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Bartolozzi &amp; Wan
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male,
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, Xizang (Tibet), Fa­Mu­Dui, Linzhi,
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, local collectors (from G. Pross); allotype female, same data as
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.
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(collection number 12410) and allotype (collection number 12411) deposited in the Museo di Storia Naturale dellUniversità di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola”; 2
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,
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) in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing; 9
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(
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,
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) in Gerhard Pross collection (Esslingen,
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); 11
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(
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,
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) in the first authors collection (Firenze,
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).
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description.
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Body length (including mandibles):
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; mandible length:
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; maximum width of head:
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; maximum width of pronotum (at lateral angles):
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; elytral length:
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; maximum width of elytra:
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.
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Body elongate, almost parallel­sided, moderately convex (
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); colour dark brown or blackish­brown with bronze lustre; opaque on head, elytra and pronotum shinier. Head (
<figureCitation id="1303B8EC886E753DF55017956A2B7090" box="[273,344,721,747]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 7" captionStartId="2.[264,382,1493,1517]" captionTargetBox="[299,1260,356,1492]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[284,1303,329,1494]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 7. Prismognathus prossi n. sp.: 1 — male, dorsal view (length 32.3 mm); 2 — male head, dorsal view; 3 — male head, lateral view; 4 — aedeagus, ventral view; 5 — aedeagus, lateral view; 6 — female, dorsal view (length 22.0 mm); 7 — female genitalia. Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AG, accessory gland; BP, basal piece; HS, hemisternite; MO, median oviduct; PA, paramere; PE, penis; PES, permanently everted sac; S, spermatheca; SG, spermathecal gland; ST, strut." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273379/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
) transverse, narrower at base than at front; anterior margin concave; clypeus small and truncate; canthi pointed, projecting outwards, creating with anterior angles a subrectangular, laminar expansion (
<figureCitation id="1303B8EC886E753DF68D166568217140" box="[716,850,801,827]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 7" captionStartId="2.[264,382,1493,1517]" captionTargetBox="[299,1260,356,1492]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[284,1303,329,1494]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 7. Prismognathus prossi n. sp.: 1 — male, dorsal view (length 32.3 mm); 2 — male head, dorsal view; 3 — male head, lateral view; 4 — aedeagus, ventral view; 5 — aedeagus, lateral view; 6 — female, dorsal view (length 22.0 mm); 7 — female genitalia. Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AG, accessory gland; BP, basal piece; HS, hemisternite; MO, median oviduct; PA, paramere; PE, penis; PES, permanently everted sac; S, spermatheca; SG, spermathecal gland; ST, strut." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273379/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Figs. 2, 3</figureCitation>
), outer margin straight. Eyes large, prominent; margin of head behind eyes about as long as eye diameter, slightly convex, subcarinate. Mandibles slightly longer than head, almost straight, curved upwards at apex in lateral view, apex sharply pointed; inner edge serrate with a series of small teeth, teeth subequal in size; dorsal surface with inward pointing carina ending in a sharp upturned tooth, tooth together with acute apex of mandible forming a bifurcate apex; inner side of mandibles concave between dorsal and internal ridges; outer side convex; mandibular surface finely rugose. Mentum transverse, trapezoidal, flat or slightly concave, opaque.
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<paragraph id="8B87A469886E753DF579111A6F6E768B" blockId="1.[264,1323,284,1899]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Pronotum transverse, about as long as head; anterior margin convex at middle; lateral margins convex expanding to widest point behind middle, then turning inwards, slightly concave to posterior corners; lateral angles large and obtuse, posterior angles rounded, base slightly bisinuate; surface shiny on disc, more opaque at sides.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886E753DF57911B96A8F771C" blockId="1.[264,1323,284,1899]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Scutellum small, semicircular. Elytra almost parallel­sided, longer than head, mandibles and prothorax together; humeri rounded; surface shiny on disc, more opaque laterally and at apex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886E753DF57910306A867406" blockId="1.[264,1323,284,1899]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Legs slender, with strong claws. Protibiae shorter than femora, almost straight, bifurcate apically, apex curved downwards, lateral margin serrate with 34 stronger teeth, a ventral tooth at apex near insertion of tarsus; anterior spur curved. Mesotibiae straight, with sharp lateral spine preceded by a minute one, mesotibial apex terminating in 3 acute processes. Metatibiae straight, with a minute lateral spine; apical processes less developed than on mesotibiae. Mesotibiae and metatibiae with 2 asymmetrical spurs at apex, larger spur curved distally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886E753DF57913CE6ADA74B7" blockId="1.[264,1323,284,1899]" pageId="1" pageNumber="62">Venter surface of body opaque; prothorax with sparse, appressed pubescence, setae short, golden.</paragraph>
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Genitalia: parameres subequal in length with basal piece rounded apically; median lobe broad and short, with 2 membranous lobes; permanently everted internal sac long, slender; basal piece with long and strong internal struts, articulating on proximal end of median lobe (
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).
