Holotype : China • ♂; Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling; 18.731273°N, 108.873082°E; 17 Mar. 2021; Yuchen Zhao leg; IZGAS. Paratype: • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype.

This species is similar to Intybia erectodentatus (Wittmer, 1982) and Intybia klapperichi (Hicker, 1949) in body shape and colouration. It can be easily recognized by the shape of antennomere 3 (Fig. 1C), whose inner protrusion is pointed apically (blunt in the other two species).

Male. Length 2.0–2.1 mm. Head yellow, with areas behind middle of eyes black on dorsal surface, frons with darker median spot (Fig. 1B); ventral surface with gular area more? or brownish. Mandibles yellow with black apex, maxillary palps and labial palps brownish. Antennae with antennomeres 1–4 yellow, remaining 7 segments brown. Pronotum and elytra black. Legs yellow with basal 4/5 of femora and apex of trochanters dark brown to black. Prosternum dark brown, mesoventrite and metaventrite black; abdominal ventrites dark brown with medial areas of ventrite 2–5 yellow (Fig. 1A, D). Vestiture of short yellowish setae.

Head widest across eyes, nearly as wide as pronotum; dorsal surface flat, covered with dense short setae, clypeus divided into sclerotized postclypeus and membranous anteclypeus; frons weakly depressed, slightly constricted in front of eyes. Eyes relatively large and laterally protruding. Antenna with 11 segments; scape subtriangular, elongated with slightly enlarged apex; antennomere 3 enlarged and suboval, inner edge with inwardly twisted projections; antennomeres 4–11 covered with short white setae. Labrum transverse, dorsal surface convex. Mandibles bidentate apically, slightly blunt, inner margin straight. Maxillary palps with 4 segments, last segment enlarged and obliquely truncated; labial palps 3 with segments, segment 1 very short, segment 3 conical.

Prothorax transverse; pronotum about 0.7 times as long as wide, widest at about basal third, distinctly constricted at base (Fig. 1A); anterior margin rounded and posterior margin nearly straight. Surface covered with short white setae. Prosternum short, protrochantins exposed. Procoxal cavities transverse and nearly contiguous, posteriorly open; procoxae enlarged and distinct protruding. Scutellum transverse with posterior margin slightly rounded.

Elytra about 1.4 times as long as wide, pear-shaped, widest at about anterior third; humeri rounded and slightly elevated. Surface covered with short white setae. Mesoventrite and metaventrite covered with white setae. Mesoventrite short and subtriangular; mesocoxal cavities large, contiguous at middle, laterally open to mesepimeron; mesocoxae subtriangular, apex slightly swollen, distinctly projecting. Metaventrite enlarged; discrimen distinct, not extending to center, lateral areas with punctures; metanepisternum broad, narrowed posteriorly. Metacoxae transverse, subtriangular, sharply narrowed beside trochanter.

Legs (Fig. 1C) slender, femora slightly enlarged at middle, covered with dense short setae; tibiae slender, with denser setae than femora, which is even denser on inner surface of fore tibiae. Tarsal formula 5–5–5; tarsomeres 3 and 4 slightly shorter than tarsomeres 1 and 2; tarsomere 5 longest, with pair of symmetrical small claws and membranous appendages.

Abdomen with 6 freely movable ventrites; ventrite 1 divided by metacoxae; ventrites 2–4 subequal in length and gradually decreasing in width. Ventrites 2–6 covered with white to light yellow setae on both sides, with longer setae on the last 2 ventrites. Tergite VIII (Fig. 2C) with apical margin broadly rounded, covered with sparse setae; sternite VIII (Fig. 2B) weakly connected at middle. Aedeagus (Fig. 2A) slender, narrowly rounded apically; endophallus with longitudinal sclerite about half as long as penis, curved near base, subapical area with numerous spinules.

Figure 2. 

Intybia hainanensis sp. nov., paratype (A–C) and Intybia klapperichi (Hicker, 1949) (D–F) A, F aedeagus, dorsal view B, D sternite VIII C, E tergite VIII.

Female. Unknown.

The species name is derived from the province Hainan, where the type specimens were collected.

Hainan.

Holotype : China • ♂; Fujian, Kwangtseh; 1 Sept. 1937; J. Klapperich leg.; ZFMK-COL-1000188.

China • 2 ♂, 4 ♀; Guangdong, Shaoguan City, Ruyuan, Nanling National Forest Park; 24.88487°N, 113.03585°E; 9 May 2023; Zhenhua Liu, Yuqi Wang and Liye Wei leg.; net sweeping; IZGAS.

It can be distinguished from the other two species within the species group by shape of antennomere 3 (Fig. 3D), with inner protrusion blunt apically and bent toward posterior (inner protrusion pointed apically in Intybia hainanensis and bent toward anterior in Intybia erectodentatus).

