Corresponding author: Guodong Ren (
Academic editor: A. Smith
Two new species of the genus
Liu S, Ren G (2016) Two new species and one newly recorded species of
The tenebrionid genus
Two new species of
The terminology of morphological structures follows that of
Holotype, ♂ (MHBU), labelled “25 July 2007; China, Zhejiang, Longquan County, Mt. Fengyangshan; H. Y. Liu and Z. H. Gao lgt.; the Museum of Hebei University” (white, rectangular, printed, in Chinese); “Holotype;
The new species is characterized by the following: mentum broadly cordate, with several short medial hairs and a pair of semi-circular hairy patches on near lateral margins; antennomere 5–10 sublinearly truncate, with one long groove on each inner side; pronotum with a pair of low protuberances on lateral margins and posterior margin of anterior impression respectively; metatarsomere 1 significantly longer than 4; apicale of aedeagus with a shallow depression on centre at basel 1/3, parallel–sided at apical 2/3 in dorsal view.
Male (Fig.
Female. Unknown.
Body length: 11.0 mm; elytral width at widest point: 4.5 mm.
The species epithet refers to the Mt. Fengyangshan where the species was collected.
The new species is similar to
Habitus, dorsal view.
Holotype, ♂, labelled “19 July 2012; China, Zhejiang, Longquan County, Mt. Fengyangshan; X. Wang and J. Jiao lgt.; the Museum of Hebei University” (white, rectangular, printed, in Chinese). Paratypes, 1♂1♀, labelled as holotype. All types have additional label “Holotype (and Paratype, respectively),
The new species is characterized by the following: clypeus slightly elevated with two small ridges; antennomeres 5 and 7 obviously sharply protruding at inner border; pronotum with a small and shallow anterior impression; protibia broader, with 8–9 sharp large denticulations at apical 2/3 of outer edge; last ventrite with a shallow impression.
Male (Fig.
Female (Fig.
Body length: 12.5–13.0 mm; elytral width at widest point: 4.5 mm.
The species epithet refers to the sharply protruding at inner border of antennomere 5 and 7.
The new species is most similar to
Moreover, five additional species (
Types, 1♂1♀ (MNHN, the Marseul Collection), Nzgzzalli. Others: 1♂1♀ (MHBU), China, Zhejiang, Longquan County, Mt. Fengyangshan, 25 July 2007, H. Y. Liu and Z. H. Gao lgt.; 2♂♂1♀ (NMNS), Fujitani Iga-Ueno, Mie, 3 November 1984, K. Ishida lgt.
Male (Fig.
The Chinese specimens almost conform to the original description by
China: Zhejiang (new record); Japan (
1 | Male protarsomere 3 with a lobed protuberance (fig. 6b, in |
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– | Male protarsus normal, protarsomere 3 without protuberance |
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2 | Male ligula with dense hairs and hairy area wide (fig. 25, in |
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– | Male ligula with several sparse long hairs (Fig. |
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3 | Inner edge of male protibia strongly and rather abruptly emarginate at base; last ventrite of female with a deep apical groove (figs 34–35, in |
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– | Inner edge of male protibia nearly straight at base; last ventrite of female without apical groove (fig. 24, in |
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4 | Male antennomere 5 and 7 obviously sharply protruding at inner border; metasternum very short; hind wings vestigial, narrow and short (Fig. |
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– | Male antennomere 5 and 7 not protruding at inner border |
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5 | Male mentum without hair; antennomere 5–9 sublinearly truncate with several long grooves at each innerside; aedeagus with particular shape, apicale extremely slender (figs 58 and 61–63, in |
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– | Male mentum with a pair of semi-circular hairy patches on external sides; antennomere 5–10 sublinearly truncate with one long groove at each inner side (Figs |
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We are grateful to Dr. Kimio Masumoto (Tokyo, Japan), Dr. Shûhei Nomura of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo, Japan) and Dr. Antoine Mantilleri of Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) for the permission to examine specimens. In addition, we would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Wolfgang Schawaller (Stuttgart, Germany) for the advice about the identification of