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,
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leg. (
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, Weibao Mts. (= Weibaoshan), 25°
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, 100°
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a.s.l.,
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, V. Kubáň leg. (
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA3FFCDFF6CFDB0FE88CB3C" bold="true" box="[151,267,611,635]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Medium-sized (length
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), blackish with yellowish to orange legs and antennae (antennal club orange-brown), and relatively short golden pubescence. General appearance (
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<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA3FFCDFEFEFD77FED0CBFB" box="[261,339,676,700]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
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) similar to
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA3FFCDFE2BFD77FDDCCBFC" box="[464,607,676,699]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">M. atrovirens</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD40BA0FFA3FFCDFD9DFD77FD74CBFB" author="JELINEK J." box="[614,759,676,700]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13" pagination="289 - 300" refId="ref6529" refString="JELINEK J. 1982: New palaearctic species of the genus Meligethes (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 79: 289 - 300." type="journal article" year="1982">Jelínek, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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, but with pronotal surface slightly more convex, with deeper and coarser pronotal punctures, and regularly arcuately emarginate anterior margin of clypeus. Metasternum in male with a subtriangular and barely distinct impression; last ventral sternum in male with a raised and shining tubercle in the middle of posterior edge. Front tibiae as in
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. Male genitalia as in
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||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA3FFCDFCDCFCF7FC22CA7B" box="[807,929,804,828]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio & Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Figs. 11-12</figureCitation>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA3FFCCFF6CFC90FED5CBD0" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="2" pageNumber="13" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA3FFCDFF6CFC90FC44CADB" blockId="2.[151,1127,611,1596]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">
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||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA3FFCDFF6CFC90FEA2CA1C" bold="true" box="[151,289,835,859]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA3FFCDFE9DFC97FE45CA1B" box="[358,454,836,860]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
. Length
|
||
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA3FFCDFDD8FC97FD05CA1C" box="[547,646,836,860]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.56" pageId="2" pageNumber="13" unit="mm" value="2.56">2.56 mm</quantity>
|
||
; breadth (at widest point of elytra)
|
||
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA3FFCDFBFAFC97FBE0CA1C" box="[1025,1123,836,860]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.35" pageId="2" pageNumber="13" unit="mm" value="1.35">1.35 mm</quantity>
|
||
. Moderately elongate and convex (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA3FFCDFDF6FCB7FDE3CA3B" box="[525,608,868,892]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
); blackish, with short golden pubescence. Legs yellowish to orange. Antennae yellowish to orange, with slightly darker club.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA3FFCDFF4DFC77FBCECD7B" blockId="2.[151,1127,611,1596]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">
|
||
Head with dorsal punctures slightly larger than eye facets, rather strongly impressed, separated by less than one diameter, surface between them smooth; front margin of clypeus completely and distinctly bordered, widely arcuately emarginate with obtusely pointed lateral angles. Fronto-geneal furrows distinct and complete. Antennae of normal size for group (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA3FFCDFBC7FBD7FF36CD7B" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
), third antennomere slender, slightly shorter than second; antennal club medium-sized.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA3FFCDFF4DFB97FF6FCD9B" blockId="2.[151,1127,611,1596]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">
|
||
Pronotum 1.70 times as wide as long, broadest at posterior fourth (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA3FFCDFC61FB97FC6ECD1B" box="[922,1005,1092,1116]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
