Parallelodera Fairmaire, 1881

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 57-58

Genus Parallelodera Fairmaire, 1881 Fig. 7 ; Map 5

Parallelodera Fairmaire, L. 1881: 256.

Type species.

Parallelodera quadraticollis Fairmaire, 1881 [by monotypy]

Léveillé, A. 1910: 8. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 74 (redescription). Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 (phylogeny)

Description.

Body size: about 11.0-12.0 mm. Body shape elongate. Gular sutures wide, convergent at apex. Frontoclypeal suture present. Frons: longitudinal groove or depression present. Cranium ventrally: tufts of long setae at sides present. Submentum of males: ctenidium absent. Antennal groove present. Eyes: size flat. Eyes number: two. Mandibular apical teeth number: two, vertically situated. Antenna 11-segmented. Antennal club asymmetrical, sensorial fields present. Front coxal cavities externally closed, internally open. Pronotum subquadrate. Prepectus absent. Middle coxal cavities open. Elytra: long hairs absent. Epipleuron thin. Elytral interlocking mechanism present, carinae reduced. Elytral punctation regular, scales absent. Wing: radial cell open (outer vein present), wedge cell absent, cross vein MP3-4 absent, cross vein AA1+2-3+4 absent. Front tibiae: spines along side large. Hooked spur present in all tibiae. Claws: denticle absent.

Biology.

In the light of a presumable relationship with Airora and Temnoscheila , I suggest a predatory way of life.

Distribution.

Pacific islands as listed with the particular species.

Species:

Parallelodera luteicornis Fairmaire, 1881; Fiji, Viti Isl. (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 8. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 75

Parallelodera parallelus Fairmaire, 1850; New Caledonia, Madera, Nuka-Hiva, Tahiti (JK)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 18 ( Tenebroides ). Léveillé, A. 1910: 18 (syn. Tenebroides serratus Wollaston, 1854). Kolibáč, J. 2005: 75 (combination)

Parallelodera quadraticollis Fairmaire, 1881; Fiji, Viti Isl. (AL)

Léveillé, A. 1910: 8. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 74 (redescription)

Figures

Map 5. A distribution of the tribe Trogossitini.

Figure 7. A Eupycnus lentus B Melambia crenicollis C Melambia striata D Leipaspis lauricola E Nemozoma cornutum F Nemozoma elongatum G Nemozoma caucasicum H Parallelodera quadraticollis I Temnoscheila pini.