and abdomen yellowish brown; seven apical antennomeres darkened antennomeres (Figs 60–61). In male, antennae (Fig. 64) 1.3× longer than body, antennomere II a little longer than III, III to X extremely slender, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.7: 1.0 : 2.1 : 2.4 : 2.2 : 2.3 : 2.1 : 2.2 : 1.9 : 2.1; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.7 : 2.6 : 5.6 : 6.2 : 5.7 : 6.1 : 5.6 : 5.8 : 5.0 : 5.4. In female, antennae shorter (Fig. 65), 0.9 times as long as body, antennomeres III relatively longer, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI 0.8 : 1.0 : 2.0 : 2.2 : 2.1 : 2.1 : 1.8 : 1.8 : 1.5 : 1.9; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 2.0 : 2.4 : 4.7 : 5.3 : 5.1 : 4.9 : 4.5 : 4.5 : 3.9 : 4.7.

Form J (formerly identified as M. taiwanensis): Color pattern similar to form I, but abdomen blackish brown. In male, antennae 1.3X longer than body (Fig. 66), antennomere II a little longer than III, III to X extremely slender, ratio of length of antennomeres II to XI about 0.8 : 1.0 : 2.8 : 2.8 : 2.7 : 2.7 : 2.8 : 2.7 : 2.5 : 2.7; ratio of length to width from antennomeres II to XI 1.7 : 2.3 : 6.4 : 6.4 : 6.1 : 6.1 : 6.4 : 6.1 : 5.7 : 6.1.

Male. Length 3.6–4.6 mm, width 1.6–2.1 mm. Head strongly constricted behind eyes. Pronotum 1.4 times as broad long, quadrate, disc with dense and coarse punctures as on elytra, lacking lateral depressions. Elytra 1.7 times as long as broad, parallel-sided, disc with dense, irregular, coarse punctures. First tarsomeres of front and middle legs swollen. Posterior margin of last abdominal ventrite truncate, with two small incisions. Penis (Figs 67–68) extremely slender, about 10.1 times as long as broad; parallel-sided; tectum membranous; almost straight in lateral view, weakly curved near apex, apex narrowly rounded, ventral disc depressed near apex; endophallus with one elongate sclerite, weakly sclerotized, with dense setae above middle, and small teeth at middle; straight in lateral view.

Female. Length 3.9–5.4 mm, width 1.9–2.6 mm. Similar to male; but head weakly constricted behind eyes. First tarsomeres of front and middle legs normal and not swollen. Gonocoxae (Fig. 69) slender, each gonocoxa apically widened, apex with nine setae; gonocoxae connected at middle, base abruptly and extremely widened. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 70) weakly sclerotized; apical margin with several short setae, disc with several long setae scattered; spiculum extremely long. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig. 71) extremely swollen; pump strongly curved; sclerotized spermathecal duct long, deeply projecting into receptaculum.

Diagnosis

Although Mandarella flaviventris is highly variable in color patterns, it is characterized by the small third antennomere (3rd antennomeres ≤1.3 times as long as 2nd antennomere). Some black individuals of M. uenoi also have small 3rd antennomeres, similar to M. flaviventris but their abdomens are black (yellow abdomens in M. flaviventris).

Host plants

Like Mandarella uenoi, adults rested on leaves of various plants and left small feeding scars.

Distribution

China (Fujian, Jiangxi), Taiwan.

Other material examined

Totally 717 specimens were studied (Suppl. material 3: Mandarella flaviventris, specimens examined).

