Ponyalis zhejiangensis Y. Yang, Fang & Liu, 2024

Fang, Chen, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, Taxonomic review of the genus Ponyalis Fairmaire, 1899 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of six new species from China, ZooKeys 1203, pp. 325-354 : 325-354

Ponyalis zhejiangensis Y. Yang, Fang & Liu sp. nov.

Figs 1 , 11 D – F , 12 A, B

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ ( MHBU), China, Zhejiang, Longquan, Fenyangshan , 1250 m, 17. V. 2007, leg. B. F. Zhou & L. Wang . Paratype: 1 ♀ ( MHBU), same locality as holotype, 1500 m, 15. V. 2007, leg. J. H. Xu & L. Q. Liu .

Differential diagnosis.

This new species can be separated from all other Ponyalis by the combination of the following characters: pronotum black, with red margins, elytra red (Fig. 12 A, B ); male antennomere I nearly globular, III long-triangular, lamellae of IV – X nearly parallel-sided along the whole length (Fig. 12 A ); elytra 5.5 × longer than pronotum, primary costae barely stouter than the secondary ones only basally, cells transverse (Fig. 12 A, B ); phallus widened at basal part and narrowly rounded at apex in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 11 D, E ).

It looks similar to P. gracilis in the coloration, but differs in the following characters: anterior margin of pronotum arched (Fig. 12 A ), while nearly straight in P. gracilis (Fig. 4 D ); phallus arcuate at lateral margins in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 11 D, E ), while bisinuate in P. gracilis (Fig. 3 J, K ); phallus with distance between the latero-apical thorns much smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 11 D, E ), while barely smaller in P. gracilis (Fig. 3 J, K ).

Description.

Male (Fig. 12 A ). Body stout, black, pronotum cinnabar red, with a black patch in middle of disc, which extending to both anterior and posterior margins, elytra red.

Head dorsally flat, antennae reaching elytral mid-length when inclined, antennomere I flattened dorsally, III long-triangular, 1.3 × as long as wide, lamellae of IV – X nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, 1.7–4.7 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself, XI parallel-sided and 6.7 × as long as wide.

Pronotum trapezoidal, flat, and wider than long, with rounded anterior angles and acute posterior angles, anterior margin arched, lateral margins nearly straight and posterior margin weakly bisinuate. Scutellum narrowed posteriorly and obviously emarginate at apex.

Elytra barely widened posteriorly, primary costae barely stouter than secondary ones only at the humeral part, cells squared to transverse.

Aedeagus: phallus stout, 3.3 × as long as wide, moderately widened at basal part and arcuate at lateral margins, moderately projected distad at apical margin and narrowly rounded at apex in dorsal and ventral views, with acute latero-apical angels, between which the distance much smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 11 D, E ), weakly bent dorsally and tapered distad in lateral view (Fig. 11 F ).

Female (Fig. 12 B ). Similar to male, but body stouter, antennae reaching basal 1 / 3 length of elytra when inclined, antennomeres III – V all nearly triangular, lamellae of VI – X 1.1–1.5 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself, pronotum with black patch never extending to anterior or posterior margin.

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Zhejiang).

Etymology.

The name of the species is derived from the name of the type locality, Zhejiang Province, China.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Ponyalis in the world.

Figure 3. Aedeagi of Ponyalis alternata (Pic, 1927) (A – C); P. fukiensis (Bocak, 1999) (D – F); P. himalejica (Bourgeois, 1885) (G – I); P. gracilis (Bocak, 1999) (J – L). A, D, G, J ventral views B, E, H, K dorsal views C, F, I, L lateral views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 4. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis himalejica (Bourgeois, 1885) (A – C); P. gracilis (Bocak, 1999) (D). A, D males B, C females. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 11. Aedeagi of Ponyalis longicornis sp. nov. (A – C); P. zhejiangensis sp. nov. (D – F); hainanensis sp. nov. (G – I). A, D, G ventral views B, E, H dorsal views C, F, I lateral views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 12. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis zhejiangensis sp. nov. (A, B); P. hainanensis sp. nov. (C, D). A, C males B, D females. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.