Review of the genus Dilophotes Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Lycidae) of the Palaearctic Region and Indochina
Author
Bic, Vlastislav
text
Zootaxa
2002
59
1
26
journal article
51440
10.5281/zenodo.155977
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Dilophotes moxiensis
sp. n.
Type
material
.
Holotype
, male, "
China
, Moxi, east of Gongashan,
2700 m
,
20.24. vii. 1992
" (
LMBC
).
Paratypes
:
5 males
,
2 females
, same locality data (
LMBC
).
Diagnosis
.
Dilophotes moxiensis
sp. n.
resembles
D. pacholatkoi
sp. n.
in the shape of male genitalia (
Figs 18 20
). These species differ in the shape of the apical ring, which is elliptical in
D. moxiensis
sp. n.
(
Fig. 18
) and rounded in
D. pacholatkoi
sp. n.
(
Fig. 20
). These species differ also in colouration of pronotum and elytra.
Description of
holotype
. Body medium sized, slender, black, pronotum and elytra black, only their margins red, both covered with dense, dark red to purple pubescence. Head with short rostrum. Eyes very small, interocular distance 1.64 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae very slender, reaching beyond two thirds of elytra, basal antennomeres slightly serrate, terminal ones parallelsided. Maxillary palpi slender, apical palpomere 1.7 times longer than wide. Pronotum 1.5 times wider than long. Frontal margin widely rounded, frontal angles inconspicuous, lateral margins slightly concave, posterior angles moderately projected (
Fig. 6
). Pronotal disc with sharp longitudinal costa attached to frontal margin and reaching middle of pronotum. Disc surface densely pubescent, shiny. Scutellum simply rounded. Elytra very slender, flat, each elytron with three longitudinal costae in humeral part, costa 1 very weak, shortened, distinct in humeral quarter. Male genitalia with short, robust phallus, internal sac sclerotized, apical ring elliptical (
Fig. 18
).
Measurements
. BL 9.0 mm, WH
1.94 mm
, PL
1.17 mm
, PW
1.72 mm
, Ediam
0.37 mm
, Edist
0.62 mm
.
Distribution
.
China
, Sichuan Province. Until now, the species is known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology
. The specific epithet is derived from the local name Moxi, a village at the foothill of Gongashan.