Key to the Taiwanese species of Mandarella Duvuvier

1 Lateral depression and ridge present on each elytron; antennae, legs, and abdomen yellow, and antennomere III much longer than antennomere II (1.6 times) M. tsoui sp. n.
– Lateral depression and ridge absent from each elytron; individuals with yellow antennae, legs, and abdomen, antennomere III slightly longer than antennomere II (1.3 times) (form I of S. flavivientris) 2
2 Individuals with black or blackish legs, abdomen black, in males antennomere III from slightly longer to much longer than antennomeres II (≥1.3 times); individuals with yellow legs, antennomere III much longer than antennomere II (≥2.0 times); tectum of penis apically tapering, apex of endophallic sclerite bifurcate and acute M. uenoi (Kimoto, 1969)
– Individuals with black or blackish legs, abdomen yellow, in males antennomere III shorter than antennomere II (0.8 times); individuals with yellow, antennomere III slightly longer than antennomere II (1.3 times); tectum of penis membranous and invisible, apex of endophallic sclerite with dense marginal setae M. flaviventris (Chen, 1942)

Discussion

A total of 11 species within Mandarella has been reported from Taiwan. Molecular analyses based on the COI sequences and morphological studies, including male aedeagi, revealed that only three species exist in Taiwan (Fig. 9). Variations exist in color patterns and ratios of the lengths between the antennomeres II and III, and these two morphological characteristics can be employed as diagnostic characters, as shown in identification key mentioned above, to distinguish the three major lineages. But, non-overlapping genetic distances of COI, i.e. >16.2% (interspecies) and <14.4% (intraspecies), for the three flea beetle lineages also are useful for delineation.

Morphological characters (i.e., body sizes, color patterns, relative lengths between antennomeres) used previously to identify different morphospecies likely are a reflection of their altitudinal distributions induced by local adaptations. For example, in the Hohuanshan mountains, the black forms A/B was mainly collected at an elevation of 3422 m (Hohuanshan Mt. Peak), while at 2756 m (Yuanfeng), the form D with yellow legs and darkened basal femora, is dominant with only seven out of 239 specimens representing the form A. Phylogenetic inferences of these Mandarella flea beetles also revealed local adaptation. The variable morphological forms recognized in the M. uenoi and M. flaviventris lineages may represent a more complicated scenario and related to evolutionary processes. Additional specimens from different montane areas are required to elucidate their phylogeographic histories and address the local adaptations of body size, body color, and the length of antennomeres.

Acknowledgements

We thank the curators mentioned above for allowing us to study the type and voucher specimens. We thank the Taiwan Chrysomelid Research Team for assistance in collecting material, including Hou-Jay Chen, Jung-Chang Chen, Yi-Ting Chung, Bo-Xin Guo, Hsueh Lee, Wen-Chuan Liao, Mei-Hua Tsou, and Su-Fang Yu. We especially thank Ta-Hsiang Lee for photos of specimens, Hsueh Lee and Mei-Hua for photos in the field. We are grateful to Prof. Christopher Carlton (Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, USA) for reviewing the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from National Chung Hsing University and Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture, Executive of Yuan, ROC (NCHU-TARI 104S0514)Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. The authors acknowledge the High-throughput Genome and Big Data Analysis Core Facility, Taiwan (MOST 104-2319-B-010-001), for sequencing.

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Supplementary materials

Supplementary material 1 

Collection information, taxon ID, and accession numbers of COI gene for each flea beetle

Chi-Feng Lee, Cheng-Lung Tsai, Alexander Konstantinov, Wen-Bin Yeh

Data type: DNA alignment

Explanation note: DNA Submission in GenBank.

This dataset is made available under the Open Database License (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the original source and author(s) are credited.
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Mandarella uenoi, other material examined

Chi-Feng Lee, Cheng-Lung Tsai, Alexander Konstantinov, Wen-Bin Yeh

Data type: Occurence

Explanation note: 1008 specimens were examined. The localities, dates, and depositories were recorded.

This dataset is made available under the Open Database License (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the original source and author(s) are credited.
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Mandarella flaviventrites, other material examined

Chi-Feng Lee, Cheng-Lung Tsai, Alexander Konstantinov, Wen-Bin Yeh

Data type: Occurence

Explanation note: 707 specimens were examined. The localities, dates, and depositories were recorded.

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