Received: 11 December 2019 Revised: 21 February 2020 Accepted: 30 April 2020 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23508

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A new species of Linnaeus, 1758, from Turkey (Chrysomelidae: )

Hüseyin Özdikmen1 | Didem Coral S¸ahin2 | Neslihan Bal1

1Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey Abstract 2Agricultural fauna and microflora, Directorate A new species, Cassida alidagiense sp. nov., has been described from Kayseri province of Plant Protection Central Research Institute, in Turkey. For the time being, the species is endemic to Turkey. Cassida alidagiense Gayret, Ankara, 06810, Turkey sp. nov., is related to Cassida linnavuorii Borowiec, 1986; Cassida brevis Weise, 1884; Correspondence and Cassida bella Faldermann, 1837, from which it differs in the shape of the apex of *Neslihan Bal, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Gazi University, Ankara 06500, cornu of the spermethaca, and it can be distinctively differentiated from these spe- Turkey. cies based on color of under body and spermathecal characters especially. In addition, Email: [email protected] the paper presents ultrastructures observed by SEM of spermatheca of Cassida Review Editor: Alberto Diaspro alidagiense sp. nov. from Turkey.

KEYWORDS Cassida, Chrysomelidae, new species, SEM, Turkey

1 | INTRODUCTION 1783; Illiger, 1798; Cassida saucia Weise, 1889; Cas- sida viridis Linnaeus, 1758; subferruginea (Schrank, 1776); Cassidinae contains approximately 16% of Chrysomelid species diver- and Ischyronota desertorum (Gebler, 1833) (Özdikmen & Kaya, 2014). sity and is the second largest subfamily in Chrysomelidae after Gal- Steppe vegetation areas in Central Anatolia including Kayseri province erucinae (Chaboo, 2007). are among the biodiversity hot spots still hiding numerous The subfamily Cassidinae contains about 3,000 species in the undescribed species. Part of them had been described in past years world belonging to 12 tribus and 157 genera (Bordy, 2009). The Cassi- (Coral S¸ahin & Özdikmen, 2019; Özdikmen, Bal, & Kıyak, 2016; dinae subfamily species have a widespread area around the world, as Özdikmen & Coral S¸ahin, 2017). The aim of this study is to describe a well as being more common, especially in tropical regions. They are new species from Kayseri province, and its description is given as rarely found in the warm places of North America and Australia. In the follows. Palearctic region where Turkey is also located, this subfamily is repre- sented by 22 genera and 282 species of four tribes. These are 26 spe- cies of three genera in the tribe Aspidimorphini Chapuis, 1875; 2 | MATERIAL AND METHODS 24 species of three genera in the tribe Basiprionotini Gressitt, 1952; 210 species of 15 genera in the Gyllenhal, 1813; and 22 spe- The available specimens (two female specimens) of new species for cies of one genus in the Notosacanthini Hincks, 1952. In Turkey, tribe the present work were collected from Kayseri provinces in Turkey in Cassidini Gyllenhal, 1813, is represented with 51 species in six genera 2018. The specimens are deposited at Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection (Borowiec, 1999; Borowiec, 2007a; Ekiz, S¸en, Aslan, & Gök, 2013; Museum (NTM) (Turkey, Ankara). Özdikmen et al., 2014; Özdikmen & Bal, 2019; Özdikmen & The spermathecae were dissected from abdomen, remaining tissue Kaya, 2014; Sekerka, 2016; Sen & Gök, 2013). were removed with fine tweezers. After cleaning, the samples were To date, six species belonging to the Cassidinae subfamily are placed 70% ethanol for light microscopic examination. An Olympus known from Kayseri province. These are Cassida margaritacea Schaller, SZX7 stereomicroscope was used to view and photograph specimens. For scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cleaned samples were

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FIGURE 2 FIGURE 1 Spermatheca of Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. lateral Spermatheca of C.alidagiense sp. nov., lateral view in stereo microscope [Color figure can be viewed at view (SEM) wileyonlinelibrary.com]

100%) and then air-dried. After that the specimens were mounted onto SEM stubs using a double sided adhesive tape, coated with gold using a Polaron SC Sputter Coater, and examined with a JEOL JSM 6060 scanning electron microscope (SEM) at 10 kV.

3 | RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

3.1 | Cassida alidagiense sp. nov.

Figures 1–16 show Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. FIGURE 3 Spermatheca of C.alidagiense sp. nov., cornu in lateral view (SEM) 3.1.1 | Type material holotype

Female: Turkey, Kayseri province, Talas, Ali Mountain, 3840006”N 353305100E, 1348 m, 13.IV.2018, leg. D. Coral S¸ahin. The holotype is stored at Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum (NTM) (Turkey, Ankara).

