A review of the genus Brachytrycherus Arrow (Coleoptera, Endomychidae) of mainland China with descriptions of three new species
Author
Chang, Ling-Xiao
Author
Bi, Wen-Xuan
Author
Ren, Guo-Dong
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.880.34712
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.880.34712
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Brachytrycherus curviantennae Chang, Bi & Ren, 2016
Figs 15
,
16A, C
Brachytrycherus curviantennae
Chang et al., 2016: 139.
Diagnosis.
Brachytrycherus curviantennae
is similar to
B. humeralis
and
B. denticulatus
sp. nov. in both bodies being broadly oval, elytral maculae transverse, pronotum sides strongly curved. However, antennomere 3 distinctly curved outwards and elytral maculae nearly cymbiform can distinguish
B. curviantennae
from all its congeners.
Length.
8.5-9.4 mm; width: 5.1-5.2 mm.
Type material.
Holotype, male, Xizang, Medog, 1500 m, 20.VIII.2013, Wen-Xuan Bi leg. (SHEM). Paratypes, 1 female, Xizang, Medgo, Beibeng, Gelincun, 3.VIII.2014, Wen-Xuan Bi leg. (MHBU); 1 female, Xizang, Medgo, Beibeng, Gelincun, 3.VIII.2014, Wen-Xuan Bi leg. (CBWX).
Type locality.
China (Xizang).
Distribution.
China (Xizang).
Biology and ecology.
The male was hand collected by simple searching, as it is active on branches at night (
Fig. 16C
). Two females were collected by shaking the tree from a large clump of dead wood of
Fagaceae
plants (
Fig. 16A
) (
Chang et al. 2016
).
Figure 15.
Type specimens of
B. curviantennae
.
A
male holotype
B
female paratype;
1
dorsal view;
2
ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figure 16.
Habitats of
B. conaensis
and
B. curviantennae
.
A
large clump of
Fagaceae
plants of collecting site in Xizang, China
B
village of collecting site in Xizang, China
C
male of
B. curviantennae
(arranged)
D
male of
B. conaensis
and larva on the wood pile
E
female of
B. conaensis
feeding on the lichen growing on wood.