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
Key to the species of
Diplopherusa
(modified from
CORPORAAL & VAN DER WIEL 1949
)
1 Elytra unicolour. ............................................................................................................. 2
– Elytra multicolour. .......................................................................................................... 5
2 Elytra orange. ................................................................................................................. 3
– Elytra black. ................................................................................................................... 4
3 PL/PW: 1.34–1.45; elytra with regular large deep punctation reaching to apex. .............. ...........................................................................................
D. ahsini
Yang & Yang, 2013
– PL/PW: approximately 1.0; elytra with irregular fine and dense punctation on apical 2/5 of length. .................................................................................
D. tumidipes
Heller, 1922
4 Pronotum red with black anterior margin; elytral rows of punctures not reaching to apex. .........................................................................................
D. rosti
Schenkling, 1908
– Pronotum uniformly metallic blue; elytral rows of punctures reaching to apex. .............. .........................................................................................
D. delicatula
Gerstmeier, 2015
5 Elytra with white or yellow postmedian band. ............................................................... 6
– Elytra without postmedian band. .................................................................................... 8
6 Pronotum black with reddish basal margin. ......................
D. shibatai
(
Miyatake, 1965
)
– Pronotum reddish with black apical margin. .................................................................. 7
7 Elytra with round reddish markings near scutellum, the rest of elytra copper in color. .... .......................................................................................
D. magnificus
Schenkling, 1908
– Elytra reddish in basal 1/4 of length and black in apical 3/4. ........................................... .........................................................................
D. transversalis
Corporaal & Wiel, 1949
8 EyD/EyW: 1.95–2.20; punctation of pronotum rather dense; only apex of elytra black; tibiae metallic dark blue and stout. ......................................
D. kitamurai
Nakane, 1989
– EyD/EyW: 2.37–2.40; punctation of pronotum rather sparse; elytra black in apical 1/2 of length; tibiae brownish black and slim. .................................
D. yonaguniensis
sp. nov.