A study on the apterous genus Clytomelegena Pic, 1928 (Coleoptera, Disteniidae)
Author
Lin, Meiying
Author
Murzin, Sergey V.
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.216.3769
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.216.3769
1313-2970-216-13
Clytomelegena postaurata Pic
Figs 1-2
Clytomelegena postaurata
Pic, 1928: 11.
Clytomelegena postaurata
;
Villiers 1958
: 267;
Jiang and Wu 1986
: 5.
Remarks.
The unique type specimen deposited in MNHN is a newly emergent individual, which is difficult to compare with other specimens. The testaceous antennae and legs could be its color, or they would become as dark as the specimen from Laos or same to
Murzin's
kabakovi. The elytra are not fully sclerotized, making specific character coding such as maculae unclear but revealing the absence of hind wings without opening the elytra. The last segment of maxillary palp (Fig. 2) and the last visible sternite (Fig. 1b) indicate that it is a female.
Measurement on the holotype: Elytra length: humeral width = ca. 3.5; pronotum length: pronotum maximum width = ca. 1.2; elytra length: prothorax length = ca. 2.7.
The relative length of antennal joints: 17:0.5:18:17:18:18:17:16:15:14:11.
Figures 1-3.
Clytomelegena postaurata
Pic, 1928. 1 Holotype of
Clytomelegena postaurata
Pic, female, from Annam of Vietnam. a dorsal view b ventral view. L. labels 2 showing the shape of last segment of maxillary palp, in dorsal view 3
Clytomelegena
sp., a female from Attapeu Prov. of Laos, similar to
Clytomelegena postaurata
. 1a & 1b scale 2 mm, others not to scale.
Specimens examined.
Holotype (Fig. 1) of
Clytomelegena postaurata
Pic, female, Vietnam, Annam, Dalat (South Vietnam, LamDong Prov.) (MNHN, ex collection M. Pic).
Distribution:
Vietnam (LamDong Prov.).