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Tian M, He L (2020) A contribution to the knowledge of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini). ZooKeys 1008: 61-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1008.61040
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Two new genera and four new species of cave-adapted ground beetles are described from Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Uenoaphaenops gen. nov. is established to place the trechine species Qianotrechus fani Uéno, 2003 occurring in the limestone cave Hua’er Dong, southeastern Sichuan (Luzhou: Gulin). Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov., from the limestone cave Hanwang Dong, northeastern Sichuan (Guangyuan: Chaotian), is somewhat like the European cavernicolous trechine genus Pheggomisetes Knirsch, 1923, from Bulgaria and Serbia, in particular in the configurations of head and pronotum. Boreaphaenops liyuani sp. nov., also from Hanwang Dong, is the second representative of the genus and the first record in Sichuan. Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999, a troglophile, is reported from Sichuan for the first time. The other two new species belong to the platynine genus Jujiroa Uéno, 1952: J. uenoi sp. nov. from the cave Banche Dong on the northern side of the Dadu River (Leshan: Shawan) and J. wangzheni sp. nov. from the cave Hua’er Dong, which is sympatric with Uenoaphaenops fani (Uéno, 2003) comb. nov. A distribution map for the localities of all abovementioned caves and a key to Jujiroa species known in Sichuan are provided.
Carabids, new combination, new genera, new species, subterranean, taxonomy
Sichuan Province without question holds the richest specific diversity of Carabidae sensu lato in China. Over one fourth (1189) of the total species (3946) known in China occur in Sichuan (
However, the cave fauna of the ground beetles in Sichuan is interesting. For example, Troglopatrobus zhouchaoi
Thanks to the Sichuan Cave Exploration Team (SCET, Chengdu), in which the cave biology group is led by Li He (the second author of the present paper), our knowledge of cave ground beetles in Sichuan Province is quickly increasing. The majority of members of SCET are young and active cavers (Fig.
Qianotrechus fani Uéno, 2003 was the first troglobitic trechine beetle reported from Sichuan. This species was named in honour of the person who provided crucial support to Dr Shun-Ichi Uéno during his collecting travels in China from 1998 to 2010 based on a so-called international scientific collaborative project, which resulted in fruitful discoveries on subterranean ground beetles. Qianotrechus fani is a very peculiar member within the genus Qianotrechus Uéno, 2000 not only because of its locality which is far from those of other congeners, but also its morphological character states which are very different from the other species of the genus.
The aim of this paper is to establish a new genus for Uéno’s Qianotrechus fani, describe another new genus and two new species of the tribe Trechini from the cave Hanwang Dong, give the first record of Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus for Sichuan Province, and describe two new species of the Platynini genus Jujiroa.
This paper is dedicated to the late Dr Shun-Ichi Uéno, a well-known cave biologist in National Science Museum (Natural History), Tokyo, who unfortunately passed away on October 3, 2020.
The material for this study were discovered from three caves in Sichuan Province, namely, Hanwang Dong, Hua’er Dong and Banche Dong (Fig.
The specimens were examined with a Nikon SMZ1000 stereo-microscope in a solution of glycerin. All illustrations were completed using Adobe Illustrator CS 6.0 based on digital photos taken by means of a Keyence VHX-5000 digital microscope. The distribution map was drawn using MapInfo Professional 12.0 software.
Length of body is measured from the right mandible (when opened) to the apex of the elytra. Width of body is the maximum width of combined elytra. Abbreviations of measurements used in the text are as follows:
EL length of elytra, from base of scutellum to elytral apex
EW maximum width of combined elytra
HLl length of head excluding mandibles, from front of labrum to base of head
HLm length of head including mandibles, from apex of right mandible to base of head
HW maximum width of head
PfW width of pronotum at front
PbW width of pronotum at base
PL length of pronotum, through mid-line
PW maximum width of pronotum
The material examined for this study is deposited in the following collections:
CLH Collection of Li He, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
CYL Collection of Yuan Li, Deyang, Sichuan, China
CZW Collection of Zhen Wang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Medium-sized, aphaenopsian and depigmented; body moderately elongate, wholly pubescent. Head strongly elongate, much longer than wide, nearly parallel-sided; neck weakly-marked, ring-shaped; two pairs of supraorbital setiferous pores present; frontal furrows incomplete, parallel-sided in most part though briefly divergent posteriorly; frons and vertex convex; right mandibular tooth bidentate; mentum and submentum completely fused; mentum bisetose, and covered with short setae on basal area of mental tooth, and along the site of labial suture; base largely concave, uni-foveate, tooth short and simple at tip; submentum with a row of 12 setae; labial palpomere 2 much longer than 3 (1.3 times), bisetose on inner margin, without additional setae; maxillary palpomere 3 much longer than 4 (1.4 times) (Fig.
