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Corresponding author: Hai-Tian Song ( haitiansong@126.com ) Academic editor: Dmitry Telnov
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Song H-T (2021) A new species of Coomaniella (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Coomaniellini) from Guangxi, China, with new distributional records and biological observations. ZooKeys 1010: 185-190. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.59530
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A new species Coomaniella (Coomaniella) dentata sp. nov. from Guangxi Province, China, is described and placed in the C. (C.) chinensis species-group. The variability is discussed, and a new adult host plant is recorded. New distributional records are given for C. biformissima Jendek & Kalashian, 1999 and C. lingafelteri Jendek & Pham, 2013.
Host plant, new distributional records, new species, taxonomy
In this paper, a new species belonging to the C. (C.) chinensis species-group is described. New distributional records for two species from Guangxi province, China, are given, and a new adult host plant is recorded.
Abbreviations for collections in this study are:
CHTS Collection of Hai-Tian Song, Fuzhou, China;
FAFS Fujian Academy of Forestry Sciences, Fuzhou, China.
Whole specimens were photographed using a Keyence VHX-5000 digital microscope with the Keyence VH-Z20R zoom lens (20–200×). The feeding behavior was photographed using Canon 5D4 digital camera with the Canon 100 mm f/2.8 macro USM. The host plant and photographs in nature were taken using a Huawei smartphone. The images were processed and combined into figures using Adobe Photoshop CC 2019.
Holotype ♂ (FAFS): China • Wuzhi Mountains, Yao Autonomous County of Jinxiu, Laibin City, Guangxi; 23°54'N, 110°9'E, alt. 700 m; 14–15.V.2020; Chun-Fu Feng leg. Paratypes 12 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀ (CHTS): China • same collection data as for holotype • 3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (CHTS); same collection data as for preceding; 25–26.V.2020 • 1 ♂ (CHTS); same collection data as for preceding; 11.IV.2020.
Size : body length 6.55 mm, width 2.14 mm.
Body
: suboval, elongate; head, pronotum, legs, ventral side, appendices, and antenna golden-green; elytra color horizontal gradient, golden-blue near suture, golden-green in central and golden-orange outsides (Fig.
Coomaniella (Coomaniella) dentata sp. nov. A–J holotype: A habitus B head C scutellum D elytral surface E elytral apex F metacoxal plate with spine G aedeagus H male mesotibia, dorsal view I male metatibia, ventral view J denticles on male metatibia, ventral view K, L paratype: K female mesotibia, dorsal view L female metatibia, ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0. 5 mm (B–L).
Male eyes separated on vertex in narrowest part by six to eight rows of punctures, while female by nine or 10. Protarsomere 1 obviously lengthened in male; mesotibia and metatibia with denticles in distal half of inner margin in male (Fig.
Body 3.05–3.40 × as long as wide. Pronotum sometimes variable in shape (Fig.
This new species presents several diagnostic characters which allow it to be easily separated from other species: 1) mesotibia and metatibia in males with denticles, 2) elytral apices without spines, 3) metacoxal plates with a big spine beside the inner posterior angle in both sexes, 4) elytral surface with obvious longitudinal punctures, and 5) the narrowest part between the eyes on each sex with more rows of punctures. The first two characters are reported for the first time in genus Coomaniella, adding to the structural diversity of the genus. The new species is classified in the subgenus Coomaniella and belongs to C. (C.) chinensis species-group.
The name dentata is for the denticles on male tibia.
Toona sp. (Fig.
All specimens of C. dentata sp. nov. were collected during hot sunny days on both the top and bottom surfaces of the leaves of Toona sp. (Fig.
7 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀(CHTS): China Wuzhi Mountains, Yao Autonomous County of Jinxiu, Laibin City, Guangxi; 23°54'N, 110°9'E, alt. 700 m; 14–29.V.2020; Chun-Fu Feng leg. New country record.
8 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀(CHTS): China, Wuzhi Mountains, Yao Autonomous County of Jinxiu, Laibin City, Guangxi; 23°54'N, 110°9'E, alt. 700 m; 14–29.V.2020; Chun-Fu Feng leg. New country record.
I thank Chun-Fu Feng, who kindly provided the material and figures 11, 12; Prof. Xin-Hua Li (Nanjing Agricultural University) for identifying the host plant; and Zhong-Liang Peng for encouragement. Special thanks are given to Eduard Jendek, who kindly corrected the manuscript and gave a lot of suggestions. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 31900354), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (grant no. 2019J05132), the Key Laboratory of Timber Forest Breeding and Cultivation for Mountainous Areas in Southern China, and the Fujian Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation and Forest Products Processing and Utilization.