Taxonomic revision of the genus Parena Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Metallicina)
Author
Shi, Hongliang
0000-0002-9989-5830
shihl@bjfu.edu.cn
Author
Liang, Hongbin
0000-0002-9989-5830
shihl@bjfu.edu.cn
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5286.1.1
journal article
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5.
Parena dorsigera
species group
This species group contains two species distributed throughout
East Asia
, north to
Japan
, south to
Laos
and
Vietnam
, and west to
Nepal
. They are characterized by: dorsum uniformly brown, elytra with indistinct middle paler patch in a few specimens; pronotum nearly quadrate; elytral apices truncate, outer apical angles distinct (
Figs 5G–J
); median lobe of aedeagus stout to very stout (AL/AW 3.5–4.2), apical lamella short, coniform; gonocoxite II of ovipositor rectangular, apex with five to seven ensiform setae, subequally arranged or grouped at angles.