Cave trechine beetles A ventral head of Uenoaphaenops fani (Uéno, 2003), comb. nov., female B ventral head of Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov., female C–E elytral chaetotaxy of Uenoaphaenops fani (Uéno, 2003), comb. nov., female, Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov., female paratype, and Boreaphaenops liyuani sp. nov., female holotype. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
Male genitalia (Fig.
This peculiar species was put into the genus Qianotrechus Uéno, 2000 due to the lack of a male at that time. However,
“Ueno”+ “-aphaenops”. Dedicated to the late Dr Shun-Ichi Uéno who made a great contribution to the knowledge of Chinese subterranean ground beetles. Gender masculine.
China (Sichuan) (Fig.
3 females, the cave Hua’er Dong, Xiangdingshan, Xiangding, Shiping, Gulin, Luzhou, Sichuan (四川省泸州市古蔺县石屏镇向顶村象顶山华儿洞), 28.028931°N, 106.00716°E, 640 m, 2020-VI-22, leg. Yuan Li & Zhen Wang, in CLH, CYL and CZW, respectively; 2 males and 1 female, same cave, 2019-XI-3, leg. Yunchun Li, in
China (Sichuan). Known only from the cave Hua’er Dong (Figs
Cave Hua’er Dong, the type locality of Uenoaphaenops fani (Uéno, 2003), comb. nov. and Jujiroa wangzheni sp. nov. A–C environs of the cave, left (yellow arrow) and right (red arrow) entrances D entrance to the right E a running individual of Jujiroa wangzheni sp. nov. in cave. (A–D by courtesy of Yuan Li).
Chu pheggomisetoides sp. nov., from the limestone cave Hanwang Dong in Guangyuan, northeastern Sichuan.
Medium-sized, somewhat similar to the Balkan genus Pheggomisetes Knirsch, 1923 in appearance especially head and pronotum (Fig.
Although Chu gen. nov. resembles the Balkan cavernicolous genus Pheggomisetes Knirsch, 1923 (
As the fauna of subterranean ground beetles are still not well known, the phylogenetic position of Chu gen. nov. among Trechini is unknown at present, like many other genera. Its peculiar characters, such as ellipsoidal head with deep emarginated labrum, stout mandible, subcordate pronotum with sharp and backwardly protruded hind angles, and almost straight median lobe which is enlarged and notched at the apex isolate Chu gen. nov. from all other Chinese trechines. Beside comparative morphological study, evidence from molecular analysis would be valuable in determining its position.
“Chu” means “the first time” in Chinese, suggesting that this species was the first subterranean beetle discovered by Li He (the second author). Gender masculine.
China (Sichuan) (Fig.
Holotype
: male, cave Hanwang Dong, Zhongbai, Zengjia, Chaotian, Guangyuan, Sichuan (四川省广元市朝天区曾家镇中柏村汉王洞), 32.577297°N, 106.106979°E, 1210 m, 2020-VI-07, leg. Li He & Yuan Li, in
Medium-sized troglobitic beetles, eyeless and lacking pigmentation, somewhat similar to a Pheggomisetes species of Bulgaria and Serbia in Balkan Peninsula due to its convex head and subcordate pronotum with very sharpened hind angles.
Length
: 6.0–6.5 mm; width: 1.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig.
Body yellow or brown, but antennae, palps and tarsi paler; surface glabrous and smooth though genae sparsely setose and elytra covered with a few, minute, pubescence on lateral margins. Underside of head with a few sparse setae, of thorax and abdominal ventrites glabrous. Microsculpture engraved meshes more or less polygonal on head and pronotum, and irregularly and densely striate on elytra.
