. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 104 R. Haitiinger. Figs 30—38: Leptus alkmenae n. sp.; 30 — idiosoma, dorsal view; 31 — idiosoma, ventral view (central part invisible — is covered by dark spot); 32 — scutum; 33 — fragment of gnatho- soma, dorsal view; 34 — palptarsus; 35 — hypostomalae; 36 — leg I, tarsus-trochanter; 37 — leg II, tarsus-trochanter; 38 — leg III, genu-trochanter. Leg lengths: 1 — 868, 11 — 828, III—damaged. Leg specialised setae as follows: SoTa I (damaged) 68d, SoTi I 69d (24), Vs
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 104 R. Haitiinger. Figs 30—38: Leptus alkmenae n. sp.; 30 — idiosoma, dorsal view; 31 — idiosoma, ventral view (central part invisible — is covered by dark spot); 32 — scutum; 33 — fragment of gnatho- soma, dorsal view; 34 — palptarsus; 35 — hypostomalae; 36 — leg I, tarsus-trochanter; 37 — leg II, tarsus-trochanter; 38 — leg III, genu-trochanter. Leg lengths: 1 — 868, 11 — 828, III—damaged. Leg specialised setae as follows: SoTa I (damaged) 68d, SoTi I 69d (24), VsTi I 88d (8), SoGe I 67d, VsGe I 88d (8), SoTa II 68d (-), SoTi II 8d (14), SoTi II 88d (22), VsGe II 91d (6) (Figs 36-38). Coxalae I over twice longer than coxalae II and distinctly longer than coxalae III (Fig. 31). Gnathosoma rather long, bears short and nude hypostomalae (Fig. 35). Palpfemur with one barbed seta, palpgenu rather long, bears crista and barbed seta almost equal in length with palpfemorala; palptibia with two barbed setae and one damaged seta (Fig. 33). Palptarsus with 7 setae; among them two barbed (Fig. 34). Metric data are given in Table 1. Type material: Holotype larva: Uttar Pradesh, India, May 1981, from Cassidasyrtica Boh. (Coleóptera: Chrysomelidae); MNHWU. Remarks: Leptus alkmenae n. sp. belongs to the species group with one palpgenuala and with no more than four intercoxalae. Among them it is especially similar to L. hidakai Kaw., L. japonicus Kaw. from Japan, L. alvimordax South., L. alopecurus South, from Australia, L. tetrigius from Sri Lanka, L. aldonae Haitiinger from Madagascar and L. cavernícola Fain & Elsen from Rwanda. It can be separated from Japanese species by posterior margin of scutum without concave, from L. hidakai by the lack of thin anterior margin of scutum and from L. japonicus by nude hypostomalae; from both Australian species and L. tetrigius it differs by longer ISD and ratio AW/ISD (below
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