Review of the generaDiplopherusa and Paracladiscus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae) from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Murakami, Hiroyuki
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
2016-11-15
56
2
725
741
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5307482
0374-1036
5307482
D9281F86-E19D-4EA5-8173-DAB15ED8703B
Paracladiscus
Miyatake, 1965
Paracladiscus
Miyatake, 1965: 20
(original description).
Type
species.
Paracladiscus atricolor
Miyatake, 1965
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Paracladiscus
is similar to
Diplopherusa
, but distinguished by the following characters: head and pronotum covered with deep and large punctures; terminal palpomeres of labial palpi triangular, as long as width of apical margin of terminal palpomeres (
Fig. 22
); gula with two separate postgular processes, which are not swollen at extremities; anterior plate of metendosternite (
Fig. 23
) tapered anteriorly; hind tibiae in male (
Fig. 24
) weakly swollen in middle and apically curved inwardly; phallobasic struts (Figs 52, 54) not developed.
Remark.
MIYATAKE (1965)
mentioned that the feature of male antennae is significant for the distinction between
Paracladiscus
and
Diplopherusa
. However, the herein described species,
Paracladiscus choui
sp. nov.
, has ramose antennae like
Diplopherusa
, therefore this character cannot be considered a distinctive feature for the two genera.