Head
slightly elongate, ellipsoidal, longer than wide, HLm/HW = 1.67–1.72, HLl/HW = 1.18–1.28; genae expanded laterally, widest a little behind middle of head excluding mandibles, neck constriction broad, moderately defined, frons and vertex strongly convex, anterior and posterior supraorbital setiferous pores narrowly spaced, frontal furrows deep and fairly long, strongly divergent posteriorly, ending beside posterior supraorbital pores; clypeus quadrisetose; labrum transverse, deeply and widely emarginated at frontal margin, 6-setose; mandible stout and widened, curved at apical 1/3, strongly hooked at apices, right mandibular tooth very developed; labial suture disappearing medially, making mentum and submentum partly fused; mentum bisetose, base largely concave, tooth short and bifid at apex, about half as long as lateral lobes; submentum 8-setose; ligula 6-setose at apex; palps moderately elongate and glabrous but the 2nd labial palpomere bisetose on inner margin, with an additional seta at outer margin at subapex; 2nd labial palpomere slightly longer than 3rd; 3rd maxillary palpomere as long as 4th; suborbital pores located on ventral side of head, intermedial between neck constriction and submentum (Fig.
Pronotum wider than long, PnL /PnW = 0.76–0.83; much shorter than head without mandibles, PnL/HLl = 0.55–0.75; wider than head, PnW/HW = 1.07–1.11; lateral margins and front finely bordered, widest at about 1/3 from front, gently narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly, but strongly curved before base, forming a large and acute hind angle with the arcuate base; anterior latero-marginal setae at about 1/7 from front; front slightly emarginate, distinctly wider than base, Pnb/Pnf = 0.83–0.86; disc moderately convex, mid-line clear, both front and posterior transversal impressions moderately marked. Scutellum large.
Elytra
much longer than fore body including mandibles, much longer than wide, EL/EW = 1.90–2.02; much wider than pronotum, EW/PrW = 1.65–1.67; base unbordered, prehumeral part widely rounded, lateral margins finely but well-bordered throughout, widest at about middle, gently and gradually contracted towards base and apices; disc moderately convex though slightly depressed on each elytron near base; striae faint but noticeable; basal pore present at side but behind of scutellum, anterior and posterior dorsal pores along the 3rd stria located at about basal 1/5 and apical 2/5 of elytra respectively, preapical pore at about apical 1/8 of elytra, much closer to suture than to apical margin; locations of the marginal umbilicate pores as in Fig.
Legs densely pubescent; the 1st tarsomere much, and slightly shorter than 2nd–4th combined in fore and middle legs, respectively, whereas as long as in hind ones; tibiae without longitudinal sulci.
Ventrites pubescent; IV–V each with two pairs, VI with three pairs of paramedian setae, and several additional setae which are much shorter; VII bisetose in male, while quadrisetose in female.
Male genitalia (Fig.
Refers to the similarity of this new species with a Pheggomisetes species from Balkans.
China (Sichuan). Known only from the cave Hanwang Dong in Guangyuan (Fig.
The exemplars of Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov. were collected under a stone at the water edge in the innermost main passage in the cave (Fig.
Cave Hanwang Dong, the type locality of Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov. and Boreaphaenops liyuani sp. nov., and some sympatric cave animals A, B habitat inside the cave, arrow in A indicates the place where a Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov. was found, arrow in B indicates the place where the single female of Boreaphaenops liyuani sp. nov. was found C an individual of Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov. running in cave D a ground beetle’s larva was trapped in web of spider Pseudonesticus sp. E a Nepalella millipede F a bat G a cricket H Gammarus qinling Hou & Li, 2018 I a dipluran.
Holotype
: female, the cave Hanwang Dong, Zhongbai, Zengjia, Chaotian, Guangyuan, Sichuan (四川省广元市朝天区曾家镇中柏村汉王洞), 32.577297°N, 106.106979°E, 1210 m, 2020-VI-6, leg. Li He, Yuan Li & Yimei Wen, in
An aphaenopsian, small-sized beetle, eyeless and depigmented, body distinctly elongate, with thin and long appendages, densely pubescent on head and elytra, presence of only a dorsal setiferous pore along the 3rd stria on each elytron.
Length
: 5.2 mm, width: 1.3 mm. Habitus as in Fig.
