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FBB1D24CB5B655029062774AF5652776.text	FBB1D24CB5B655029062774AF5652776.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Morphostenophanes bannaensis Zhou 2020	<div><p>Morphostenophanes bannaensis Zhou, 2020</p><p>Morphostenophanes bannaensis Zhou, 2020: 45, figs 26 A – C, 31 B, G, L, Q, 32 B, J – L, 33 B, H [male]. Type locality: Jinghong City, Mengyang Town, Yexianggu, Yunnan, China.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>(females). China: Yunnan: • 3 ♀ (CHH), Jinghong City, Gasa Town, alt. 900–1500 m; vi. 2023, native collector .</p><p>Female (Fig. 8 A – C) body stouter than male, length 24.6–25.5 mm. width 9.60–9.74 mm; OI = 45.7–50.7; pronotum quadrate, PW / PL = 1.04–1.30; elytra stouter, EL / EW = 1.71–1.79, more convex, widest and highest medially; abdomen straight in lateral view, without impressions on sternites; ovipositor elongate, gradually narrowing apically, apex of gonocoxite acute.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FBB1D24CB5B655029062774AF5652776	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	He, Hao;Meng, Fei-Yan;Yang, Shi-Jian	He, Hao, Meng, Fei-Yan, Yang, Shi-Jian (2026): Two new species of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini). ZooKeys 1282: 229-243, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1282.176631
C80646548A675B8C9575DFB95E461713.text	C80646548A675B8C9575DFB95E461713.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Morphostenophanes jiaoziensis He & Meng & Yang 2026	<div><p>Morphostenophanes jiaoziensis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3, 9 B, 10 C, 11 D</p><p>Type materials.</p><p>China: Yunnan: • ♂ (holotype, KIZ), Kunming City, Luquan County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.83042&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.067886" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.83042/lat 26.067886)">Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve</a>, 26°04'04.39"N, 102°49'49.52"E (Fig. 4 B, red dot), alt. 3100 m, 12. vi. 2022, Hao He leg. ; paratypes • 6 ♂, 3 ♀ (CHH): 1 ♂, 26°12'02.33"N, 102°54'01.48"E (Fig. 4 B, yellow dot), alt. 3300 m, 22. iv. 2022, Hao He leg.; • 1 ♀, same data as holotype; 26°03'34.56"N, 102°55'24.28"E (Fig. 4 B, blue dot), alt. 2900 m: 2 ♀, 15. vi. 2023, Jun-dong Xu leg.; • 1 ♂, 23. vi. 2024, Hao He leg.; • 4 ♂, 20. v. 2025, Hao He leg.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Body medium-sized to large, black with silvery-grey metallic reflection. Frontal midline depressed, extending to clypeus. Pronotum inversely trapezoidal, strongly constricted between pronotum and elytra. Elytra with rows of striae formed by round and oval segments; encircled areas strongly convex. Apex of parameres bent ventrad in lateral view.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Fig. 1 A, C). Body medium-sized to large, black, antennae and claws reddish brown. Body elongate, length 19.3–21.3 mm, width 7.3–7.5 mm, strongly convex.</p><p>Head (Fig. 2 A, E) transversely subquadrate, black, densely and finely punctate. Clypeus transversely heptagonal (width / length = 1.82); disc weakly convex, anteriorly slightly curved downward; anterior margin nearly straight, slightly convex in middle; frontoclypeal sulcus well marked, more deeply concave at middle, fading laterally, broadly U-shaped. Genae strongly raised, densely and finely punctate, strongly and roundly produced anterolaterally; outer margin deeply notched between gena and clypeus. Eyes transversely reniform, strongly convex laterally; OI = 50.1–56.4; inner ocular sulci deeply grooved along inner margins, becoming shallower and broader posteriorly. Frons broad, declivous anteriorly towards clypeus, with a distinct median sulcus that extends to frontoclypeal sulcus.</p><p>Mentum (Fig. 2 B) inversely trapezoidal; lateral margins slightly rounded, rising gradually from sides to middle; medial surface sparsely and coarsely punctate, with several large pores bearing long setae.</p><p>Antennae (Fig. 2 K) slender, deep brownish black, extending to basal fifth of elytra, with antennomeres weakly thickened to apices; relative lengths of antennomeres: 0.60: 0.36: 1.03: 0.96: 1.00: 1.00: 1.01: 0.93: 0.89: 0.87: 0.99.</p><p>Pronotum (Fig. 2 D) black, inversely trapezoidal; PW / PL = 1.18–1.30. Posterior half gradually narrowed to base, densely and finely punctate, widest near middle; anterior angles broadly rounded, posterior angles obtuse; anterior marginal border distinct, medially slightly convex and bisinuate; anterior half of lateral margin rounded, weakly sinuous; lateral margins sharply defined and thickened; posterior half not visible in dorsal view; posterior margin marked and nearly straight, thinning medially, and weakly concave at middle; disc strongly convex medially, with a pair of distinct shallow depressions medially, presenting a thin, longitudinal impression along midline. Scutellum widely triangular, finely and sparsely punctate.</p><p>Elytra elongate-oval, black with silvery-grey metallic reflection, widest medially, EL / EW = 1.78–1.89, strongly convex, highest near middle, with rows of striae formed by round and oval segments; encircled areas strongly convex, intervals strongly convex, intervals finely granulate and densely covered with fine wrinkles, sparsely and finely punctate.</p><p>Prosternum (Fig. 2 E) shagreened, finely and sparsely punctate; prosternal process thickened, with coarse wrinkles extending ventrad; apex truncate; hypomeron rugulose. Metasternum glossy, finely punctate.