Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
Author
Kejval, Zbyněk
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2011
2011-12-09
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5329507
0374-1036
5329507
Notoxus suturalifer
Pic, 1932
(
Figs. 40–43
,
88
)
Notoxus suturalifer
Pic, 1932: 16
.
Type
locality.
Northern
Vietnam
, northwest of
Hanoi
, Vietri,
21°18′07′′N
,
105°25′51′′E
.
Type material examined.
SYNTYPE
:
1 ♀
, ‘
Dr
. Nodier Vietri
[h; black frame] //
Anthic.
27. [h] // suturalifer
n sp.
[h] // [plain label]’ (coll.
Pic
,
MNHN
)
.
Additional material examined.
THAILAND
:
CHIANG
MAI PROVINCE:
1 J,
Palong
,
19°55′N
99°06′E
,
750 m
,
26.–28.v.1991
,
V
.
Kubáň
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
1 J,
60 km
W of
Chiang Rai
,
Tha Ton
env.,
28.–30.iv.2003
,
O. Šafránek
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
1 ♀
,
Chiang Mai
,
250 m
,
24.–25.i.1989
,
Trautner
&
Geigenmüller
leg. (
SMNS
)
.
CHUMPHON
PRO- VINCE
:
3 JJ,
Pha To
env.,
9°48′N
98°47′E
,
27.iii.–14.iv.1996
,
K. Majer
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
2 JJ,
1 ♀
, the same data, except:
P. Průdek
leg. (
ZKDC
)
.
MAE HONG SON PROVINCE
:
1 ♀
,
Mae Hong Son
,
Mae Nam
cottage, along
Pai river
,
19°19′59′′N
97°57′13′′E
,
light trap
,
21.xii.1997
,
W. Ullrich
leg. (
NHMB
)
.
LAOS
:
LUANG
PRABANG PROVINCE:
1 J,
Luang Prabang
,
light trap
,
300 m
,
4.–5.vi.1960
,
S. & L. Quate
leg. (
UCRC
).
UDOMXAY
PROVINCE
:
12 JJ
2 ♀♀
,
Muang Pakbeng
env.,
4.–8.v.2003
,
O. Šafránek
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
59 JJ
19 ♀♀
,
Pak Beng
,
19°53′37′′N
101°07′51′′E
,
18.–27.v.2001
,
J. Kolibáč
leg.(
NHMB
,
5 spec.
ZKDC
)
.
VIENTIANE PROVINCE
:
1J,
Vientiane
city,
Mekong
riverside,
17°57′N
102°36′E
,
160 m
,
4.v.2009
,
M. Geiser
leg. (
NHMB
)
;
1 J,
Saisombun
zone,
Phou Khao Khouay National Park
,
Tad Leuk
,
18°23′N
103°04′E
,
150–200 m
,
15.–21.v.2001
,
E. Jendek
&
O. Šauša
leg. (
ZKDC
)
.
MYANMAR
:
SAGAING
DIVISION:
6 JJ
3 ♀♀
,
Alaungdaw Katthapa National Park
,
22°19.113′N
94°28.518′E
, ca.
350 m
, light,
3.–13.v.2003
,
D. Boukal
and
H. Schillhammer
leg. (
NHMW
,
ZKDC
)
;
1J,
Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary
,
23°32′05′′N
95°38′53′′E
, ca.
200 m
, at light,
5.–17.x.1998
,
Schillhammer
leg. (
NHMW
)
.
VIETNAM
: 2 JJ
4 ♀♀
,
Hanoi
,
Red river
bank,
26.ix.1980
,
F. Hieke
leg. (
ZMHB
,
ZSMC
,
ZKDC
)
.
Redescription.
Male
(
Hanoi
, ZKDC). Body length
4.1 mm
. Body reddish, elytra slightly paler, with brown black markings: small paired spot on humeri and narrow, brownish median strip on suture as in
Fig. 88
. Legs and antennae reddish.
Head and pronotum densely punctured. Elytra rather glossy, punctures in basal half somewhat coarser and distinctly sparser than those on pronotum, dot-like, with smooth margins. Body setation mostly moderately long, subdecumbent to decumbent; pronotum with numerous, distinctly longer erect setae; setation of elytra generally somewhat more raised, decumbent in basal half, with numerous, longer suberect setae, especially posteriorly. Antebasal setose band of pronotum widely interrupted dorso-medially.
Head wide, with large eyes; tempora strongly and nearly evenly narrowing posteriad; pronotal disc evenly convex; pronotal horn moderately long, rather robust / wide, with wi- der, distinctly bilobed apical lobule and 4 distinctly spaced lobules laterally on each side; horn crest at most slightly indicated posteriorly, dorsal surface of horn rather evenly vaulted and densely covered by distinct rugules. Elytra conspicuously elongate, 2.2 times as long as wide; humeri distinctly protruding; omoplates and postbasal impression nearly indistinct; elytral apices clearly modified, truncate, apical margin slightly concave, gland opening quite distinct, situated near slightly produced lateral angle. Legs simple. Abdominal sternum VII deeply emarginate postero-medially, its postero-lateral sides with distinct submarginal edge (
Fig. 40
, marked by arrow); tergum VIII forming simple, evenly arched sclerite; aedeagus as figured (
Fig. 42, 43
).
Figs. 40–43.
Notoxus suturalifer
Pic, 1932
(Hanoi)
: 40 – sternum VII; 41 – tergum VIII; 42 – aedeagus in dorsal view; 43 – the same, lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Figs. 40, 41; B – Figs. 42, 43.
Female
.
Externally differing from male by simply rounded elytral apices.
Variation.
Body length (J
♀
)
2.9–4.5 mm
. Rather variable in markings of elytra; darker specimens with additional conspicuous, paired lateral spot at about mid-length, vaguely connected along lateral margins with humeral spot and median strip, which may be (rarely) extended in apical third; elytra in paler specimens nearly unicoloured. Pronotal horn moderately variable in proportions (length, width), with 3–5 lobules laterally on each side, apical lobule may be somewhat asymmetrical or simple, evenly rounded.
Differential diagnosis.
Notoxus suturalifer
differs from the sympatric, externally very similar
N. sodalis
sp. nov.
in the following male characters: postero-lateral sides of male sternum VII with sharp submarginal edges (cf.
Figs. 40
versus
37), parameres of aedeagus with rather pointed simple apex (lacking subapical lateral denticle in dorsal view), narrower in basal half and with distinct process at place of dorsal narrowing in lateral view (cf.
Figs. 42, 43
versus
38, 39).
Distribution.
Vietnam
(
PIC 1932
),
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
.
Remarks.
PIC (1932)
described
Notoxus suturalifer
from an unstated number of specimens from Vietri in northern
Vietnam
. The redescription is based on a male specimen collected in the same region, externally identical with the examined female
syntype
.