A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia Author Marris, John W. M. Author Ślipiński, Adam text Zootaxa 2014 2014-01-13 3754 1 32 58 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.2 f435fbaf-802a-4202-92ff-6d69aa405739 1175-5326 252769 D873973D-A4F5-455F-83DD-4B3E564DB630 Pediacus sinensis Marris & Ślipiński , sp. nov. Figs. 9 A–D. Diagnosis. Recognisable by the combination of the following characters: body with head and disc of pronotum distinctly darker in colouration, eyes small and weakly projecting, ocular denticle present; male genitalia with short, globular parameres. Description. Body length 3.8–4.2 mm (n= 7 ), elongate, 3.04 × longer than wide; colour red-brown, often with basal half of head and disc of pronotum distinctly darker; pubescence long, pale appressed and conspicuous; surface moderately glossy. Head transverse, 1.77 × wider than long; puncturation weakly impressed and sparse medially, increasing in size and density laterally with punctures separated by about their diameter; setae long and appressed, conspicuous; microsculpture absent, surface glossy; eyes small, weakly projecting, ocular index 0.75 , finely faceted, distinct postocular denticle present, often weakly developed; antennae as in Fig. 9 B, antennomere VII larger than VI and VIII. Pronotum transverse, 1.28 × wider than long, widest at about anterior 1 / 3 , sides subparallel; lateral margins explanate and reflexed, anterior and antero-medial denticles small and broadly obtuse, postero-medial and posterior denticles more prominent, narrowly obtuse to acute; disc moderately to weakly impressed; puncturation, setation and microsculpture as for head, impunctate median strip faintly visible in basal 1 / 3 to absent. Elytra elongate, 2.09 × longer than wide, sides subparallel, epipleura weakly explanate; puncturation moderately dense but weakly impressed basally, becoming more dense laterally; setation long, appressed and conspicuous; microsculpture coriaceous. Genitalia for male as in Fig. 9 D, parameres small, globular and strongly narrowed basally; internal sac with faint tooth-like projections basally and a strongly sclerotized apical section. Type material. Holotype ( male ): “ CHINA , YUNNAN prov. 18.6 .– 4.7.1993 HEISHUI = 35km N Lijiang 27 , 13 N; 100, 19 E lgt. S. Becvar // HOLOTYPE Pediacus sinensis Marris & Ślipiński 2013 ”. Specimen on card point with genitalia mounted in DHMF on card below; deposited in NHMB . Paratypes . CHINA: CHINA , YUNNAN prov. 18.6 .– 4.7.1993 HEISHUI = 35km N Lijiang 27 , 13 N; 100, 19 E lgt. S. Becvar ( 7 , NHMB ); CHINA , YUNNAN prov. 1 .– 19.7.1992 HEISHUI 35km N LIJIANG 27 , 13N; 100, 19E lgt. S. Becvar ( 5 , NHMB ); China Yunnan , 1800m LIJIANG 23.6 .– 21.7 . 26.53 N 100.18 E lgt. S. Becvar 1992 ( 2 , NHMB ); CHINA , NW. YUNNAN prov., Baishuitai (San Ba terrasses [ sic ]) 2600m , 4–6 .VI. 2006 S. Murzin & I. Shokhin leg. ( 1 , SMNS ); CHINA-Yunnan 24 .– 29.6 . 50 km N Lijiang, 1993 Yulongshan Nat. Res. E. Jendek & O. Sausa leg. ( 3 , NHMW ); CHINA , Sichuan prov., 50 km W Dayi, Xiling Shan 2300 m , 5 .– 8 .V. 2006 , leg. S. MURZIN & I. SHOKHIN ( 3 , SMNS ); CHINA : Border Shaanxi–Sichuan (Daba Shan), pass 20 km SSE Zhenping, 1700–1800 m , 31 ˚ 44 ' N, 109 ˚ 35 ' E, 12 .VII 2001 , leg. M. Schülke, mixed forest, small creek valley, moss, bark (sifted) [C01-07C] ( 1 , CRS); China Yunnan, 1–19 .VII. HEISHUI 27.13 N 100.19 E 35 km N of Lijiang lgt. S. Becvar 1992 ( 1 , CRS). Distribution. China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi Provinces). Etymology. This species is named for its place of origin, China .