New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia, with notes on other species III
Author
Švihla, Vladimír
text
Zootaxa
2011
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1
34
journal article
46811
10.5281/zenodo.277686
c7e66d5a-1a9f-4e1c-bbc2-5531943c5339
1175-5326
277686
Lycocerus marginalis
sp. nov.
Figs. 14
,
67–70
.
Type
locality.
China
, northern Yunnan province, Diqing Tibet autonomous prefecture, Deqin county, Meili Xue Shan mts., eastern side,
14 km
west of Deqin, 28°27.47ˏN 98°46.35ˏE,
2580 m
a.s.l.
Type
material.
Holotype
(
NMEG
), male, “
CHINA
(N-Yunnan) Diqing Tibet Aut. Pref., Deqin Co., Meili Xue Shan, E-side,
14 km
W Deqin, 28°27.47ˏN 98°46.35ˏE,
2580 m
, small creek valley below glacier (mixed forest),
11.
VI.2005
D. W. Wrase [lgt.], [09B] [white label, printed]”.
Paratypes
(
AKKG
,
NMPC
), same label data as
holotype
,
3 females
.
Description.
Coloration (
Fig. 14
). Head including antennae black, mandibles sepia brown. Prothorax black, lateral sides more or less widely saffron yellow, black median coloration of pronotum forms a large spot dilated posteriorly (distinctly more so in male than in females). Scutellum, meso- and metasternum and ventral side of abdomen black, legs black, apices of femora and bases of posterior tibiae more or less broadly terracotta. Elytra sooty to black, wide lateral and apical margin and narrow sutural margins of each elytron saffron yellow to orange.
Male. Eyes comparatively small, only moderately protruding, head across eyes narrower than pronotum by almost one quarter, sides of vertex behind eyes straight, moderately converging posteriorly. Antennae extending for ca three quarters of elytral length, antennomeres 3–9 subtriangular, flattened, 10 nearly parallel-sided, slightly flattened, 11 not flattened, constricted on one side for two thirds of its length. Surface of head very finely imbricatepunctate, covered by sparse, long, decumbent orange pubescence, semilustrous. Pronotum almost one quarter wider than long, anterior margin moderately convex, anterior corners rounded, lateral margins nearly straight, strongly diverging posteriorly, posterior corners almost sharp, posterior margin moderately convex. Surface of pronotum sculptured and pubescent like that of head, semilustrous. Claws simple. Elytra rather dilated posteriorly, apex of each elytron strongly rounded, elytral venation slightly developed excluding almost costate sutural vein. Surface of elytra areolate-rugose, with sparse, semierect, long orange pubescence, matt. Aedeagus as in
Figs. 67– 69
.
Female. Eyes less protruding than in male, head across eyes as wide as anterior margin of pronotum. Antennae considerably shorter than in male, hardly reaching elytral midlength, antennomeres 3–10 flattened, 3–8 widely subtriangular, 9–10 oval, 11 without constriction. Surface of head and pronotum more densely pubescent than in male, matt. Outer claws of pro- and mesotarsi with basal projection. Last abdominal sternite as in
Fig. 70
.
Length (both sexes).
11.9–13.3 mm
.
Differential diagnosis.
Lycocerus marginalis
sp. nov.
is by its coloration and body form similar to bicolored forms of
Lycocerus limbatus
Pic, 1915
(Sichuan, Yunnan) and
Lycocerus yunnanus
(Fairmaire, 1887)
(Sichuan, Yunnan), from both of which it differs by narrow and apically curved divided portions of dorsal part of the aedeagus (cf.
Kazantsev 1999
). The aedeagus is very similar to that of
Lycocerus lateritius
Gorham, 1889
(
Nepal
,
Bhutan
, northern
India
), from which it differs by subtriangular (not trapezoidal) and narrower flattened antennomeres in both sexes, distinctly bicolored elytra and narrower parameres (cf.
Kazantsev 1999
).
Etymology.
Latin
marginalis
= border or margin. Named in the reference of the elytral coloration.
Distribution.
China
: Yunnan province.