Figure 3. 

Intybia klapperichi (Hicker, 1949) A male habitus, dorsal view B male habitus, ventral view C female habitus, dorsal view D male antenna, dorsal view E head, dorsal view F holotype, labels G holotype, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–C, G).

Male. Length 2.0–2.4 mm. Head yellow, with areas behind middle of eyes black on dorsal surface (Fig. 1A, G), frons with median area darker (Fig. 3E); ventral surface with gular area dark brown. Mandibles yellow with black apex; maxillary palps and labial palps dark brown. Antennae with scape and antennomere 3 light yellow, antennomeres 4–11 brown to black (Fig. 3D). Pronotum and elytra black. Legs with coxae, trochanters and femora mostly black; apex of tarsi, middle areas of middle and hind tibiae brownish to dark brown; remaining part of tibiae and tarsi, joints of coxae and trochanters yellow (Fig. 3B). Prosternum, mesoventrite and metaventrite black; abdominal ventrites black with medial areas yellow to orange. Vestiture of dense white setae.

Head widest across eyes, nearly as wide as pronotum; dorsal surface flat, covered with short setae; clypeus divided into sclerotized postclypeus and membranous anteclypeus; frons slightly constricted in front of eyes. Eyes large and laterally protruding. Antenna with 11 segments; scape elongated and subtriangular; antennomere 3 suboval, inner margin with a hammer-shaped projection twisting towards posterior (Fig. 3D); antennomeres 4–11 densely covered with setae. Labrum transverse, anterior margin strongly arched. Maxillary palps with 4 segments, last segment enlarged and obliquely truncate; labial palps with 3 segments, terminal segment conical.

Prothorax transverse; pronotum about 0.7 times as long as wide, widest at about half; margins smooth, without distinct angles; anterior margin evenly arched, posterior margin nearly straight. Surface densely covered with white short setae. Prosternum short, protrochantin exposed. Procoxal cavities transverse and contiguous at middle; procoxae enlarged, subtriangular. Scutellum subtrapezoid, posterior margin nearly truncated.

Elytra about 1.4 times as long as wide, widest at about anterior third, lateral margins slightly curved; humeri slightly elevated. Surface densely covered with white setae, longer than those on pronotum, punctation indistinct. Mesoventrite transverse and subtriangular; mesocoxal cavities contiguous at middle, laterally open to mesepimeron; mesocoxae enlarged and subtriangular, distinctly projecting, trochantins exposed. Metaventrite transverse, slightly swollen, metanepisternum broad at base, narrowed posteriorly. Metacoxae transverse, subtriangular, sharply narrowed beside trochanter.

Legs (Fig. 3B) slender, femora slightly enlarged at middle, covered with dense short setae; tibiae slender, with denser setae than femora, which is even denser on inner surface of fore tibiae. Tarsal formula 5–5–5, terminal tarsomere with pair of symmetrical small claws and membranous appendages.

Abdomen with 6 freely movable ventrites. Ventrites with long setae on the sides, longer setae on ventrites 4–6. Tergite VIII with posterior margin emarginate (Fig. 2E), covered with sparse setae, denser along apical margin; sternite VIII narrowly weakly connected at middle (Fig. 2D). Aedeagus (Fig. 2F) slender, apex narrowly rounded; endophallus with longitudinal sclerite, about half as long as penis; subapical area with numerous spinules.

Female. Similar to male in body shape and colouration (Fig. 3C), but with head entirely black. Antenna with scape only slightly dilated apically; antennomere 3 simple, rectangular. Fore tarsi distinctly longer than those in male.

Fujian, Guangdong.

Intybia eversi species group

Diagnosis. Head, pronotum, scutellum and elytra black, elytra with metallic blue luster (Fig. 4A–C, F). Vestiture of dense short setae. Head with midcranial suture. Pronotum strongly constricted posteriorly, distinctly shorter than elytra at base. Elytra only with dense fine punctures at center, remaining areas nearly smooth. This species group resembles the Intybia lombokana group (Plonski, 2015) in colouration, but can be easily distinguished by the simple vestiture, punctation on the elytra and shape of the pronotum.

Figure 4. 

Intybia eversi (Hicker, 1949) A male habitus, dorsal view B male habitus, ventral view C female habitus, dorsal view D male antenna, dorsal view E holotype, labels F holotype, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–C, F).

Remarks. Tshernyshev (2020) established the subgenus Protolaius for Intybia lombokana (Pic, 1910) and Intybia schillhammeri (Wittmer, 1966) of the Intybia lombokana group, mainly based on the excavate femora in the male, which is absent in Intybia concha.

Included species. Intybia concha Asano, 2015, Intybia eversi (Hicker, 1949).

Distribution. Only known from China (Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Taiwan).

