A review of the genera Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 and Acanthocinus, Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) in Asia, with descriptions of six new species of Leiopus from China
Author
Wallin, Henrik
Author
Kvamme, Torstein
Author
Lin, Meiying
text
Zootaxa
2012
3326
1
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281207
b83bc674-4af4-4915-871e-dfc6ebdc6de0
1175-5326
281207
Description of
Acanthocinus
subgenus
Acanthobatesianus
subgen. nov.
Elytra smooth with at most very weak costae, legs long and slender, antennae 2–
5
x longer than body (shorter in females), femora slender to slightly swollen, ovipositor very short, antennomeres III–V not fimbriate beneath. Pronotum with only 2 anterior, glabrous tubercles. Prosternal process about half as broad as mesosternal process.
Hind
tarsi long and slender (the first segment about 1.5 x longer than segments II and III combined). Male genitalia with very short parameres, not separated along inner margin, tegmen forming a straight line, i.e. not bent in middle, anterior margin of tergite VIII strongly elongated with a pointed (sharp) apex. Sclerites inside internal sac very short and fork-like in shape (but well sclerotized). Last visible abdominal sternite in males deeply notched. Ovipositor and last visible abdominal sternite short in females. Spermatheca very small, with a very short secondary shaft or “proboscis” connected to the head.
Type
species:
Acanthocinus
(
Acanthobatesianus) guttatus
(
Bates, 1873
)
Etymology:
The name
Acanthobatesianus
is a combination of parts of the names
Acanthocinus
and the auctor Bates.