Body brown, but antennae, palps and tarsi paler; head and elytra covered with dense pubescence, pronotum glabrous. Underside of head with a few sparse setae, of thorax and abdominal ventrites glabrous. Microsculpture engraved meshes more or less isodiametric on head, strongly transverse on pronotum and densely striate on elytra.
Head
similar to B. angustus Uéno, 2002 from the cave Lenre Dong in Shenlongjia, western Hubei Province (
Prothorax slightly tumid at sides, propleura medially visible from above, slightly wider than pronotum; pronotum similar in B. angustus but more elongate, fore angles distinct, hind ones nearly rectangular; much longer than wide, PnL/PnW = 1.32; slightly shorter than head without mandibles, PnL/HLl = 0.95; wider than head, PnW/HW = 1.19; widest at about 3/4 from base; lateral margins almost vanished at 1/4 portion from base, finely bordered in other parts; base and front nearly straight, unbordered, the former narrower than the latter, Pnb/Pnf = 0.69; anterior latero-marginal setae at about 1/6 from front, posterior ones before hind angles; disc moderately convex, mid-line clear, both front and posterior transversal impressions faintly marked. Scutellum small and elongated.
Elytra
longer than fore body including mandibles, much longer than wide, EL/EW = 1.94; nearly twice as wide as prothorax, EW/PrW = 1.96; base unbordered; similar in B. angustus but devoid of humeral angles, lateral margins finely but well-bordered throughout, smooth; widest at about middle, gently contracted towards base but strongly to apices; disc moderately convex though depressed near base just behind basal pores; striae faint but well-indicated from the 1st to 4th; basal pore present at sides of scutellum, only a median dorsal pore present along the 3rd stria at a little behind middle; preapical pore present at about apical 1/7 of elytra, much closer to suture than to apical margin; marginal umbilicate pores well-marked, 2nd closer to marginal gutter than others, prehumeral set (1st to 4th) equidistantly located (Fig.
Legs densely pubescent; 1st tarsomere much and slightly shorter than 2nd–4th combined in fore and middle legs, whereas as long in hind ones; tibiae without longitudinal sulci. Abdominal ventrite IV–VI each with two pairs of paramedial setae, ventrite VII quadrisetose.
Male. Unknown.
In honour of Mr. Yuan Li (Deyang, Sichuan), a co-collector of the type material.
The cave Hanwang Dong is about 400 km in a straight line from Lengre Dong, the locality of B. angustus Uéno, 2002, though both localities belong to same range of the Daba-Micang Mountains. Although B. liyuani sp. nov. has several differences from B. angustus which are probably of generic importance, e.g. completely fused mentum and submentum (labial suture visible in the latter species), thin and straight mandibles with tooth distinctly reduced (well-developed in B. angustus), smooth elytral lateral margins (ciliate in B. angustus), and very long 2nd labial palpomere which is 1.7 time as long as the 3rd (such a feature never observed in other Chinese cave trechines), we prefer to describe it as a member of Boreaphaenops at present as only a single female exemplar is available. In addition, it also differs from B. angustus in having smaller body size, presence of only a pair of posterior supraorbital pores on the head instead of two, pronotum well-angulate on hind and fore angles instead of rounded, lack of prehumeral angles of elytra which have only a single dorsal setiferous pore along the 3rd stria instead of three in B. angustus, and with equidistant prehumeral pores of the marginal umbilicate series, vs. 4th pore far from 3rd in B. angustus.
China (Sichuan). Known only from the cave Hanwang Dong in Guangyuan (Fig.
Boreaphaenops liyuani sp. nov. is the first representative of the genus from Sichuan Province, living together with Chu pheggomisetoides gen. nov. & sp. nov., Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999 and Pterostichus (Huaius) hanwang Tian & He, 2020. It is very rare in the cave: three surveys carried out by SCET led to the discovery of only a single female, which was collected under a stone at the water edge in the innermost main passage in the cave (Fig.
1 male, cave Hanwang Dong, Zhongbai, Zengjia, Chaotian, Guangyuan, Sichuan (四川省广元市朝天区曾家镇中柏村汉王洞), 32.577297°N, 106.106979°E, 1210 m, 2018-IV-06, leg. Li He, in
This species was formerly reported from two limestone caves in Chongqing Municipality (
China (Chongqing and Sichuan) (Fig.
The exemplars of Agonotrechus sinotroglophilus Deuve, 1999 were collected under stone in the moist area about 100–200 m from the entrance in Hanwang Dong.
