Motuotrichius yangi, a new genus and species from southeastern Tibet, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini)
Author
Huang, Hao
Author
Chen, Chang-Chin
text
Zootaxa
2016
4205
4
365
372
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.5
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1175-5326
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Motuotrichius
Huang & Chen
,
new genus
Type species.
Motuotrichius yangi
Huang & Chen
,
new species
—here designated.
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from the
type
locality of the
type
species, combined with the
type
genus of the tribe,
Trichius
Fabricius, 1775
. The name is masculine in gender.
Generic description.
Smaller and slender species with body length (including head) usually under
1.5 cm
. Clypeal apex bisinuate-lobate, not raised. Antennal lamellae shorter and without impression on proximal side of first lamella, not sexually dimorphic. Pronotum with widest point before base, with basolateral corner distinctly deflexed into a distinct angle. Pronotum, nearly glabrous without using magnification, without transverse depression near posterior margin (not counting the marginal sculpture). Basolateral corner of pronotum distinctly deflexed. Pronotum with sparse, subappressed setae around lateral margins. Scutellum wider than long. Elytral disc deplanate, with indistinct strial-interstrial pattern (a character defined by
Krikken, 2009
). Elytra glabrous, with symmetric pattern of yellow patches on darker green background, or unmarked uniform dark green. Apicosutural elytral angle rounded off. Pygidium distinctly transverse, sparsely clad with erect, fine setae. Mesometasternal protrusion absent, mesocoxae subcontiguous. Tarsomeres without apico-internal tuft of setae. Protibia with 1 external denticle and 1 apical tooth, without proximal serration. Apico-internal spur of protibia present, movable. Protarsomere 1 about as long as protarsomere 2, not dilated. Mesotibiae and metatibiae straight. Mesotibia with an internal tooth. Mesotibial apex not extended beyond apex as a drawn-out lobe (a character defined by
Krikken 2009
). Mesotibial spurs present. Metatibia with a bulge on inner margin. Metatibial spurs elongate-acuminate in both sexes.