Ponyalis fukiensis ( Bocak, 1999 )

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 fukiensis ( Bocak, 1999)

Figs 1 , 2 C, D , 3 D – F

Lyponia fukiensis Bocak, 1999: 92, figs 26, 51.

Ponyalis fukiensis : Kazantsev 2002: 206; Li et al. 2015 a: 17.

Material examined.

China: 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Zhejiang, Longquan, Fengyangshan , 1250 m, 31. III. 2007, leg. J. Cao ; 1 ♀ ( MHBU), same locality as the preceding, 18. V. 2007, leg. D. D. Hu & J. F. Gao ; 1 ♀ ( MHBU), same locality as the preceding, 17. V. 2007, leg. B. F. Zhou & L. Wang ; 1 ♀ ( IZAS), Fujian, Jianyang, Huangkeng , Aotou , 26. V. 1973, leg. P. Y. Yu ; 1 ♀ ( IZAS), same locality as the preceding, 800–950 m, 5. V. 1960, leg. F. J. Pu .

Differential diagnosis.

This species can be differentiated from all others of Ponyalis by the combination of the following characters: pronotum black, with red margins, elytra red (Fig. 2 C, D ); male antennomere I nearly globular, III with outer apical angle strongly protruding laterally, lamellae of IV – X nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, lamella of IV long and 2.0 × longer than joint itself, (Fig. 2 C ); elytral primary costae much stouter than the secondary ones in whole length, cells transverse to squared (Fig. 2 C, D ); phallus moderately projected distad at apical margin, narrowly rounded at apex in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 3 D, E ).

Descriptive notes.

Male (Fig. 2 C ). Antennae reaching apical 1 / 4 length of elytra when inclined, antennomere I nearly globular, III long-triangular, 1.4 × as long as wide, with outer apical angle strongly protruding laterally, lamellae of IV – X abruptly extended laterally and nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, 5.5–7.0 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself, XI parallel-sided and 13.0 × as long as wide.

Aedeagus: phallus slender and 3.7 × as long as wide, barely 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 sharp latero-apical angels, between which the distance barely greater than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 3 D, E ), almost even in width and nearly straight, truncate at ventro-apical 1 / 5 in lateral view (Fig. 3 F ).

Female (Fig. 2 D ). Similar to male, but body stouter, antennae shorter and reaching elytral apical 1 / 3 length when inclined, antennomeres III – V all nearly triangular, lamellae of VI – X 1.1–1.5 × as long as its corresponding antennomere itself, XI fusiform and 4.0 × as long as wide.

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Ponyalis in the world.

Figure 2. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis alternata (Pic, 1927) (A, B); P. fukiensis (Bocak, 1999) (C, D). A, C males B, D females. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

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.