The genus Pectocera Hope, 1842 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Oxynopterinae) in China, with description of two new species and one new record
Author
Liu, Zhen
Author
Jiang, Shi-Hong
text
Journal of Natural History
2021
2021-06-11
55
3 - 4
247
270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1900443
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2021.1900443
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Key to the male species of
Pectocera
Hope
from
China
1. Elytra without macula.............................................................................................................................
1
– Elytra with marmoreal macula.............................................................................................................
3
2. Elytra with obvious striae, interstriae elevated; body smaller, body length
15 mm
.......... .................................................................................................................
P. brevicollis
Candèze, 1878
– Striae almost absent on elytra, but some vestige visible near latero-basal parts; body bigger, body length
22.5–25.1 mm
....................... .......................
P. kobayashii
Kishii, 1996
3. Aedeagus with parameres reaching a little beyond penis; antenna longer, exceeding apex of hind angle of pronotum by four antennomeres
P. sechuana
Schimmel, 2003
– Aedeagus with penis reaching beyond parameres.....................................................................
4
4. Hind angle of pronotum with vestige carina and basal groove aside..................................... ....................................................................................................................
P. kucerai
Schimmel, 2006
– Hind angle without any carina and basal groove aside...........................................................
5
5. Body big, body length
32 mm
; each lateral area on pronotum provided with two depressions, one well marked and situated at one-third from the anterior margin, and the other weaker and situated at one-fourth from the hind margin............................. .................................................................................................................
P. yaeyamana
Suzuki, 1976
– Body smaller, body length less than
30 mm
; no depression on pronotum as above..
6
6. Male antenna shorter, not reaching middle part of elytra.......................................................
7
– Male antenna longer, reaching or beyond middle part of elytra.......................................
11
7. Sternite VII truncate at apex.................................................................................................................
8
– Sternite VII more or less round at apex............................................................................................
9
8. Scutellum straight anteriorly; body brown; pronotum with a broad medio-longitudinal depression.............................................. ..............................................
P. formosanna
Kishii, 1990
– Scutellum strongly emarginate anteriorly; body reddish brown; pronotum without medio-longitudinal depression......................................
P. truncata
Liu and Jiang
sp. nov
.
9. Body smaller, male length
24.3 mm
; body dark brown-black; pronotum with a broad and deep medial furrow....................... .......................
P. attenuator
Liu and Jiang
sp. nov
.
– Body bigger, male length
27.2–27.8 mm
; body reddish brown; pronotum without furrow or with a narrow sulcus medially......................................................................................
10
10. Widest part of body at humeral angle; pronotum trapezoid shape, strongly narrowed anteriorly..........................................................................................
P. fleutiauxi
Schimmel, 1997
– Widest part of body at apical third of elytra; pronotum square shape, indistinctly narrowed anteriorly........................................... ...........................................
P. babai
Kishii, 1990
11. Flabellum of 3rd antennomere about 3 times longer than itself.....................................
12
– Flabellum of 3rd antennomere 5.0–6.0 times longer than itself.......................................
13
12. Apical antennomere with a distinct attenuation; striate on elytra more obvious; pronotum strongly sinuous on anterior edge....... .......
P. tonkinensis
Fleutiaux, 1918
– Apical antennomere without attenuation; striate on elytra less obvious; pronotum straight on anterior edge..........................................................................
P. cantori
Hope, 1842
13. Lateral margins of pronotum curved outwards, hind angle medianly divergent; lateral margin of apico-lateral expansion of paramere straight.............................................................. ...................................................................................................
P. jiangxiana
Kishii et Jiang, 1994
– Lateral margins of pronotum not curved outwards, hind angle strongly divergent; lateral margin of apico-lateral expansion of paramere more or less curved or sinuate...............................................................................................................................................................
14
14. Labrum simply projected medianly; medio-longitudinal canaliculation on frons indistinct and shallower............................................................................................
P. fortune
(
Candeze, 1873
)
– Labrum with anterior crenation conspicuous; medio-longitudinal canaliculation on frons more distinct and deeper..................................................................
P. hige
Kishii, 1993