Genus Jujiroa Uéno, 1952
Holotype
: male, cave Banche Dong, Jianshanzi, north side of the Dadu River, Shawan, Leshan, Sichuan (四川省乐山市沙湾区大渡河北岸尖山子搬车洞), 29.21043°N, 103.58349°E, 670 m, 2020-V-30, leg. Li He, Yuan Li & Hao Long, in
Medium-sized Jujiroa species, body depigmented, microphthalmic, head thin and slightly expanded at sides, antennae not extending to apices of elytra, fore angles of pronotum distinctly protruded, elytra mucronate at apices, striae finely punctate, presence of two dorsal pores along the 2nd stria, tarsi smooth.
Length
: 15.0–15.5 mm; width: 4.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig.
Body concolorous yellow or brown, but a little darker on head, surface smooth and glabrous (though rough on sides and lateral margins of pronotum), moderately shiny. Microsculptural meshes finely and transversely striate on head, pronotum and elytra.
Head thin and elongate, much longer than wide, HLm/HW = 2.06–2.11, HLl/HW = 1.53–1.48; widest just behind the level of eyes; genae convex, and slightly expanded at side; frontal furrows short and shallow, ending before the level of anterior supraorbital pores; two pairs of supraorbital pores present, anterior at about middle of head from labrum to neck, posterior about basal 2/7 of head; eyes very small and flat; clypeus bisetose, labrum bisinuate at front margin, 6-setose; mandibles elongated, teeth reduced; labial suture clear; mentum with two setae on each side just in front of the basal pits which are very small; median tooth short, about half as long as lateral lobes, bluntly bifid at tip; submentum with two setae on each side, inner ones longer; ligula short, widened and truncated at apical margin, bisetose; palpomeres long and slender, the 2nd labial palpomere bisetose on inner margin, 1.2 times as long as 3rd, the 3rd maxillary palpomere as long as 4th; antennae filiform, thin and very long, extended to apical 1/10 (male) or 1/9 (female) of elytra, the 1st to 3rd antennomeres glabrous, each of the 1st and 2nd with a seta near apex, pubescent from the 4th; the 2nd shortest, while 4th longest; relative length of each antennomere compared with the 2nd in the holotype as: the 1st (2.50), 2nd (1.00), 3rd (2.50), 4th (2.93), 5th (2.58), 6th (2.07), 7th (2.29), 8th (2.00), 9th (1.88), 10th (1.64) and 11th (1.71).
Pronotum subcordate, transverse, PL/PW = 0.91–0.92, but a little longer than wide measured through fore angles; much wider but slightly shorter than head, PW/HW = 1.09–1.12, PL/HLl = 0.86–0.96; widest at about 2/5 from front, lateral margins including front and hind angles widely and strongly reflexed throughout, gently and gradually narrowed towards hind angles which are nearly rectangular, fore angle extraordinarily and forwardly protruded, forming a obtuse lobe; basal foveae short but well-marked; only basal latero-marginal setae present, inserted just on the hind angles; entire lateral margins and front without borders, base finely bordered, slightly narrower than front including front angles, PbW/PfW = 0.87–0.88; both base and front nearly straight. Scutellum small.
Elytra
elongate, amygdaloid, much longer than wide, EL/EW = 1.80–1.89; distinctly longer than forebody including mandibles, much wider than pronotum; base well-bordered (but unbordered against the 1st interval), shoulders nearly rounded; widest at about middle of elytra, apex distinctly protruded, mucronate; disc convex, marginal depressions well-defined and reflexed throughout, the 9th interval suddenly deepened and distinctly curved at about basal 1/4; striae entire, impressed by small but deep punctures, intervals almost flat; scutellar striole short; basal pores present; the 3rd interval with two setiferous pores close to 2nd stria at about apical 1/5 and 3/7 of elytra respectively; three pores present on 7th stria posteriorly; an apical pore present at apical anastomosis of the 1st and 4th striae; presence of 23–24 marginal umbilicate pores throughout, continuous (Fig.
