Biota

Subject: Live Animal | Subject: Nest | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Hatchling | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Behaviors: Locomotion :: Flying

Figure 1. Line drawings of Cirsiumtatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang A habit B root C leaf D capitula E inner phyllary E’ middle phyllary E” outer phyllary F floret F’ floret (pappus removed) G synantherous H style branches I achene. Voucher: C. Y. Chang 1442 (TCF).

Promicrops guttatus (Linnaeus) : the Guasa or Jew-Fish.

Figures 20–28.Habitus. 20 Bezdekaltica socotrana Döberl 21 Bikasha tenuipunctata Maulik 22 Biodontocnema brunnea Biondi 23 Blepharida ornata Baly 24 Buphonella nigroviolacea (Allard) (genus transferred to Galerucini) 25 Carcharodis rugiceps (Baly). 26 Celisaltica ruwenzorica Biondi 27 Chabria bezanozana Biondi & D’Alessandro 28 Chaetocnema purpurea Jacoby.

Figure 2. Cirsiumtatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang A habitat B habit C seedling D variations of leaves E inflorescences F capitula G floret; (right-side pappus removed) H achene with pappus I achene.

Figures 134–139.Morphological characters. 134 Bangalaltica antennalis Bechyné, head and right antenna in dorsal view 135 Bechuana nigripes Scherer, sublateral depression on pronotum 136 Bechynella pallens (Bechyné), head in frontal view 137 Ditto, hind tibia and metatarsus 138 Bezdekaltica socotrana Döberl, elytra in dorsal view 139 Bikasha fortipunctata Maulik, head in frontal view.

Figure 4. Holotypes of the three species of Cirsiumsect.Onotrophe in Taiwan. AC.tatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang, C. Y. Chang 1444 (TCF) BC.kawakamii Hayata, T. Kawakami & U. Mori 2279 (TI!) CC.arisanense Kitam., S. Kitamura s.n. (KYO!).

Figures 140–145.Morphological characters. 140 Bikasha fortipunctata Maulik, hind leg and elytra in lateral view 141 Biodontocnema brunnea Biondi, head in frontal view 142 Ditto, distal half of hind tibia and metatarsus 143 Ditto, hind tibial socket 144 Ditto, dentiform process (white arrow) in inner apical side of hind tibiae 145 Ditto, ventral parts.

Figure 5. Comparison of the morphological characters amongst the species of Cirsiumsect.Onotrophe in Taiwan. AC.tatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang BC.kawakamii Hayata CC.arisanense Kitam.: 1 leaf 2 capitula 3 inner phyllary 3’ middle phyllary 3” outer phyllary 4 floret 4’ floret (pappus removed) 5 synantherous 6 style branches 7 achene 7’ achene with pappus.

Figures 290–295.Maps of distribution. 290 Argopistoides Jacoby 291 Bangalaltica Bechyné 292 Bechuana Scherer 293 Bechynella Biondi & D’Alessandro 294 Bezdekaltica Döberl 295 Bikasha Maulik.

Figure 6. Chromosome number of the two species of Cirsiumsubsect.Nipponocirsium Kitam. in Taiwan. A 2n = 64, C.tatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang B 2n = 64, C.kawakamii Hayata. Scale bar: 5 μm.

Figure 7. Comparison of the pollen morphology of the three species of Cirsiumsect.Onotrophe in Taiwan. AC.tatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang BC.kawakamii Hayata CC.arisanense Kitam.: 1 polar view 2 equatorial view 3 colporate view. Scale bar: 30 μm.

Figure 3. Distribution map of Cirsiumtatakaense Y.H.Tseng & C.Y.Chang (star); C.kawakamii Hayata (triangle); and C.arisanense Kitam. (circle) of Taiwan.