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886D753EF54910916AC67796" bold="true" box="[264,437,1493,1517]" pageId="2" pageNumber="63">FIGURES 17.</emphasis>
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: 1 — male, dorsal view (length 32.3 mm); 2 — male head, dorsal view; 3 — male head, lateral view; 4 — aedeagus, ventral view; 5 — aedeagus, lateral view; 6 — female, dorsal view (length 22.0 mm); 7 — female genitalia. Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AG, accessory gland; BP, basal piece; HS, hemisternite; MO, median oviduct; PA, paramere; PE, penis; PES, permanently everted sac; S, spermatheca; SG, spermathecal gland; ST, strut.
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Male
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.
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Body length (including mandibles):
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; elytral length:
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; maximum width of elytra: 7.811.0 mm.
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<paragraph id="8B87A469886C753FF57914586AA27385" blockId="3.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Variability. Head transverse in large specimens to subquadrate in small specimens; anterolateral cephalic laminar expansion strong with straight outer margin in large specimens, cephalic laminar expansion less evident with slightly concave outer margin in small specimens; mandibles longer than head in large specimens, subequal in length in small specimens; apical fork stronger and more curved upwards in large specimens than in small specimens.</paragraph>
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Female allotype and
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.
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Body length (including mandibles):
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; mandible length:
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; maximum width of head:
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, maximum width of pronotum (lateral angles):
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; elytral length:
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, maximum width of elytra:
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.
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Body elongate, moderately convex (
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); colour dark brown or blackish­brown, sometimes with bronze lustre. Head quadrate, with fine punctures, anterior margin slightly concave; clypeus small and truncate. Eyes large, prominent, canthi thin, reaching anterior third of eyes; lateral margin of head behind eyes shorter than eye diameter. Mandibles shorter than head, curved, apex simple, sharply pointed; inner margin concave, with a median tooth; dorsal margin with a long and sharp middle tooth directed anterodorsally. Mentum almost semicircular, flat or slightly concave, with fine punctures.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B87A469886C753FF57911986A8977ED" blockId="3.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Legs slender, with strong claws. Protibiae almost straight, forked apically, apex curved downwards, lateral margin serrate, with 46 teeth, anterior spur curved. Mesotibiae straight, with sharp lateral spine, mesotibial apex terminating with 3 acute processes, 2 asymmetrical spurs present at inner side of apex. Metatibiae similar to mesotibiae, but lateral spine smaller.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886C753FF57910E06ADA779D" blockId="3.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Ventral surface of body opaque; prothorax with sparse, flattened pubescence; setae short, golden.</paragraph>
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Genitalia: hemisternites without styli, setose; spermatheca large and rounded, pigmented (
<figureCitation id="1303B8EC886C753FF5D513586AAF744D" box="[404,476,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 7" captionStartId="2.[264,382,1493,1517]" captionTargetBox="[299,1260,356,1492]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[284,1303,329,1494]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 7. Prismognathus prossi n. sp.: 1 — male, dorsal view (length 32.3 mm); 2 — male head, dorsal view; 3 — male head, lateral view; 4 — aedeagus, ventral view; 5 — aedeagus, lateral view; 6 — female, dorsal view (length 22.0 mm); 7 — female genitalia. Scale bar: 1 mm. Abbreviations: AG, accessory gland; BP, basal piece; HS, hemisternite; MO, median oviduct; PA, paramere; PE, penis; PES, permanently everted sac; S, spermatheca; SG, spermathecal gland; ST, strut." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273379/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C322F7E2886C753FF579130068AF7425" box="[312,988,1604,1630]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" type="materials_examined">
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886C753FF57913006AAE7425" bold="true" box="[312,477,1604,1630]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">
<typeStatus id="54831ACB886C753FF57913006A067425" box="[312,373,1604,1630]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F32FE4F9886C753FF5A51300695E7425" box="[484,557,1604,1630]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">China</collectingCountry>
, Xizang (Tibet), Fa­Mu­Dui, Linzhi.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C322F7E2886C753FF5791328689274D5" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B87A469886C753FF5791328689274D5" blockId="3.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886C753FF57913286AB774FD" bold="true" box="[312,452,1644,1670]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is dedicated to Mr. Gerhard Pross (Esslingen,
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), who kindly sent to us his Chinese lucanid collection for study.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C322F7E2886C7538F57913F8699973D5" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="3" pageNumber="64" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886C753FF57913F86AC274AD" bold="true" box="[312,433,1724,1750]" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Remarks.</emphasis>
This new species can be easily distinguished from all other species of the genus by the peculiar shape of canthus and anterior angle of the head, creating together a subrectangular laminar expansion, unique among all the
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886C753FF7F512486F15755E" box="[948,1126,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="64">Prismognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886B7538F5791458699973D5" blockId="4.[264,1324,284,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">
We have had the opportunity of studying the
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specimens of other Chinese species of
