Dendrocellus unidentatus (Macleay)

Liang, Hongbin & Kavanaugh, David H., 2007, Review of the Genus Dendrocellus Schmidt-Göbel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), with Descriptions of Seven New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin (Oxford, England) 61 (1), pp. 1-39 : 1-39

Dendrocellus unidentatus (Macleay)

( Figs. 23 , 43 , 97–98 )

Drypta unidentata Macleay 1825: 28 (Java)

Desera unidentata (Macleay 1825) , Andrewes 1919: 167

Dendrocellus unidentata Macleay, Chaudoir 1861: 545

Specimens examined. Total 33 specimens: India : 1 male ( ISNB), ‘‘ Andaman’ ’/ ‘‘ Collect Bates’ ’/‘‘ Andaman’ ’, Collection E. Rousseau’ ’/‘‘ Coll. R. Sc. N. B. Andaman Islands’ ’; 1 female ( ISNB), ‘‘ Khasi Hieej’ ’/‘‘ Collection P. Dupuis’ ’/ ‘‘ Desera longicollis Dej, P. Dupuis det. 1913’’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Inde’ ’; 1 male ( ISNB), ‘‘ Inde’ ’/‘‘ Collection P. Dupuis’ ’/‘‘ Desera longicollis Dej, P. Dupuis det.’’/ ‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Inde’ ’; 2 males ( ISNB), ‘‘ Khasia Hills, Assam’ ’/‘‘ R. I. Sc. N. B. I.G. 21.042’’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. inde’’. Indonesia : 1 male ( ISNB), ‘‘ Dendrocellus longicollis Schmidt G. , Sumatra, ex coll. Bonneull’ ’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Sumatra’ ’; 1 male and 1 female ( ISNB), ‘‘ Java, Seokaboemi’ ’/‘‘ R. I. Sc. N. B. 19.458, Coll. Le Moult’’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Java’ ’; 1 male and 2 females ( ISNB), ‘‘ Java, Seokaboemi’ ’/‘‘ R. I. Sc. N. B. 12.595, Coll. Le Moult’’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Java’ ’. Myanmar : 1 female ( ISNB), ‘‘ Matupi, Neu-Britannien’ ’/‘‘ R. I. Sc. Nat. Belg. I.G. 16.500’’/‘‘ Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B. Birmanie? 26 ° 36 9 N- 93 ° 27 9 E’ ’; 1 36 male ( MCSN), ‘‘ Tenasserim, Thagata Fea, Apr. 1887 ’’/‘‘ Dendrocellus longicollis Dej. ’’/‘‘det. H. Bates’ ’/‘‘ Museo Civico di Genova’ ’; 1 female ( MCSN), ‘‘ Carin Cheba, 900–1,100 m, L. Fea V.88’’/‘‘ Dendrocellus longicollis Dej. det. H. Bates 1892’’/‘‘ Museo Civico di Genova’ ’. Pakistan : 1 male ( CAS), ‘‘E. Pakistan, Ichamati, 28 mi E. Chittagong, IX-14-61, 50 ft’’/‘‘ Collectors E. S. Ross, D. Q. Cavagnaro’ ’. Thailand : 1 male and 2 females ( ISNB), ‘‘ Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B., Thailande (Loei) Na haeo (bio station), 05-12. V.2001, Light trap, leg. Constant & Grootaert’ ’. See Liang et al. (2004) for other 15 specimens, including the holotype.

Description. Labrum with medial lobe slightly protruded anteriorly; genae long, distinctly tumid; eyes large, about 2.3 times as long as genae; lateral margins of pronotum nearly parallel before middle ( Fig. 23 ); outer apical angles of elytra strongly dentate, pointed ( Fig. 43 ); protarsomere 3 slightly asymmetrical in male; aedeagus with apical lamella short, round at apex ( Figs. 97–98 ). For a more comprehensive description, see Liang et al. (2004: 381) and Andrewes (1919: 167).

Distribution. China, India, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Figures

Figs. 13–24. Habitus of Dendrocellus species. 13) D. kulti (male, Yunnan); 14) D. kulti (holotype of D. kulti reconditus); 15) D. micropectinatus (holotype); 16) D. nepalensis (male, Pedong, India); 17) D. nigripennis (holotype); 18) D. queenslandicus (holotype); 19) D. schultzei (lectotype); 20) D. sinicus (holotype); 21) D. smaragdinus (holotype); 22) D. ternatensis (holotype); 23) D. unidentatus (male, Java); 24) D. viridipennis (male, Congo). Scale line 5 2.0 mm.

Figs. 35–43. Left elytron apex of Dendrocellus species. 35) D. kulti (male, Yunnan); 36) D. nepalensis (male, Pedong, India); 37) D. rugicollis (lectotype, India); 38) D. micropectinatus (holotype); 39) D. australis (male, Congo); 40) D. geniculatus (male, Tibet); 41) D. sinicus (holotype); 42) D. elegans (male, New Guinea); 43) D. unidentatus (male, Java). Scale line 5 1.0 mm.

Figs. 91–108. Male genitalia of Dendrocellus species. 91) and 92) D. queenslandicus (holotype); 93) and 94) D. ternatensis (Batchian, Indonesia); 95) and 96) D. elegans (New Guinea); 97) and 98) D. unidentatus (male, Java); 99) and 100) D. inexpectus (holotype); 101) and 102) D. sinicus (holotype); 103) and 104) D. viridipennis (male, Congo); 105) and 106) D. micropectinatus (holotype); 107) and 108) D. australis (male, Congo). Scale lines 5 1.0 mm, scale line A for Figs. 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107 (apical part, dorsal view); scale line B for Figs. 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108 (left lateral view).