), narrowed anteriorly; sides narrowly bordered, not explanate; with posterior angles obtuse but distinct. Base slightly sinuate near scutellum; punctures markedly larger, coarser, and deeper than on head, separated from each other by nearly half a diameter, surface between them smooth and shining.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA3FFCDFF4DFB37FDD1CC3B" blockId="2.[151,1127,611,1596]" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Scutellum medium-sized, densely punctate throughout; surface between punctures with faint trace of microreticulation. Elytra 1.12 times as long as wide, broadest at basal second fifth, scarcely wider than pronotum (1.10 times); humeri feebly raised, humeral striae indistinct; elytral punctures distinctly finer and shallower than on pronotum, surface between them smooth, without microscopic reticulation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA3FFCCFF4DFA57FE15C870" blockId="2.[151,1127,611,1596]" lastBlockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="2" pageNumber="13">Ventral surface black with fine short pubescence. Prosternal antennal furrows strongly impressed. Prosternal process rather long and sub-parallel, nearly as wide as antennal club, with slightly wider and obtusely rounded apex; punctures similar to those on head, surface between them rather shining. Mesosternum with hind margin straight. Metasternum rather flat, without tubercles, with a wide but shallow and indistinct subtriangular impression on posterior half; punctures and the spaces between as on frons, but sparser. Caudal marginal line of hind coxal cavity following closely to posterior edge of cavity and turning back prior to outer end. Last visible abdominal sternite with distinctly raised and shining tubercle in middle of posterior margin.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF6BFE93FEC1C8F0" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
|
||
Front tibiae (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA2FFCCFEECFEECFEE7C810" box="[279,356,319,343]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="7.[113,153,842,861]" captionTargetBox="[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetId="figure-270@7.[136,1065,220,810]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs. 20-23. Right front tibiae of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 20 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 21 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 22 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 23 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui (23). Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174110" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174110/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
|
||
) similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFE21FE93FDEBC810" authorityName="Jelinek" authorityYear="1982" box="[474,616,320,343]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrovirens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFE21FE93FDEBC810" box="[474,616,320,343]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. atrovirens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with outer edges finely crenulate from basal third, with a subapical group of 2-3 larger and sharper teeth; front tarsi as wide as antennal club; hind tibiae moderately narrow, with inner edges regularly arcuate, not sinuate (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA2FFCCFC1EFEACFBB7C8D0" box="[997,1076,383,407]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="8.[151,190,1514,1533]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetId="figure-11@8.[151,1126,232,1484]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figs. 24-27. Body outlines of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 24 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 25 – M. abditus sp. nov., J holotype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen; 26 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J holotype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts.; 27 – M. bocaki sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Luo Shui. Scale bar = 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174112" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174112/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
|
||
); tarsal claws simple.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF6BFE6CFBA3C8B0" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
|
||
Genitalia. Tegmen (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA2FFCCFE9FFE6CFE32C890" box="[356,433,447,471]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio & Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
|
||
) with characteristic Y-shaped median excision deep and narrow; aedeagus elongate (
|
||
<figureCitation id="137E6AD4FFA2FFCCFE82FE0CFE44C8B0" box="[377,455,479,503]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="4.[151,190,1524,1543]" captionTargetBox="[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetId="figure-11@4.[189,1088,218,1495]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figs. 1-12. Tegmen and aedeagus (dorsal aspect) of Meligethes Stephens, 1830. 1-2 – M. difficiloides sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. 3-4 – M. dieckmanni Audisio & Jelínek, 1984, J from Turkey, Kars province, Göle. 5-6 – M. difficilis (Heer, 1841), J from Italy, Rome. 7-8 – M. atrovirens Jelínek, 1982, J from Turkey, Giresun province, Kümbet. 9-10 – M. abditus sp. nov., J paratype from Beijing principality, Xiaolongmen. 11-12 – M. chlorocupreus sp. nov., J paratype from Yunnan, Weibao Mts. Scale bar = 0.20 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5174106" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5174106/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
|
||
), narrowed from distal fifth, with apex broadly rounded.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF6BFE2CFED9CB50" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" box="[144,346,511,535]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF8AFDCCFED5CBD0" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFDCCFF6CCB70" bold="true" box="[113,239,543,567]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Variability.</emphasis>
|
||
Length
|
||
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA2FFCCFEB3FDCCFE61CB70" box="[328,482,543,567]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.38" metricValueMax="2.56" metricValueMin="2.2" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" unit="mm" value="2.38" valueMax="2.56" valueMin="2.2">2.20-2.56 mm</quantity>