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F56D14006AAE7326" box="[300,477,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F615140069A17326" box="[596,722,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. sinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F69C140068F87325" author="Bomans" box="[733,907,324,350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Bomans, H. E. (1989) Inventaire d'une collection de Lucanides recoltes en Chine continentale, avec descriptions d'especes nouvelles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Serie), 6 (1), 3 - 23." type="journal article" year="1989">Bomans, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F78D14006F027326" box="[972,1137,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. klapperichi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F03C14006E597325" author="Bomans" box="[1149,1322,324,350]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Bomans, H. E. (1989) Inventaire d'une collection de Lucanides recoltes en Chine continentale, avec descriptions d'especes nouvelles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Serie), 6 (1), 3 - 23." type="journal article" year="1989">Bomans, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Fukien, but these species are not similar to the new one in many aspects (
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F0EF14286FAA73FE" box="[1198,1241,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">e. g</emphasis>
., body colour, mandibular shape, canthus form).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C322F7E2886B7538F57914F86FF6773D" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8B87A469886B7538F57914F86A017035" blockId="4.[264,1324,284,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F57914F8684F73AD" ID-CoL="4MHR7" authority="Hope, 1842" authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1842" box="[312,828,444,470]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycephalus">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F57914F869E673AE" box="[312,661,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus platycephalus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F6E714F8684773AD" author="Hope" box="[678,820,444,470]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="68" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Hope, F. W. (1842). Descriptions of some new Coleopterous Insects from the Kasya Hills, near the boundary of Assam. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1841, 83 - 84." type="proceedings paper" year="1842">Hope, 1842</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F73814F86FB673AD" ID-CoL="4MHQY" authority="Boucher, 1996" authorityName="Boucher" authorityYear="1996" box="[889,1221,444,470]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricolor">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F73814F86F7C73AE" box="[889,1039,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. nigricolor</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F05614F86FB673AD" author="Boucher" box="[1047,1221,444,470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Boucher, S. (1996) Deux especes inedites sino-birmanes des genres Prismognathus Motschulsky et Cladophyllus Houlbert, et mise en synonymie de C. flavus Didier (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Coleopteres, 2 (7), 69 - 78." type="journal article" year="1996">Boucher, 1996</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
are also recorded from
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, but the shape of the head of both species is clearly different from that of
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F51F17486AB7705E" ID-CoL="4MHR8" box="[350,452,524,549]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prossi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F51F17486AB7705E" box="[350,452,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. prossi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27FC500886B7538F58D1748697D705D" box="[460,526,524,550]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, lacking the peculiar laminar expansion of the anterolateral part of the head.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886B7538F5791718691776DD" blockId="4.[264,1324,284,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F5791718685E700D" ID-CoL="4MHQF" authority="Nonfried, 1905" authorityName="Nonfried" authorityYear="1905" box="[312,813,604,630]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="branczicki">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F5791718691E700E" box="[312,621,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus branczicki</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F6361718685E700D" author="Nonfried" box="[631,813,604,630]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Nonfried, A. F. (1905) Neue Lucaniden. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 50, 11 - 13." type="journal article" year="1905">Nonfried, 1905</bibRefCitation>
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was described on a single specimen from Ou­Hou, Southwest
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. The sex of the
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specimen is not indicated in the paper and no illustration is given, but the length of the mandibles (
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on a total size of
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) and their description clearly indicate that Nonfried was studying a male specimen.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F54917B86935716D" author="Mizunuma" box="[264,582,764,790]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Mizunuma, T. &amp; Nagai, S. (1994) The Lucanid beetles of the world. Mushi-sha Iconographic series of Insects, 1. H. Fujita, Tokyo. 338 pp." type="book" year="1994">Mizunuma &amp; Nagai (1994)</bibRefCitation>
gave a photo of the “
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” of
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F79B17B86F03716E" box="[986,1136,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. branczicki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the figured specimen is a female, thus it cannot be the true
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described by Nonfried.
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writes that the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F6F11608683C711E" ID-CoL="4MHQF" box="[688,847,844,869]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="branczicki">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F6F11608683C711E" box="[688,847,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. branczicki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in the Zoological Museum of the Humboldt University in Berlin, but the first author did not find it during his visit to Berlin in
<date id="FF8682A9886B7538F56616D86A9971CD" box="[295,490,924,950]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" value="2001-09">September 2001</date>
. Regardless, Nonfrieds description clearly indicates that
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F0D216D86E5971CE" box="[1171,1322,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. branczicki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F5E7168069AE71A5" ID-CoL="4MHQK" authority="Deyrolle, 1878" authorityName="Deyrolle" authorityYear="1878" box="[422,733,964,990]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="davidis">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F5E71680696F71A6" box="[422,540,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. davidis</emphasis>
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, which is totally different from the new species described here.
