New species of Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878 from China and Laos, with a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Author
Li, Yun
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
Author
Pang, Hong
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Zootaxa
2012
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10.5281/zenodo.280378
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280378
Macrolycus murzini
Kazantsev, 2001
Macrolycus murzini
Kazantsev, 2001
: 107
.
Material examined.
China
,
5 males
, Shaanxi,
1200 m
,
6 km
E Xunyangba,
23.–13. vi. 1998
, I. H. Marshal (
LMBC
,
SYSM
);
1 male
, N Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou,
2000 m
,
16. vi. 1992
, M. Bok (
LMBC
);
1 male
, NW Sichuan,
33.10N
103.50E
, Minshan,
2500–4500 m
.
14.–16. vii. 1990
, J. Kolibac (
LMBC
).
Distribution.
China
(Shaanxi, Sichuan).
Remark:
The specimen from Jiuzhaigou (Sichuan) has a median lobe of the aedeagus with a more raised apical structure.
Macrolycus muyuensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs 26
,
39, 40, 51
)
Type
material.
Holotype
, male,
China
, Hubei province, Dashennongjia Nature Reserve, Muyu, E slope,
2000 m
,
12.–15. vi. 1997
, Bolm (
LMBC
).
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
M. gracilis
in the shape of the aedeagus, but it differs in the short lamella of the antennomere 3 and the slim narrowed part in the apical portion of the median lobe in ventral view (
Figs 40, 51
). Additionally,
M. muyuensis
differs from
M. mucronatus
by the shape of the antennomere 3 and the relatively straight basal part of the median lobe in lateral view (
Figs 39, 51
).
Description (
holotype
).
Body small, dark brown, pronotum and elytra dark red (
Fig. 26
). Head with flat antennal tubercles. Antennae overlapping midlength of elytra when inclined, antennomeres 3–11 lamellate (
Fig. 51
). Pronotum transverse, nearly trapezoid, anterior angles blunt, posterior angles acute (
Fig. 26
). Scutellum dark red, parallel-sided, with straight posterior margin. Elytra widened in distal quarter, covered with short, dense, dark red pubescence; elytral costa 2 much stouter than remaining three ones; costa 3 inconspicuous posteriorly. Aedeagus without paramerae, median lobe slender, slightly curved at base; subapical portion widened, gradually constricted distad; apical part tube-shaped, with prominent rounded lamella at apex (
Figs 39, 40
).
Measurements.
Length 10.35 mm, width at humeri 2.20 mm, pronotum length/width 1.55/1.80 mm.
Distribution.
China
(Hubei), known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the
type
locality (Muyu) in the province of Hubei,
China
.