Animalia Konstantinov, A.S., Chamorro, M.L., Prathapan, K.D., Ge, S.-Q. & Yang, X.-K.  2013
Creators: name: Damaška, Albert František
name: Ruan, Yongying
name: Fikáček, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia

description: Cangshanaltica species near C. ogatai Takemoto & Suenaga, 2021
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Material examined: 1 female, NMPC: (1) TAIWAN: New Taipei 2.5 km SWW of Wulai City, Meilushan Mt. above Baoqing Temple; 24.85445°N 121.53°E; 760m; 6.v.2018; Fikáček, Chang & Zelený lgt. (2) leaf litter accumulations in primary moist forest with sparse understory: sifting (3) VOUCHER SPECIMEN DNA collection No. AFD-150 Albert F. Damaška coll. ◉ 1 female, NMPC: (1) TAIWAN: New Taipei 0.8 km SSE of Wulai City, Laka Trail; 24.85652°N 121.5536°E 5.v.2018; 320 m; Fikáček, Leong & Chang lgt.; 2018-TW11; (2) sifting of small leaf litter accummulations in the secondary lowland moist forest on a steep slope, with sparse understory; (3) VOUCHER SPECIMEN DNA collection No. AFD-184 Albert F. Damaška coll. ◉ 1 male, NMPC: (1) TAIWAN: New Taipei 2.5 km SWW of Wulai City, Meilushan Mt. above Baoqing Temple; 24.85445°N 121.53°E; 760m; 6.v.2018; Fikáček, Chang & Zelený lgt. 2018-TW12; (2) leaf litter accummulations in primary moist forest with sparse understory: sifting; (3) VOUCHER SPECIMEN DNA collection No. AFD-035 Albert F. Damaška coll. ◉ 1 male, ADPC. (1) TAIWAN: Nantou county, Huisun forest res., Xiaochushan Mt., 24°05′10.2″N 121°01′41.3″E; sifting moss along a trail; 4. v. 2019; A. F. Damaška lgt. (2) VOUCHER SPECIMEN DNA collection No. AFD-246 Albert F. Damaška coll. ◉ 1 female, ADPC: (1) TAIWAN: Nantou county, Huisun forest res., 24°05′21.2″N 121°01′47.2″E; FIT; 5. v. 2019; Hu Fang-Shuo lgt. ◉ (2) VOUCHER SPECIMEN DNA collection No. AFD-287 Albert F. Damaška coll. ◉ 1 spec., TARI: (1) Taiwan, Taipei (#22351), Neishuanghsi (內 ḎẔ); 17. IV. 2014. leg. H.-J. Chen ◉ 3 spec, TARI: (1) Taiwan, Nantou, Tatachia (ḆḆDZ), 16–23. VI. 2007, leg. C.-S. Tung
Comments. In Taiwan, Cangshanaltica is a common genus, with at least two species well-delimited based on molecular analysis (Damaška et al. 2021). All examined species from Taiwan have spotted elytra and are generally similar to the Japanese C. ogatai Takemoto & Suenaga, 2021 in all external characters, except for the coloration: Taiwanese specimens have 4 elytral spots, C. ogatai has 6 elytral spots. The dorsal body coloration among different Taiwanese specimens is variable (for example, pronotum can be yellow or black, elytral suture yellow or black) and body size also varies greatly. However, the coloration variability does correspond to the molecular data provided by Damaška et al. (2021). We examined numerous specimens of Cangshanaltica from Taiwan, however, only a few provided molecular sequences, which made a broad molecular analysis impossible, similar to the case of C. castanea. The type series of C. ogatai also does not contain any DNA-grade specimens (H. Suenaga, pers. comm., 2021). An analysis containing both molecular and morphological characters would be, however, necessary to delimit the species. The fauna of the Iriomote island is very similar to Taiwan, both islands even share two species of the edaphic flea beetle genus Clavicornaltica (Suenaga & Yoshida 2016). It is therefore likely that C. ogatai may be distributed in Taiwan. Taiwanese Cangshanaltica diversity is clearly complicated and needs more data to be properly taxonomically resolved. As in the case of C. castanea, we therefore hesitate to describe any new species of Cangshanaltica from Taiwan.
description: Published as part of Damaška, Albert František, Ruan, Yongying & Fikáček, Martin, 2022, The genus Cangshanaltica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae): overview, new species, and notes on species complexes, pp. 49-64 in Zootaxa 5219 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7408144