Cerambycinae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species of the genus Author Tian, Lichao Author Chen, Li Author Li, Zhu text Zootaxa 2012 3282 42 44 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.280864 21aa3a91-70cd-49c4-af20-c04b89ce540c 1175-5326 280864 Artimpaza brevilineata Tian & Chen , sp. nov. ( Figs 1–9 ) Description. Female : Head and prothorax pitchy black; antennal segments 1 to 5 pitchy black and remainder dull pitchy brown to slightly reddish; scutellum black; each elytron blackish green with a fairly broad median, semitransparent, longitudinal strip; posterior thorax and abdomen pitchy black; legs black, femora clavate. Body moderately clothed with long erect pale hairs; underside of basal six antennal segments with somewhat shorter darker setae ( Figs 4–8 ); scutellum and parts of thoracic pleura and half of metaepisternum with dense silvery pubescence ( Fig. 9 ). Head as wide as prothorax, moderately punctured and with one longitudinal groove extending onto frons ( Fig. 2 ); gena nearly 1/2 as deep as lower eye-lobe. Antenna almost reaching to elytral apex; scape swollen preapically, moderately punctured ( Fig. 3 ); segment 3 longer than scape + segment 2, and twice as long as segment 4; segment 4 as long as scape but shorter than segment 5; segment 11 as long as segment 10. Prothorax more than 1.5 times as long as wide, subcylindrical apically, somewhat constricted near base, feebly widened at side, widest just behind middle; disc with a slight swelling on each side near base, and with anterior portion largely smooth with sparse punctures. Each elytron about 7 times longer than wide, gradually narrowed behind humerus, disc fairly even, with very sparse punctures; elytra flattened above, narrowed and somewhat dehiscent posteriorly, each elytron spined at apex. Ventral surface with only a few punctures. Femora pedunculate, strongly clavate; hind femora extended to elytral apex; hind tarsal segment 1 distinctly longer than 2+3. Measurements. Holotype , female. Body length 11.1 mm ; width 2.0 mm; paratype , female. Body length 12 mm ; width 2.4 mm . Specimens examined. Holotype , female, China : Yunnan Province, Jinghong, 25 May 2010 , coll. LI-CHAO TIAN. Paratype : 1 female , China : Yunnan Province, Lincang, 1 June 1980 , coll. FEN LIU. The holotype and the paratype are housed in the collection of the College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China (SWU). Remarks. Ordinarily, we would hesitate to describe a new species based on one sex. However, given the robust morphological difference within the same sex there can be no doubt that A. brevilineata is a distinct species. The new species is similar to A. curtelineata Pic, 1922 , but differs mainly by each elytron being blackish green with a distinct median semitransparent strip. Etymology. The species is named for the semitransparent strip on each elytron.