Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
Author
Kejval, Zbyněk
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2011
2011-12-09
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5329507
0374-1036
5329507
Notoxus indicus
species-group
Diagnosis.
Elytral apices in males simple, lacking a distinct apical tubercle / notch; median lobe of aedeagus simple in middle part, mostly asymmetrical apically, lacking distinct dorsal plate; latero-basal fovea of abdominal sternum III rather shallow, forming narrow impression along basal sulcus of sternum.
Species included.
Notoxus assamensis
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913
,
N. bellus
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928
,
N. confluens
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928
,
N. distortus
sp. nov.
,
N. donckieri
Pic, 1908
,
N. hilaris
sp. nov.
,
N. indicus
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1914
,
N. iuvenis
sp. nov.
, and
N. pachodemba
sp. nov.
Figs. 1–5. 1–2 –
Notoxus psammophilus
Telnov, 2007
(Cam Ranh Bay): 1 – aedeagus; 2 – paramere in lateral view. 3–5 –
N. assamensis
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913
(Renok)
: 3 – metatarsus; 4 – aedeagus; 5 – median lobe in lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Fig. 3; B – Figs. 4, 5; C – Figs. 1, 2.
Remarks.
A well-known European species,
Notoxus trifasciatus
Rossi, 1792
, and several related Palaearctic species, ranging eastwards as far as Kazachstan (
CHANDLER et al. 2008
), share the simple male elytral apices of the
N. indicus
species-group, but differ by the more conspicuous, rather sharply raised crest of the pronotal horn and the male aedeagal characters: median lobe symmetrical, more or less deeply incised apically, and parameres with small latero-basal projection.