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F58316A869A3767E" box="[450,720,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus davidis</emphasis>
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has the maximum width of the head at the anterior angles, which are acute, while
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F638115069F47656" box="[633,647,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P</emphasis>
.
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has the maximum width of the head at the canthi, and the anterior angles are obtuse.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F6B7117868D1762D" author="Benesh" box="[758,930,1084,1110]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Benesh, B. (1943) Descriptions of some new exotic species of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Psyche, 50, 37 - 48." type="journal article" year="1943">Benesh (1943)</bibRefCitation>
identified a female from Sichuan as
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F56C11206ABA7606" box="[301,457,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. branczicki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(incorrectly calling this specimen the allotype), but this identification requires further investigation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B87A469886B7538F57911F06FF6773D" blockId="4.[264,1324,284,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">
In the last few years new taxa of
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F68D11F0680D76B6" box="[716,894,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus</emphasis>
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have been described and illustrated from the northern regions of
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32FE4F9886B7538F6F71198686E768D" box="[694,797,1244,1270]" name="Vietnam" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
, and
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F7A211986FFC768D" author="Boucher" box="[995,1167,1244,1270]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Boucher, S. (1996) Deux especes inedites sino-birmanes des genres Prismognathus Motschulsky et Cladophyllus Houlbert, et mise en synonymie de C. flavus Didier (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Coleopteres, 2 (7), 69 - 78." type="journal article" year="1996">Boucher 1996</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F0DF11986E55768D" author="Ikeda" box="[1182,1318,1244,1270]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Ikeda, H. (1997) Three new species of the genus Prismognathus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Northern Vietnam. Gekkan-Mushi, 318, 28 - 30." type="journal article" year="1997">Ikeda 1997</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F54910406AE47765" author="Nagai" box="[264,407,1284,1310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Nagai, S. (2000) Twelve new species, three new subspecies, two new status and with the check list of the family Lucanidae of Northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia) In: Nose Y. (Ed.), The Insects of Myanmar, collected by Nose's Expedition. Notes on Eurasian Insects, 3. Y. Aoki, Osaka, pp. 74 - 108." type="journal article" year="2000">Nagai 2000</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F5E7104069597765" author="Baba" box="[422,554,1284,1310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Baba, M. (2004) A new species of the genus Prismognathus Motschulsky, 1860 from Northwest India. Gekkan-Mushi, 402, 26 - 8." type="journal article" year="2004">Baba 2004</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F678104069BA7765" author="Nagai" box="[569,713,1284,1310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Nagai, S. (2005) Notes on some SE Asian Stag-beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae), with descriptions of several new taxa (4). Gekkan-Mushi, 414, 32 - 38." type="journal article" year="2005">Nagai 2005</bibRefCitation>
), and from
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(Yunnan) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F06B10406F9C7765" author="Bartolozzi" box="[1066,1263,1284,1310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Bartolozzi, L. (2003) A new species of Prismognathus Motschulsky from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Animma. x, 2, 17 - 21." type="journal article" year="2003">Bartolozzi 2003</bibRefCitation>
), but they all quite differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C38DFEA886B7538F670106869E6773E" ID-CoL="4MHR8" box="[561,661,1324,1349]" class="Insecta" family="Lucanidae" genus="Prismognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prossi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F670106869E6773E" box="[561,661,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">P. prossi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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in the shape of head and mandibles.
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<paragraph id="8B87A469886B7538F57910106AD877C5" blockId="4.[264,1324,284,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">
We believe it useful to update the checklist of species and subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B94C787B886B7538F54910386ACA77EE" box="[264,441,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="65">Prismognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F67C1038686777ED" author="Bartolozzi" box="[573,788,1404,1430]" pageId="4" pageNumber="67" refString="Bartolozzi, L. (2003) A new species of Prismognathus Motschulsky from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Animma. x, 2, 17 - 21." type="journal article" year="2003">Bartolozzi (2003)</bibRefCitation>
, including the taxonomic changes made by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA9D998886B7538F54910E06ADB77C5" author="Nagai" box="[264,424,1444,1470]" pageId="4" pageNumber="68" refString="Nagai, S. (2005) Notes on some SE Asian Stag-beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae), with descriptions of several new taxa (4). Gekkan-Mushi, 414, 32 - 38." type="journal article" year="2005">Nagai (2005)</bibRefCitation>
.
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