Taxonomic review of Palearctic Eurypogon Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Artematopodidae), with a redescription of the only European species and descriptions of three new species from China
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Packova, Gabriela
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Hájek, Jiří
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Geiser, Michael
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Kundrata, Robin
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-16
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.1
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Eurypogon brevipennis
Sakai, 1982
(
Figs 4C
,
8F
,
10I
)
Eurypogon brevipennis
Sakai, 1982: 59
.
Type
locality.
“Omogokei,
Ehime Pref.
” [
Japan
,
Shikoku
,
Ehime Prefecture
,
Omogokei Gorge
, ca.
33°44′N
133°06′E
]
.
Type material.
Holotype
male (
EUMJ
), labeled: “(SHIKOKU), Omogo-Kei,
10. VIII. 1959
, M.
SAKAI
leg.” // “
Holotype
Eurypogon brevipennis
SAKAI 1982
”.
One paratype
[not studied by us], female (
EUMJ
).
Additional material examined.
JAPAN
: HONSHU:
1 female
,
Mie Prefecture
,
Myojindake
,
22.
VI
.1993,
H. Kawase
leg. (
NMPC
);
1 female
,
Iwate Pref.
,
Hachimantai
,
Ashiro-chô
, ca.
1000–1300 m
,
10.–13.VII.1995
,
H. Yoshitomi
leg. (
NMPC
)
.
Diagnosis.
This species can be easily recognized based on the pronotum with sides nearly straight in both sexes (
Fig. 8F
), the relatively short elytra (
Fig. 4C
) which are together 1.8–1.9 times as long as wide, the relatively smooth elytral surface (
Fig. 10I
) with mostly large punctures, and a unique shape of the aedeagal median lobe which is distinctly broad basally, gradually narrowed medially, and then slightly widened subapically (
Sakai 1982
).
Sexual dimorphism.
Females are slightly more robust and relatively shorter than males. For more information, see
Sakai (1982)
.
Distribution.
This species is endemic to
Japan
, being known across Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku Islands (
Fig. 15
).