Two new species of Cyanopenthe Nikitsky from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae, PentHinae)
Author
Hsiao, Yun
Author
Pollock, Darren A.
Author
Barclay, Maxwell V. L.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
4
578
588
journal article
39238
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.4.8
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Key to the world fauna of the Genus
Cyanopenthe
Nikitsky, 1998
1. Pronotum densely and coarsely punctate; scutellum bronzed or reddish bronzed, triangular, without distinct impression (
Fig. 1
).
Bhutan
and North
India
.....................................................
C. metallica
(
Champion, 1916
)
- Pronotum sparsely and finely punctate; scutellum black, transverse, with rounded apex, with distinct, dark rounded impression in middle........................................................................................... 2
2. Antennomeres III–V slightly more slender, projections of antennomeres VIII–IX longer than that of antennomere X (
Fig. 8
); paraproct shorter, about 1.2X as long as wide (
Fig. 27
).
Thailand
...................
C. thailandica
Nikitsky, 1998
(
Fig. 2
)
- Antennomeres III–V slightly thicker, projections of antennomeres VIII–IX as long as or shorter than that of antennomere X; paraproct longer, about 1.4–1.6X width.
Taiwan
............................................................. 3
3. Elytra and abdomen more rounded (
Fig. 15
), ratio of body width to length 1.0:1.4–1.5; anterolateral margin of pronotum more rounded (
Fig. 13
); aedeagus: lateral margins of apical piece of tegmen slightly convergent distally, median lobe about 1.05X as long as tegmen; ovipositor: proctiger slightly wider in ventral view...............................
C. taiwana
sp. nov.
- Elytra and abdomen more elongated (
Fig. 16
), ratio of body width to length 1.0:1.5–1.6; anterolateral margin of pronotum less rounded (
Fig. 14
); aedeagus: lateral margins of apical piece of tegmen subparallel to slightly divergent distally, median lobe about 1.10X as long as tegmen; ovipositor: proctiger slightly more slender in ventral view................
C. leei
sp. nov.