|
||
. Teeth on outer edges of front tibiae are slightly variable, but those of the male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA2FFCCFEA7FD93FE34CB1F" box="[348,439,576,600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
exhibit the same pattern as the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA2FFCCFCF5FDECFCEDCB10" box="[782,878,575,599]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA2FFCCFC51FD93FB86CB1F" box="[938,1029,576,600]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingRegion id="4981B8B3FFA2FFCCFF8AFDB3FF41CB30" box="[113,194,608,631]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
|
||
exhibits a greenish-violet metallic lustre on dorsum (only dark green reflections were seen in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54FEC8F3FFA2FFCCFF12FDACFEC8CBD0" box="[233,331,639,663]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA2FFCCFF8AFD4CFD89CD70" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF8AFD4CFD89CD70" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFD4CFEE9CBF0" bold="true" box="[113,362,671,695]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFE89FD4CFD07CBF0" authority="Audisio & Jelínek & Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio & Jelínek & Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[370,644,671,695]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chlorocupreus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFE89FD4CFD07CBF0" box="[370,644,671,695]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Meligethes chlorocupreus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA2FFCCFD77FD73FD5CCBF0" box="[652,735,672,695]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is probably closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFBDFFD73FF5FCB90" authorityName="Jelinek" authorityYear="1982" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrovirens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFBDFFD73FF5FCB90" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. atrovirens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35236C1FFA2FFCCFE79FD6CFE4DCB90" box="[386,462,703,727]" name="Turkey" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Turkey</collectingCountry>
|
||
and Caucasus region (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD40BA0FFA2FFCCFD3FFD6CFCD2CB90" author="JELINEK J." box="[708,849,703,727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" pagination="289 - 300" refId="ref6529" refString="JELINEK J. 1982: New palaearctic species of the genus Meligethes (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 79: 289 - 300." type="journal article" year="1982">JELÍNEK 1982</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD40BA0FFA2FFCCFCA5FD13FC73CB90" author="AUDISIO P." box="[862,1008,703,728]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" refId="ref6454" refString="AUDISIO P. 1993: Coleotteri Nitidulidae-Kateretidae. Fauna d'Italia, XXXII. Calderini, Bologna, 971 pp." type="book" year="1993">AUDISIO 1993</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), but is distinguishable by the shape of male genitalia, deep pronotal punctures (resembling
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFC1EFD33FEBBCA50" authority="Brisout, 1882" authorityName="Brisout" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="buyssoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFC1EFD33FF1ECA50" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. buyssoni</emphasis>
|
||
Brisout, 1882
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Europe), regularly arcuate emarginate anterior margin of clypeus, and last ventral sternite in male with a distinctly raised and shining tubercle in the middle of posterior margin. We have studied female specimens from the same regions of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35236C1FFA2FFCCFC35FCECFB8ECA10" box="[974,1037,831,855]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
of a second new species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFE69FCB3FD8DCA30" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[402,526,863,887]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFE69FCB3FD8DCA30" box="[402,526,863,887]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. difficilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-group. These specimens exhibit a strong dark green metallic reflection, and are apparently related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFD73FC53FC9ACAD0" authorityName="Jelinek" authorityYear="1982" box="[648,793,896,919]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrovirens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFD73FC53FC9ACAD0" box="[648,793,896,919]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. atrovirens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(likely being more closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFF27FC73FE5ECAF0" authority="Easton, 1968" authorityName="Easton" authorityYear="1968" box="[220,477,927,951]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tilmani">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF27FC73FEC8CAF0" box="[220,331,927,951]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. tilmani</emphasis>
|
||
Easton, 1968
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the Himalaya). Description of this new species will be completed once male specimens become available. However, this new species is distinct from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFF51FC33FEE0CAB0" authority="Audisio & Jelínek & Cooter, 2005" authorityName="Audisio & Jelínek & Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[170,355,991,1015]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chlorocupreus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF51FC33FEE0CAB0" box="[170,355,991,1015]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. chlorocupreus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2021738FFA2FFCCFE92FC33FE39CAB0" box="[361,442,992,1015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
