A review of Gnathoncus of Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Saprininae)
Author
Lackner, Tomáš
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
2020-06-19
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Gnathoncus rotundatus
(Kugelann, 1792)
(
Figs 3
,
35–42
,
53
)
Gnathoncus rotundatus
: MΑƵUR (2011): 176 (catalogue); LΑർΚΝΕR et al. (2015): 114 (catalogue); LΑർΚΝΕR +| LΕඌർΗΕΝ (2017): 33, figs 90–110, 754 (mentioned).
Notes.
Complete synonymy and references of this species are given by LΑർΚΝΕR (2010: 118) and the reader is referred to them there. For the sake of completeness we list the references of all works containing
G. rotundatus
since 2010 above.
This species has been very thoroughly redescribed and figured in detail by ÔΗΑRΑ (1994: 220) and the reader is referred to the redescription there. For the sake of better recognition of this species among others spread in Southeast Asia, the habitus (
Fig. 3
) as well as pygidium (
Fig. 53
) and male genitalia (
Figs 35–42
) are reproduced herein. The differential diagnosis of this species is also provided.
Differential diagnosis.
Gnathoncus rotundatus
differs from
G. semimarginatus
in the complete marginal pronotal stria; from
G. vietnamicus
in the absence of longer apical fragment of the sutural elytral stria, and from
G. sechuanus
in the absence of strong alutaceous microsculpture of the elytra. From the most similar
G. brevisternus
it differs in much smaller, inconspicuous prosternal fovea and narrower prosternum, as well as in different structure of the aedeagus (compare
Figs 41 and 23
). From
G. nannetensis
it differs in oval-shaped pygidial punctures, differently-shaped male VIII sternite and tergite (compare
Figs 25–27 and 35–37
) and in reddish-brown legs.
Biology.
A typical synanthrope found mostly in anthropogenic settings, but collected also on carrion, bird nests, excrements, decaying vegetable matter, birch sap, occasionally even in anthills (KRΥƵΗΑΝοඏඌΚιΙ +| RΕιർΗΑRƉτ 1976).
Distribution.
Holarctic Region,
Republic of South Africa
,
Chile
, Saint Paul Island (MΑƵUR 2011). From SEAsia reported from
Taiwan
and
China
:
Gansu
(LΑർΚΝΕR et al. 2015).