Holotype : China • ♂; Fujian, Kwangtseh; 17 July 1937; J. Klapperich leg.; ZFMK-COL-1000176.

China • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Zhejiang, Shaoxing City, Yuecheng District, Fusheng Town; 29.94070°N, 120.73935°E; 14 July 2020; Yuchen Zhao leg.; net sweeping; IZGAS; • 1 ♂; Hubei, Huanggang City, Macheng Aimenguan; 565 m; 31.3856863°N, 115.3231569°E; Fei Ye and Yuqi Wang leg.; IZGAS • 3 ♀; Guangdong, Shaoguan City, Nanling National Forest Park first peak; 24.91971°N, 112.974713°E; 1541 m; 24 Aug.–28 Sept. 2022; Wenfeng Li and Ruonan Zhang leg.; malaise trap; IZGAS.

This species can be distinguished by its scape with a dark stripe along the inner margin (Fig. 4D), head with a midcranial suture and fine punctations on the elytra. Compared to Intybia concha, antennomere 3 of this species has a smoother edge, presenting a more regular spindle shape, with the outer margin slightly blunter than the inner margin.

Male. Length 2.7–3.2 mm. Head black, with areas between antennal insertions and anteclypeus yellowish; labrum black at base, apical area yellow, maxillary palps with apex of terminal segment dark yellow. Antenna with basal 3 segments yellow, base of scape black, antennomere with dark stripe along anterior edge on dorsal surface; antennomere 4–11 brownish to dark brown (Fig. 4D). Pronotum black, elytra iridescent dark blue with metallic lustre. Legs deep brown to black with tarsi light brown. Ventral side black, with medial areas and posterior margins of abdominal ventrites 2–5 orange, ventrites 2 to 5 extending yellow regions laterally (Fig. 4B). Vestiture of short white setae.

Head widest across eyes, narrower than pronotum; dorsal surface flat, with distinct midcranial suture; frons slightly constricted in front of eyes; clypeus divided into sclerotized postclypeus and membranous anteclypeus. Eyes large and conspicuously prominent. Antenna with 11 segments; scape subtriangular, with apex distinctly dilated; antennomere 3 strongly transverse, with large transverse concavity, inner edge slightly pointed; antennomeres 4–11 covered with dense white short setae. Labrum transverse and large, nearly semicircular, apical margins strongly arched. Maxillary palps with 4 segments with terminal segment dilated and obliquely truncate; labial palps with 3 segments with terminal segments conical.

Pronotum slightly transverse, about 0.8 times as long as wide, widest at about basal third; lateral margins strongly constricted at base, anterior margin curved, posterior margin almost straight (Fig. 4A, F); disc convex dorsally, slightly depressed posteriorly. Surface nearly smooth, without distinct punctuation; densely covered with short setae. Prosternum short, protrochantins exposed. Procoxal cavities strongly transverse, contiguous at middle; procoxae enlarged and ventrally protruding. Scutellum subtrapezoidal, posterior margin truncate; surface covered with sparse short setae.

Elytra about 1.2 times as long as wide, widest at about apical third, ovoid; humeri slightly elevated; surface covered with dense fine punctures at middle, remaining areas nearly smooth, covered with dense short setae. Mesoventrite elongated; mesocoxal cavities contiguous at middle, laterally open to mesepimeron; Mesocoxae large and triangular, ventrally protruding. Metaventrite slightly swollen, with short discrimen; metacoxae transverse, subtriangular, sharply narrowed beside trochanters.

Legs slender, femora slightly swollen, covered with white short setae; tibiae slender, with denser setae than femora, which is even denser on inner surface of fore tibiae. Tarsal formula 5–5–5, front tarsi distinctly shorter; terminal tarsomere with pair of symmetrical small claws and membranous appendages underneath.

Abdomen with 6 freely movable ventrites; ventrites 1–4 subequal in length, longer than apical 2 segments, ventrites 4–6 gradually narrowed to apex. Tergite VIII (Fig. 5C) subtrapezoid, with pair of moderately long and curved posterior struts, posterior margin triangularly emarginated; sternite VIII (Fig. 5D) transverse, weakly connected at middle. Aedeagus broad at middle (Fig. 5A), apex acute and curved (Fig. 5B); endophallus with 4 broad and curved sclerites at middle, and 4 small spine–shaped sclerites next to them, 3 at basal and 1 at apical, subapical area with a few thick spinules.

Figure 5. 

Intybia eversi (Hicker, 1949), male genitalia A aedeagus, dorsal view B aedeagus, lateral view C tergite VIII D sternite VIII.

Female. Similar to male in body shape and colouration (Fig. 4C), but antenna with scape only slightly dilated apically, antennomere 3 simple and elongated, front tarsi longer.

Fujian, Guangdong.