Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 92. (Budapest 2000)

Medvedev, L. N.: Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Laos from the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum

Tricliona laotica sp. n. (Eumolpinae) (Fig. 4) Description - Entirely fulvous with 6 apical segments of antennae black. Body elongate ovate. Clypeus not distinctly separated from frons, sparsely punctate; frons practically impunctate, longitudinally grooved. Antennae reaching a little behind humerus, proportions of segments are as 8-5-6-6-5-7-9-8-8-8-10. Prothorax 1.5 times as wide as long, broadest at base; with lateral margins almost straight and anterior angles produced, surface shining and impunctate. Scutellum elongate. Elytra parallel-sided, broadly rounded on apex, 1.25-1.35 times as long as wide, postbasal impression absent, rows of punctures feeble and practically absent in posterior half, interspaces broad and flat. Anterior femora with large acute tooth, segment 1 of anterior tarsi moderately widened in male. Aedeagus truncate on apex, with small central tip (Fig. 4). Length 3.8-4.5 mm. Type material - Holotype (male): Laos, Bolikhamsay Prov., Phou Khao Khouay NBCA, Tad Leuk Waterfall, 280 m, 11-12 April 1998. (HNHM). Paratypes: same locality and date, 9 ex. (HNHM, 2 ex. - LM). Figs 1-7. Aedeagus: 1 = Nodina laotica, lateral and ventral, 2 = N. coerulea ?, form A, lateral and ventral, 3 = N. sp., lateral and ventral, 4 = Tricliona laotica, dorsal, 5 = T. minuta, dorsal, 6 = Hoplasoma allardi, ventral, 7 = Cneorella flavipes, dorsal