Revision of the Tomoderinae (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Part III. New species and records of Macrotomoderus Pic, 1901 from China and a key to the Palaearctic species
Author
Telnov, Dmitry
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Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5 BD, London, United Kingdom & Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV – 1004, Rīga, Latvia. Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV – 5401, Daugavpils, Latvia.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-02-24
797
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.797.1667
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Macrotomoderus angelinii
sp. nov.
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Figs 1–2
Differential diagnosis
This species falls in a group of species from continental
China
with the lateral fovea of pronotum not or only poorly visible in dorsal view, not forming deep notches at both sides of the lateral constriction. Among these species,
Macrotomoderus bukejsi
Telnov, 2018
,
M. chingpo
Telnov, 2018
, and
M. gracilis
Telnov, 2018
have slender and elongate pronotum. The pronotum is medially longitudinally carinate at the constriction area in the two first species, non-carinate in
M. angelinii
sp. nov.
The pronotum is peculiarly modified in
M. gracilis
, with the median part of the anterior margin of it elevated and strongly projecting anteriad, provided with a group of ך-shaped (bent) setae directed anteriad (both modifications are not present in
M. angelinii
sp. nov.
).
Macrotomoderus tenuis
sp. nov.
(see description below) has the lateral foveae of the pronotum short and narrow, but well-visible in dorsal view (this includes denticles of the fovea), the median setae on the anterior margin of the male pronotum either straight and anteriadpointed or slightly C-shaped (curved) in their apical portion.
Etymology
Patronymic. This species named after the famous Italian coleopterist and my good colleague Fernando Angelini who has passed away on
28 May 2021
aged 72.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA
•
♂
; “CHINA,
Yunnan
,
11.3 km
W Laiping, SE Lajing,
3.4km
SSE Jiaolieshan
,
3405 m
,
20.v.2018
,
I. Belousov
&
I. Kabak
leg. //
26°26′50″N
99°18′19″E
”;
ZIN
.
Paratypes
(2 specimens)
CHINA
•
1 ♀
; same labels as for holotype;
ZIN
•
1 ♂
; same labels as for holotype;
DTC
.
Description
MEASUREMENTS.
Holotype
, total body length
3.48 mm
; head
0.88 mm
long, across eyes
0.6 mm
broad, pronotum
0.8 mm
long, maximum width
0.5 mm
, minimum width
0.2 mm
, elytra
1.8 mm
long,
1.2 mm
combined wide.
Dorsum and venter uniformly pale brown. Mouthparts, antennae, palps and legs yellow. Head ovoid with moderately large, ovoid compound eyes, which are not protruding beyond head outline laterally. Head rounded in broad arc posterior to eyes. Head dorsal punctures minute and inconspicuous. Head dorsal setae inconspicuous, sparse. Antennae nearly extending towards base of pronotum. Antennomere three about as long as antennomere two, antennomeres 8–10 transverse, of which penultimate antennomere strongly transverse. Terminal antennomere asymmetrically triangular with rounded apex, nearly twice as long as penultimate antennomere. Terminal maxillary palpomere slightly securiform. Pronotum elongate and slender, with broad, medially slightly notched (in dorsal view) postmedian lateral constriction. Front margin of anterior lobe very broadly rounded, dorsally without anterior rim, medially with a bunch of yellowish, moderately long, Ɔ-shaped (curved), posterodorsad-pointed setae (
Fig. 1B–C
). Anterior lobe slightly convex in lateral view (
Fig. 1C
). Lateral constriction continues onto disc in lateral view, shallow (
Fig. 1C
). Lateral pronotal fovea narrow at lower external margin of pronotum, strongly widens upwards towards pronotal disc in lateral view, external margins protruding into a pair of inconspicuous, obtuse (in lateral view), glabrous, narrowly separated denticles (in lateral view). Cavity in lateral wall of pronotum between lateral denticles small, narrowly rectangular. In dorsal view, lateral pronotal fovea narrow, anterior and posterior pair of denticles poorly visible, glabrous (
Fig. 1B
). Pronotal punctures minute on disc; lateral constriction dorsally with dense, moderately large to large circular punctures separated by about their diameters. Dorsal pronotal setae inconspicuous, moderately long. Scutellar shield minute, triangular. Elytra dorsally elliptical, convex in lateral view, strongly widened laterally around midlength, lateral margins evenly broadly rounded, shoulders obsolete (apterous species). Elytral punctures much stronger and larger than those on dorsal forebody but somewhat less coarse than dorsal punctures on lateral pronotal constriction. Elytral setae long and sparse, suberect. Male and female tergite and morphological sternite VII broadly rounded at posterior margin. Aedeagus as in
Fig. 2
, rather narrow and slender, with very delicate, tube-like encapsulated gonopore armature.
Sexual dimorphism
Female anterior margin of pronotum without modifications.
Ecology
Collected at
3405 m
elevation.
Distribution
Known only from northern part of
Yunnan Province
, SW
China
.