3.1.2 | Paratypes

Female: Turkey, Kayseri province, Talas, Ali Mountain, 3840006”N 353305100E, 1348 m, 13.IV.2018, leg. D. Coral S¸ahin. The paratype is also stored at Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum (NTM) (Turkey, Ankara). FIGURE 4 Spermatheca of C.alidagiense sp. nov., ultrastructural pits on apical part of cornu in lateral view (SEM) 4 | DESCRIPTION OF HOLOTYPE

4.1.1. | Length 4.1.2. | Body

Length of body: 5.95 mm, width of body: 4.203, length of pronotum: Body is short, oval, and convex. Body is yellow except for the head 1.546 mm, width of pronotum: 3.318 mm, length/width of body ratio: and mesothorax. Thorax more or less infuscate. Abdominal ventrites 1.415, width/length of pronotum ratio: 2.15. are ochre-yellow. There is no pronounced pubescence in the body. ÖZDIKMEN ET AL. 3

FIGURE 5 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., nodulus, collum, FIGURE 8 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., ramus and basal ramus, and basal part of broken spermathecal gland and spermathecal part of broken spermathecal gland in lateral view (SEM) duct in lateral view (SEM)

FIGURE 9 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov. ultrastructural FIGURE 6 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., collum, ramus, pits on basal part of broken spermathecal gland in lateral view and basal part of broken spermathecal duct in lateral view (SEM)

FIGURE 7 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., ultrastructural FIGURE 10 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., middle part of pits on collum in lateral view (SEM) vasculum in lateral view (SEM)

4.1.3. | Head convex. Clypeus 1.23 times as wide as its long, clypeal plate with sev- eral small punctures, surface distinctly microreticulate, and clypeal Head is black at most part. Eyes are large. Gena is underdeveloped. grooves are distinct, clearly visible on whole length, running along Clypeus black, broad, and slightly shiny. Clypeal plate is slightly margins of eyes in posterior part and quadrangularly, converging in an 4 ÖZDIKMEN ET AL. arch at apex. Labrum is comparatively dark brown. Labrum is deep Segment 2 and approximately 1.2 times as long as Segment 4, Seg- emarginated to 2/5 length. Mouth parts are yellowish. ments 9 and 10 almost square.

4.1.4. | Antennae 4.1.5. | Pronotum

Antenna is slim and moderately elongate, and is ochre-yellow. Length Pronotum is uniformly yellowish. It narrows relatively toward apex and ratio of antennal segments: 311:167: 191:156: 158:117: 148:125: it is trapezoidal with maximum width at posterior angles. Pronotum on 162:160: 241 Segment 3 approximately 1.14 times as long as

FIGURE 13 Holotype (female) of Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. FIGURE 11 Spermatheca of C. alidagiense sp. nov., ultrastructural head in ventral view [Color figure can be viewed at pits on vasculum in lateral view (SEM) wileyonlinelibrary.com]

FIGURE 12 Holotype (female) of Cassida alidagiense sp. nov., (a). Dorsal, (b). Ventral, (c). Lateral, (d). Whole spermatheca in stereo microscope, (e). Vasculum part of spermatheca (SEM), F–H, Spermatheca in SEM [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] ÖZDIKMEN ET AL. 5

FIGURE 14 Claws of Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. A and B, Fore tarsal claw. (c), Mid-tarsal claw. D, Hind tarsal claw [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]

FIGURE 15 Ventral view of (a) Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. (paratype), (b) Cassida brevis, and (c) Cassida bella [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] both sides is laterally more or less rounded. Anterior margin softly sides regularly rounded, widest at mid-length. Elytral punctuation curved. Disk regular, moderately convex, sides and slope indistinctly arranged in regular rows, not coarse, and moderately dense. The dis- declining, indistinctly bordered from the marginalia, strongly punctate, tance between the punctures is 3x wider than puncture diameter. and shiny surface. Puncturation of pronotum mostly irregular and Marginal row is distinct, regular, and its punctures are as coarse as dense. Prosternal process is dark brown and in central part, prosternal those on sides of disk. Rows on whole length are impressed very shal- process is parallel sided. Prosternal collar short, moderately broad, in lowly in the anterior half and deeply on the slope. Intervals are dis- the middle slightly wider than length of trochanters. tinct, comparatively flat, and the first and second intervals are approximately the same and wider than others. In sutural half of disk, intervals 1, 2, and 3 are slightly wider than intervals 4 and 5. Whole 4.1.6. | Scutellum surface of the disk is smooth with only slight reticulation near suture and slightly shining. Whole surface of marginalia shallowly and Scutellum is yellow and triangular shaped. It is without sulci. densely punctate.