Legs slender and elongate, procoxae asetose, mesocoxae unisetose, metacoxae trisetose (the inner setae present); each trochanter with a single seta; metafemur unisetose posteriorly; tibiae and tarsi smooth, without longitudinal sulci or striae externally; the 4th tarsomere bilobed in fore and middle legs, deeply emarginated in hind ones; protarsi not modified in male, but 1st –3rd each with two spongy setae on ventral surface.
Ventral surface smooth and glabrous. Each abdominal ventrite IV–VI bisetose, ventrite VII bisetose in male, quadrisetose in female.
Male genitalia (Fig.
Similar to Jujiroa zhouchaoi Tian & He, 2020 and J. satoi Uéno, 2005, but having much longer antennae and distinctly mucronated apices on the elytra. In addition, it is easily distinguished from J. zhouchaoi by a broader head, flat intervals and large punctate striae of the elytra and from J. satoi by a slenderer body with a thin head, and the presence of dorsal pores on the elytra. Furthermore, Jujiroa uenoi sp. nov. has a peculiar character state: presence of an inner seta on each metacoxa, which is absent in other species of Jujiroa.
Dedicated to the late Dr Shun-Ichi Uéno, Science Museum (Natural History), Tokyo.
China (Sichuan). Known only from the cave Banche Dong in Leshan (Fig.
Cave Banche Dong is about 1.6 km away in a straight line from Xiaodouyan Tiankeng (硝斗岩天坑), which is a well-known touristic site in Leshan. The opening of the entrance is so narrow that it allows only one person to crawl in at a time (Fig.
Cave Banche Dong, the type locality of Jujiroa uenoi sp. nov., and some sympatric cave animals A Li He in front of Banche Dong B environs inside cave, arrow indicating the place where a J. uenoi was found C Yuan Li is collecting D an individual of J. uenoi running in cave E Leopoldamys edwardsi (Thomas, 1882) F a cricket G a moth H Serriphaedusa serrata Deshayes, 1870.
Holotype
: female, cave Hua’er Dong, Xiangdingshan, Xiangding, Shiping, Gulin, Luzhou, Sichuan (四川省泸州市古蔺县石屏镇向顶村象顶山华儿洞), 28.028931°N, 106.00716°E, 640 m, 2020-XI-24, leg. Yuan Li & Zhen Wang, in
A small-sized Jujiroa species, depigmented, body and appendages elongate, microphthalmic, head thin and slightly expanded medially, fore angles of pronotum moderately protruded, elytral striae largely punctate, mucronate at apices, absence of dorsal pores, tarsi longitudinally sulcate.
Length
: 12.5 mm; width: 3.6 mm. Habitus as in Fig.
Body concolorous yellow but a little darker on head, surface smooth and glabrous (though rough on sides and lateral margins of pronotum), moderately shiny. Microsculptural meshes transversely and densely striate on head, pronotum and elytra.
Head thin and elongate, much longer than wide, HLm/HW = 2.00, HLl/HW = 1.48; widest exactly at the eyes location; frons nearly flat, vertex strongly convex medially, neck constriction wide; genae convex, and slightly expanded at side; frontal furrows short and shallow, ending before the level of anterior supraorbital pores; two pairs of supraorbital pores present, anterior near inner margin of eye; eyes very small and flat; clypeus bisetose, labrum bisinuate at front margin, 6-setose; mandibles elongate, teeth reduced; labial suture clear; mentum with two setae on each side, basal pits small; median tooth short, half as long as the lateral lobes, bifid at tip; submentum with two setae on each side, inner ones much longer; ligula short, widened and truncated at apical margin, bisetose; palpomeres long and slender, the 2nd labial palpomere bisetose on inner margin, 1.2 times as long as 3rd, the 3rd maxillary palpomere slightly longer than 4th; antennae filiform, thin and very long, extended to apices of elytra, the 1st to 3rd antennomeres glabrous, the 1st and 2nd with a seta near apex, pubescent from the 4th; the 2nd shortest, while 5th longest; relative length of each antennomere compared with 2nd antennomere in the holotype as follows: the 1st (1.88), 2nd (1.00), 3rd (2.07), 4th (2.89), 5th (2.76), 6th (2.89), 7th (2.35), 8th (2.14), 9th (2.00), 10th (1.57) and 11th (1.64).
