Metipocregyes wenhsini ( Yamasako & Chou, 2013 ) Yamasako & Lin, 2018

Yamasako, Junsuke & Lin, Mei-Ying, 2018, Review of the genus Metipocregyes Breuning, 1939 with two new combinations and three new species (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Mesosini), Zootaxa 4532 (4), pp. 503-522 : 511-512

Metipocregyes wenhsini ( Yamasako & Chou, 2013) , comb. nov.

( Figs 13–16 , 35–36 , 75–81 )

Hypocacia wenhsini Yamasako & Chou, 2013: 97 .

Hypocacia sp. 2: Chou, 2004: 376; 2008: 376.

Type locality. Shouka , Shihzih Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan .

Type material examined. Holotype: ♀ (NMNS, Figs 13–14 , 35 , 75–91 ), Shouka , Shihzih Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan, 7. VII, 1999, W.- H. Lin leg. Paratype: 1♀ (CJY, Figs 15–16 , 36 ), same locality as the holotype, 8. V, 2012, W.- I Chou leg.

Diagnosis. Body relatively large, LB = 17.0 mm (male), 14.0–19.0 mm (female) ( Yamasako & Chou, 2013), mainly clothed with yellowish ochre pubescence, scattered with small black spots. Antennomeres III and IV with tuft of black hairs at each apex, but the one on antennomere IV sometimes reduced. Elytra with transverse band of yellowish ochre pubescence at middle and transverse narrow black bands before and behind ochre one. Similar to M. fruhstorferi , but easily distinguishable from the latter by having more rotund body with yellowish pubescence.

Distribution. Taiwan (Pingtung).

Remarks. Although this species was described in the genus Hypocacia by Yamasako & Chou (2013), it is congeneric with Metipocregyes and very closely related to M. fruhstorferi . Therefore, this species is transferred to Metipocregyes . The detailed description of this species was provided and figured in Yamasako & Chou (2013).

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Habitus of Metipocregyes spp. 9–12, M. fruhstorferi comb. nov.; 13–16, M. wenhsini comb. nov. (13–14, holotype; 15–16, paratype); 9–10, 13–14, male; 11–12, 15–16, female; 9, 11, 13, 15, dorsal view; 10, 12, 14, 16, lateral view.

FIGURES 29–36. Head of Metipocregyes spp. in frontal view. 29–30, M. nodieri; 31–32, M. affinis; 33–34, M. fruhstorferi comb. nov.; 35–36, M. wenhsini comb. nov. (35, holotype; 36, paratype); 29, 31, 33, 35, male; 30, 32, 34, 36, female.

FIGURES 68–81. Male genitalia of Metipocregyes spp. 68–74, M. fruhstorferi comb. nov.; 75–81, M. wenhsini comb. nov., holotype; 68, 75, tegmen in dorsal view; 69, 76, ditto in lateral view; 70, 77, paramere in ventral view; 71, 78, median lobe in dorsal view; 72, 79, ditto in lateral view; 73, 80, the apex of median lobe in ventral view; 74, 81, median lobe with endophallus in lateral view. Scale: 1.0 mm. For abbreviations, see text.