by its smaller size, markedly finer and shallower dorsal punctures, less convex body, more strongly incised anterior margin of clypeus, and smaller subapical teeth on outer edge of front tibiae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA2FFCCFF8AFBECFD3BCC70" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF8AFBECFEBBCDDF" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFBECFF72CD10" bold="true" box="[113,241,1087,1111]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Specific epithet
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFE64FBECFDB5CD10" authorityName="Audisio & Jelínek & Cooter" authorityYear="2005" box="[415,566,1087,1111]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chlorocupreus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFE64FBECFDB5CD10" box="[415,566,1087,1111]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">chlorocupreus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(= showing green and cupric reflections, in Latin) refers to its characteristic dark green dorsal colour, which is shared by few species within the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFF8AFB53FF6FCDD0" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[113,236,1151,1175]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFB53FF6FCDD0" box="[113,236,1151,1175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. difficilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF8AFB4CFD3BCC70" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
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<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFB4CFF5FCDF0" bold="true" box="[113,220,1183,1207]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Bionomy.</emphasis>
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The biology of this species is not definitively understood, however it is likely associated with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFEE6FB6CFE10CD90" box="[285,403,1215,1239]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lamiaceae</taxonomicName>
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||
, possibly
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFE04FB13FDD5CD90" box="[511,598,1216,1239]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Lamium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFE04FB13FDD5CD90" box="[511,598,1216,1239]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Lamium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or related genera, because the closely related
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFF8AFB33FE83CDB0" authorityName="Jelinek" authorityYear="1982" box="[113,256,1248,1271]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrovirens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFB33FE83CDB0" box="[113,256,1248,1271]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. atrovirens</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and several other species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C450DD2FFA2FFCCFDA6FB33FD5BCDB0" baseAuthorityName="Heer" baseAuthorityYear="1841" box="[605,728,1247,1271]" class="Insecta" family="Nitidulidae" genus="Meligethes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFDA6FB33FD5BCDB0" box="[605,728,1247,1271]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">M. difficilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-group are known from these host plants (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD40BA0FFA2FFCCFF45FB2CFED2CC50" author="AUDISIO P." box="[190,337,1279,1303]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" refId="ref6454" refString="AUDISIO P. 1993: Coleotteri Nitidulidae-Kateretidae. Fauna d'Italia, XXXII. Calderini, Bologna, 971 pp." type="book" year="1993">AUDISIO 1993</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Specimens were collected from late June to July by sweeping in montane mixed forests from
|
||
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA2FFCCFE8EFACCFE46CC70" box="[373,453,1311,1335]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="2800.0">2800 m</quantity>
|
||
to nearly
|
||
<quantity id="4CBDDBB4FFA2FFCCFDCBFACCFD02CC70" box="[560,641,1311,1335]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="3500.0">3500 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C35F25DAFFA2FFCCFF8AFAECFC7ACC10" box="[113,1017,1343,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BFA7651FFA2FFCCFF8AFAECFC7ACC10" blockId="3.[113,1089,223,1367]" box="[113,1017,1343,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">
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||
<emphasis id="B931AA43FFA2FFCCFF8AFAECFE81CC10" bold="true" box="[113,258,1343,1367]" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known to occur in southern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35236C1FFA2FFCCFDCCFAECFDF5CC10" box="[567,630,1343,1367]" name="China" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
(from
|
||
<collectingRegion id="4981B8B3FFA2FFCCFD44FA93FC93CC10" box="[703,784,1344,1367]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
|
||
to southern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="4981B8B3FFA2FFCCFC68FAECFC6ECC10" box="[915,1005,1343,1367]" country="China" name="Sichuan" pageId="3" pageNumber="14">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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