Revision of the Oriental Genus Physodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Physoderina), with the descriptions of two new species
Author
Ma, Yunlong
Author
Shi, Hongliang
Author
Liang, Hongbin
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Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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Physodera andrewesi
(
Jedlička, 1934
)
Fig. 20
.
Jedlička
1934
: 120 (
type
locality:
Mt. Makiling
(the
Philippines
);
holotype
in
NHML
, monotypic);
Jedlička 1940
: 17 (
Allocota
);
Jedlička 1963
: 305 (
Allocota
);
Kirschenhofer 1996
: 763 (
Allocota
);
Shi
et al.
2013
: 41.
Material examined.
Holotype
of
Lachnoderma andrewesi
Jedlička
(
NHML
), a female, "
Mt. Makiling
/ Luzon, Baker"; "
Type
" [round label with red frame]; "
TYPUS
" [red label]; "
Lachnoderma
/
andrewesi
/
type
sp. n. /
Det.
ING. JEDLIČKA";
H.E. Andrewes Coll.
/
B.M.
1945-97
". (
Figs. 8
,
20
)
;
1 female
(
IZAS
), "
Kabanglasan
,
Bukidnon
,
Mindanao
, the
Philippines
,
January 2016
, indigenous collectors".
Diagnosis.
Body length 8.0–
8.6 mm
; body form weakly convex. Head and pronotum reddish brown, pronotum without pattern; elytra metallic blue, with a pair of large red spots behind middle: spots about one third as the elytra in length, occupying intervals
1–6 in
width, spots conjoint at the elytral suture, forming a cordiform patch. Tergum and sternum VII uniformly dark. Pronotal hind angles sharp and acute; long and dense setae present near front angels, short and sparse setae along the full length of lateral margins (
Fig. 50
). Elytral third interval with four or five setigerous pores; the fifth with two or three ones near base.
P. andrewesi
can be readily distinguished from all the other members of
Physodera
by the presence of red spots on elytra, except for
P. bacchusi
. These two species are different in: (1) head and pronotum reddish brown, and elytra metallic blue in
P. andrewesi
; head and pronotum dark brown, and elytra dark metallic green in
P. bacchusi
. (2) elytral spots larger in
P. andrewesi
, about one third as the elytra in length, occupying intervals
1–6 in
width, conjoint at elytral suture; in
P. bacchusi
, spots about one seventh as the elytra in length, occupying intervals
2–4 in
width, not conjoint at elytral suture. (3)
P. andrewesi
smaller in size, body length 8.0–
8.6mm
;
P. bacchusi
larger, 11.0–
11.5 mm
. (4)
P. andrewesi
with pronotum narrower, PW/PL about 1.7;
P. bacchusi
with pronotum wider, PW/ PL about 1.9–2.1. (5) pronotum relative small in
P. bacchusi
, elytral length about 4.5 times as the pronotal length; in
P. andrewesi
such proportion about 3.4. (6)
P. bacchusi
with a series of fine setae along elytral seventh interval;
P. andrewesi
without setae on the seventh interval.
Female genitalia.
Not studied.
Distribution.
Only known from the
Philippines
(Luzon and Mindanao). (
Fig. 66
)