Dromanthomorphus cingalensis Champion, 1921

Tshernyshev, Sergei E., 2016, The genus Dromanthomorphus Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera, Cleroidea: Malachiidae) in South-East Asia, Zootaxa 4139 (4), pp. 551-565 : 553

Mimapalochrus cingalensis ( Champion, 1921) comb. n.

Hapalochrus cingalensis Champion, 1921: 346 , Sri Lanka. Flabellapalochrus cingalensis: Evers 1987: 58 , 61.

Remarks. According to the original description, the species is very narrow and elongate, thin, with a metallic green tint, antennae and legs black, except red lower surface of scape, eyes extremely large, elytra strongly elongate, legs thin, anterior tibiae excavate within, intermediate slightly excavate beyond the middle, pronotum strongly transverse and small, with transverse impression at base; outwardly similar to Dasytes . All these features are very similar to those typical of Mimapalochrus excavatus ( Wittmer, 1995), very probably names of these species are synonyms, so examination of types is necessary. The original description by Champion (1921: 346) is as follows: “69 (b). Hapalochrus cingalensis , sp. n. Ƌ. Elongate, very narrow, slender, gradually widened posteriorly, moderately shining, closely cinereo-pubescent; green or bluish-green, the antennae (the testaceous lower surface of joint 1 excepted and legs black; the head and elytra densely, very finely, the prothorax (except at the sides) more sparsely, punctate. Head (with the eyes) broader than the prothorax, the eyes large; antennae very long, strongly flabellate from joint 4 onward, 1 and 2 stout, curved (the connecting more exposed), 3 produced into a long tooth. Prothorax small, strongly transverse, transversely sulcate before the base. Elytra very elongate, broader than the prothorax, widening from the base. Legs slender; anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 slightly thickened, 2 extending over base of 3 above; anterior tibiae hollowed from the middle onwards (appearing strongly sinuate within); intermediate tibiae slightly hollowed beyond the middle. ♀. Antennae elongate, slender, joints 4–9 long and simply serrate. Length 3–3,5 mm. (Ƌ ♀). Hab. CEYLON, Dikoya , alt. 3800–4200 ft., and Horton Plains, alt . 6000 ft. (G. Lewis: i.–iii. 1882). Two pairs. Smaller, narrower, more slender, and less shining than H. nilgiriensis and H. orientalis , the eyes larger, the head and elytra very densely, minutely punctate, the anterior rami of the male very long and slender. H. cingalensis has the general facies of a Dasytes .”