A New Cyphonocerus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from Japan

3 Pages·1991·2.3 MB·English

by  Sato, M

Ely1・,a, Tokyo,19(2):191-193,November15, l991
ANewCypho11oce,us(Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
fromJapan
MasatakaSAT0
BiologicalLaboratory,NagoyaWomen'sUniversity,
Mizuho-ku,Nagoya,467Japan
Abstract Anewlampyridbeetle,C)pile,1oce1・us、、,ata,・llM.SATo,sp nov., js de_
scribedfromKyushu,Japan. ItisthesixthJapanesespecieso「thegenus.
InJapan,fivelampyridspeciesofthegenusC>pile,loco・,ushavebeenknownupto
thepresent. Ofthese, threearerecordedfromtheJapaneseMainlandandtheother
two from the Ryukyu Islands. Through thecourtesyof Mr. Yukihiko HIRANo, I
haverecentlyhadanopportunitytoexamineaninterestingspeciesof thegenuscol-
lected inKyushuby Mr. Hiroshi WATAR1. After a careful examination of thespec-
imens, Ihavecometotheconclusionthattheybelongtoanewspeciestobedescribed
in thefollowinglines.
IwishtoexpressmydeepgratitudetoDr.Shun-Ichi UENooftheNationalScience
Museum(Nat.Hist),Tokyo, forcriticallyreadingthemanuscriptofthispaper,and
alsotoMessrs.H.WATARIandY.HIRANofor theirkindhelpinthematerial.
Cyp/tonoce''us'wata1,'iiM.SATo,sp
n ov.
(Fig.1)
Male. Bodyelongate,moderately convex, rather shining, closelyclothed with
brownish suberect pubescence above and recumbent one below. Colour mostly
brownishblack,withbrownishtarsi,buccalappendagesandseventhsternite;claws
yellowishbrown.
Head concealed under pronotum; surfacesomewhat convex,slightlydepressed
oneachsideof thecenter,strongly,closelyand irregularly punctate, thepunctures
beingseparated fromoneanother byahalf toone-third theirdiameter; integument
microscuIptured;eyesrather large, prominent,separatedbyabout 2.4timesthedi-
ameterofeacheye;antennaeratherlongandextendingtothemiddleofelytra,apair
ofappendagesbranchingofffromthebasesof3rdto10thsegments;terminalsegment
ofmaxillarypalpuselongateandstout,withmoreorlessroundedapex.
Pronotumabout 18 timesasbroadashead, about 15 timesasbroad aslong,
broadestat base, thencenarrowedanteriad; front anglesroundedtogetherwithan-
terior and lateral margins; hindanglestriangularly producedwith roundedapices;
surfacemoderately convex, strongly andclosely punctate, the punctures being well
192 MasatakaSATo
Fjg. l. MalegenitaliaofCyp1/o1to('e11'1sH'ata''11M.SATo,SP nov
defjnedandseparated fromoneanother byone-fifthtotheir owndiamete「;ante「o-
lateral portjons and posterior portionsjust insideproduced hind angles distinctly
concave;jntegumentsmooth;medic-longitudinalfurrowdistinct; lateralandante「Oi 「
margjnsreflexed. Scutellumelongatedtriangularandrugoselypunctate.
Elytraabout12timesasbroadaspronotum,about2.2timesaston9asb「cad,
subpara11e1_sjded; surface distinctly, closely and rugosely punctate, the PunCtu「oS
bejngwelldefjnedinbasal third;eachelytronprovidedwiththreevaguecostae,but
thelateraloneisalmostvanishedattheshoulder; lateralsidesreflexed.
ventral surfacesparselyundulated. Posteriormarginof7thsternitenotchedat
the middle. Legsmoderateandcloselycoveredwithbrownishpubescence. Male
genitaliaasshowninFig. I.
Length:6.8-7.2mm(fromapexofpronotumtoelytra1apices).
Breadth: 2.4-2.7mm.
Female. Unknown.
Holotype: Jooyama, Munakata-shi,FukuokaProf.,1-VI-1991,H.WATARI
,
leg. paratypes:5 ,thesamedataasfor theholotype. Theholotypeisdeposited
jnthecollectionoftheNationalScienceMuseum(Nat.Hist),Tokyo. Theparatypes
are distributed to the collections of the Biological Laboratory, Nagoya Women's
University,andofMr. H.WATARI.
f'strict'ffon. Japan(Kyushu).
The present newspecies isrelated toC. ''uf、ico1/1sKIESENWETTER,1874,andC.
ma,glnatusLEWIS,1895,butischaracterizedbythecombinationofcolour and the
malegenitalia.
NewCyp/1o,loco,・usfromJapan 193
要 約
佐藤正孝:日本産クシヒケ'ポタル属の1新種. - 日本からこれまでに知られていたクシヒゲボタ
ル属Cyp/1onocerusの種は, 3極が日本の主要島に分布し, 2極が琉球列島に分布している. このた
び, 福岡県宗像市城山で得られた標本を詳細に検討した結果, 新極であることがわかったので, ここ
にクロクシヒf-ポタルC.、vatar1l M. SATo と命名して記載した. その和名が示す色彩的特徴からも
顕著な極で, 容易に他の種から区別できる.
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