Pronotum subcordate, nearly as long as wide, PL/PW = 0.98; wider but slightly shorter than head, PW/HW = 1.38, PL/HLl = 0.88; widest at about 2/5 from front, lateral margins including front and hind angles widely reflexed throughout, gently and gradually straight towards hind angles, fore angles roundly and moderately protruded forwardly, hind angles rectangular; basal foveae large and shallow; only basal latero-marginal setae present, inserted on the hind angles; entire lateral margins and front without borders, base finely bordered, slightly wider than front, PbW/PfW = 1.10; both base and front nearly straight. Scutellum small, short.
Elytra
elongate, amygdaloid, much longer than wide, EL/EW = 2.01; distinctly longer than forebody including mandibles, much wider than pronotum; base well-bordered (but interrupted against the 1st interval), shoulders nearly rounded; widest at about 4/7 of elytra from base, apex sharply protruded, distinctly mucronate; disc convex, striae entire, impressed by large and nearly rounded punctures; scutellar striole short; basal pores present; without setiferous pore on the 3rd interval, and absence of the preapical pore; two pores present on 7th stria posteriorly; an apical pore present on each elytron; marginal umbilicate pores present throughout, continuous (Fig.
Legs very thin and slender, procoxae asetose, mesocoxae unisetose, metacoxae bisetose (without inner setae); each trochanter with a single seta; metafemur bisetose posteriorly; tibiae and tarsi smooth, without longitudinal sulci externally; the 4th tarsomere bilobed in fore and middle legs, while deeply emarginated in hind ones.
Ventral surface smooth and glabrous. Each abdominal ventrite IV–VI bisetose, ventrite VII, quadrisetose.
Male. Unknown.
More or less similar to J. deliciola Uéno & Kishimoto, 2001 (from two caves in Xingwen County, Yibin, southern Sichuan) (
The new species is dedicated to Mr. Zhen Wang (Chengdu, Sichuan), a co-collector of the type exemplars.
China (Sichuan). Known from the cave Hua’er Dong in Gulin County, southeastern Sichuan (Fig.
The specimens of J. wangzheni sp. nov. were collected by baited traps in a chamber at about 30–50 m inside of the left entrance of Hua’er Dong. The species is sympatric with Uenoaphaenops fani (Uéno, 2003) (Fig.
1 | Large-sized, over 19.0 mm long; interval 3 with five discal pores | J. lingguanensis Deuve & Pütz |
– | Medium, or small-sized, less than 16.0 mm long; interval 3 with at most three discal pores | 2 |
2 | Apices of elytra not mucronate | 3 |
– | Apices of elytra distinctly and sharply protruded, mucronate | 4 |
3 | Head slightly expanded laterally, elytra without dorsal setiferous pores | J. satoi Uéno |
– | Head thin, nearly parallel-sided; elytra with two dorsal setiferous pores | J. zhouchaoi Tian & He |
4 | Eyes slightly convex, pronotum longer than wide | J. deliciola Uéno & Kishimoto |
– | Eyes atrophied, flat, pronotum transverse | 5 |
5 | Antennae long, reaching the apices of elytra, elytra without dorsal pores along the 3rd stria | J. wangzheni sp. nov. |
– | Antennae short, not extending to apices of elytra, elytra with dorsal pores along the 3rd stria | 6 |
6 | Metacoxae trisetose (inner setae present), head thin, pronotum with fore angles strongly protruded forwardly, lobed, base narrower than front | J. uenoi sp. nov. |
– | Metacoxae bisetose (inner setae absent), head broad, pronotum with fore angles moderately protruded forwardly, not lobed, base as wide as front | J. iolandae Vigna Taglianti |
First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr Yuan Li (Deyang, Sichuan), Ms Yimei Wen (member of SCET, Neijiang, Sichuan), Mr Hao Long (member of SCET, Nanchong, Sichuan) for their support and assistance during the cave surveys. We are very grateful to Mr Hao Jin (head of SCET, Chengdu) for providing valuable advice and information about the cave Hanwang Dong. Our appreciation is due also to Mr Zhen Wang (Chengdu, Sichuan), Dr Yunchun Li (West China Normal University, Nanchong) for offering material, and to Dr Borislav Guéorguiev (National Museum of Natural History, Sofia) for offering several Bulgarian Pheggomisetes specimens, to Prof. Xiaoli Tong (
This study was sponsored by a project of the National Foundation of Natural Science of China (NSFC, Grant no. 41871039).