Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) Author Kazantsev, Sergey V. text Zootaxa 2004 493 1 32 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.157515 58ca1060-9e4b-48d9-84c4-6cabcf4af78b 1175­5326 157515 Mesolycus hubeicus sp. nov. ( Figs. 42–43 ) Description Male. Black. Pronotum, scutellum and elytra dark red. Head slightly convex and feebly grooved behind antennal prominence. Eyes relatively small (interocular distance about 4 times as long as the radius). Ultimate joint of maxillary palpi parallel­sided and about 2 times longer than palpomere 3 . Antennae slightly reaching over elytral two thirds, with antennomere 3 and following antennomeres subequal in length to each other and about 1.3 times longer than scape. Pronotum slightly transverse, 1.1 times wider than long, trapezoidal, with conspicuous median carina in anterior half; hind angles acuminate and produced latero­posteriorly. Scutellum square, almost parallel­sided, slightly rounded and feebly emarginate at apex. Elytra long, 3.25 times longer than wide humerally, slightly widening posteriorly, not dehiscent. Dense pubescence short and decumbent. Metatrochanters with blunt posterior angles. Aedeagus with relatively small hood of the median lobe ( Figs. 42–43 ). Length: 9.0 mm. Width (humerally): 2.2 mm . Female. Unknown.
Type material
Holotype male: China: W Hubei, Dashennongjia Mts., 2000 m, 31.5ºN 110.3ºE, 21–
24.VI.2001, O.Safranek leg. (ICM).
Diagnosis Mesolycus hubeicus sp. nov. belongs in the atrorufus group of species, being close to M. tibetanus , from which it differs by the structures of the inner sac ( Figs. 42–43 ). Etymology Named after the province in Central China , where the species is distributed.