4.1.7. | Elytra 4.1.8. | Legs

Elytra is uniformly yellow. Base of elytra is slightly wider than Legs are ochre-yellow. Joint parts of legs are dark brown. Tarsi are pronotum. Humeral angles are rounded, not protruding. Elytra on slim. Claws are apendiculate. 6 ÖZDIKMEN ET AL.

5 | DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. is a member of the Group D according to Warchalowski (2010) characterized by claws with tooth-like widening at basis (Figure 14) and regular rows of punctures on elytra. Group D in Warchalowski (2010) refers to the subgenus Onychocassis which was proposed by Spaeth in Spaeth and Reitter (1926) for the species Cassida brevis Weise, 1884, and Cassida bella Faldermann, 1837. Then, Borowiec (1986) described Cassida linnavuorii in this subgenus. So subgenus Onychocassis Spaeth in Spaeth and Reitter (1926) has been included only three species distributed in the eastern part of the Med- iterranean Subregion until now. According to Borowiec (2007b), the subgenus looks distinct. The new species Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. exerts considerable morphological features differentiation from other species of the sub- FIGURE 16 Spermathecae in stereo microscope, (a). Cassida genus. The new species clearly differs from C. linnavuorii alidagiense sp. nov., (b). Cassida brevis, and (c) Cassida bella [Color Borowiec, 1986, which has uniformly pale yellow body as the primary figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] character while head, meso- and metasternum of the new species are black. In addition, most part of the abdomen (except for yellowish 4.1.9. | Spermatheca sides of abdominal sternites) is black in C. brevis and C. bella while abdomen is uniformly pale in the new species (Figure 15). Moreover, Spermatheca of Cassida alidagiense sp. nov. were studied with both stereo spermathecal morphology of the new species is very different from microscope and SEM. General view of spermatheca is asymmetrical the other species (Figure 16). C-shaped, distinctly curved. Nodulus is distinctly swollen. Cornu is irregu- A short key for species of the subgenus Cassida (onychocassis) larly swollen and prolonged. Apex of cornu is rounded. Ampulla is like a 1. Body uniformly pale yellowish, labrum partly brownish only. mushroom or doorknob in general. Ampulla is joined to external surface of Length 5.5 mm. Distributedin Iraq, Lebanon, and S E Turkey………. nodulus beyond the nodular swollen (basal end of nodulus) and so sperma- ……….linnavuorii Borowiec, 1986. theca is asymmetrical C-shaped. Collum is like a peduncle, very thinner than - Body at least in some part black…………………………………… the basal part of nodulus. Ramus is distinctly swollen, like a rounded knob. ………………….....2. Spermathecal gland is joined to ampulla in central part of top of ramus. 2. Basal tooth in claws large (Figure 14), lobe-shaped, transparent, Ductus spermatheca joined to collum just the base part of internal surface semi-membraneous. Legs entirely pale.……………………………………… of collum. Ductus spermatheca is rather long, thin, and distinctly and regu- ……………………………………3. larly spiral, and the diameter of last part is almost equal to that of the first - Basal tooth in claws small, rectangular, not membraneous. Fem- part. Vasculum (cornu and nodulus) and ampulla (collumand ramus) is ora in basal half-black. Length about 4.8 mm. Distributed in Caucasian scattered, irregular, and sparsely ultrastructural pits. Ductus spermatheca countries (Armenia, Georgia), South European Russia, and Tur- without ultrastructural pits (Figures 1-11, 12d–h, 16a). key……………...…bella Faldermann, 1837. 3. Ventral surface at most part (except for yellowish sides of abdominal sternites) is black. Vasculum symmetric C-shaped 4.1.10. | Male (Figure 16b). Length 5.5–6.0 mm. Distributed in Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Middle East countries (Syria, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon), Iran, Unknown. Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan…………………..………..………….brevis Weise, 1884. - Ventral surface at most part (except for black head and meso- 4.1.11. | Distribution and metastermum) is yellow. Vasculum asymmetric C-shaped (Figures 12d-f and 16a). Length 5.9–6.0 mm. Distributed only in Tur- The new species is known from Kayseri province (Talas-Ali Mountain) key...... alidagiense sp. nov. in central Anatolian region of Turkey. For the time being, the species is endemic to the Turkey. ACKNOWLEDGMENT We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Zekiye Suludere for her tremendous support in the process of picturing our study material with scanning 4.1.12. | Etymology electron microscope (SEM).

Named after locus typicus, the locality is situated in Ali Dagı (Ali CONFLICT OF INTEREST Mountain). The authors do not declare potential conflict of interest. ÖZDIKMEN ET AL. 7

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