</p><p>Abdomen (Fig. 2 G) depressed, with surface smooth and finely punctate. Sternites III – VI wrinkled on lateral margins; sternites III and IV with or without a vague posteromedian depression; sternite V with lateral median impressions.</p><p>Legs slender, black. Protibiae (Fig. 2 H) nearly straight, gradually thickened toward apex; apical third faintly curved; apical half of inner margins weakly pubescent. Mesotibiae (Fig. 2 I) strongly curved in apical third, apical 3 / 5 of inner margins weakly pubescent, gradually thickened toward apex. Metatibiae (Fig. 2 J) nearly straight; apical third faintly curved and bisinuate; apical 2 / 3 of inner margins densely pubescent.</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 3 A, B) elongate, curved in lateral view; parameres slender, about 0.20 as long as total length, ridged along dorsal midline, apex dilated, bluntly hastate, both sides slightly recurved dorsally. Laterally, superior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 3 E, F) weakly reflexed; apical lobes of sternite VIII with rounded exterior and inferior margins.</p><p>Female (Fig. 1 B, C, E) stouter than male, length 20.5–22.5 mm, width 7.5–9.0 mm, OI = 55.0–55.6. Pronotum inversely trapezoidal, with a pair of obscure median impressions, PW / PL = 1.31–1.38. Elytra ovate and more convex than in male, EL / EW = 1.56–1.80. Abdomen straight in lateral view; sternites V with a pair of elongate depressions anterolaterally; sternite VII with a pair of vague median impressions. Ovipositor elongated, gradually narrowing posteriorly, with acute apex.</p><p>Comparative notes.</p><p>Morphostenophanes jiaoziensis most closely resembles M. furvus Zhou, 2020 . Both species are black and the elytra bear rows of striae formed by round or oval segments., but the new species can be distinguished from M. furvus by having a median frontal sulcus (absent in the latter), more convex elytra with a stronger metallic lustre (weaker in the latter), an inversely trapezoidal pronotum with a rougher disc (smooth in the latter), a bisinuate anterior margin (straight in the latter), and a pair of lateral depressions (absent in the latter).</p><p>Variability.</p><p>One female paratype (Fig. 1 C) has a more robust habitus, as well as broader and more rounded elytra (EL / EW = 1.56). Compared to males from the northern population in the Jiaozi Mountains, males from the southern population have finer, sparser punctures on the head (Fig. 2 C) and a shorter clypeus (length / width = 2.09) with a distinct clypeal transverse impression and an outer margin that is slightly notched between the gena and the clypeus. The antennae (Fig. 2 L) are shorter, thicker, and darker in colour; the antennomeres strongly thickened apically, and the relative lengths of antennomeres are as follows: 0.51: 0.30: 0.87: 0.85: 0.83: 0.87: 0.89: 0.87: 0.84: 0.83: 0.91; the antennomeres reach the basal fifth of the elytra; pronotal (Fig. 2 F) punctation is finer and sparser, the anterior marginal border is straight, and the lateral marginal border is rounded; the hypomeron has more numerous rugae. In the holotype malem the apex of the aedeagal paramere slightly truncate (Fig. 3 C).</p><p>Comments.</p><p>All specimens of this species were collected from the areas surrounding the Jiaozi Mountains. One sampling site was on the northern side of the mountains, and two sites were on the southern side (Fig. 4 B). These northern and southern populations are separated by the Jiaozi Mountains, which exceed 4,000 m in elevation; the surrounding river valleys are below 1000 m. This geographical barrier is likely a significant factor contributing to the morphological differences observed between the two populations. However, specimens from the two southern collection sites show very little inter-individual variation.</p><p>This species possesses certain characteristics of the aenescens group, such as the presence of a frontal median sulcus on the frons, and a posteromedian depression on ventrites III and IV. However, we assign this species to the elegantulus group based on its elytra, which is broadest at the middle, the slender female ovipositor, and the dense pubescence on the metatibia; we suggest that there is a close phylogenetic affinity between the aenescens and elegantulus groups.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>(Fig. 4 A). China: Yunnan, Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The new species is named after its type locality, the Jiaozi Mountains.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C80646548A675B8C9575DFB95E461713	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	He, Hao;Meng, Fei-Yan;Yang, Shi-Jian	He, Hao, Meng, Fei-Yan, Yang, Shi-Jian (2026): Two new species of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini). ZooKeys 1282: 229-243, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1282.176631
B1A0D8B753D0598EAF029CC76A55ACFA.text	B1A0D8B753D0598EAF029CC76A55ACFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Morphostenophanes yangshijiani He & Meng & Yang 2026	<div><p>Morphostenophanes yangshijiani sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 5, 6, 7, 11 C</p><p>Type materials.</p><p>China: Yunnan: • ♂ (holotype, KIZ), Kunming City, Luquan County, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.92341&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.059599" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.92341/lat 26.059599)">Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve</a>, 26°03'34.56"N, 102°55'24.28"E (Fig. 4 B, blue dot), alt. 2900 m, 15. vi. 2023, Hao He leg. ; paratypes • 1 ♂, 6 ♀ (CHH), same collection data as holotype: 3 ♀, 15. vi. 2023, Hao He leg.; • 2 ♀, 30. v. 2024, Hao He, Jing-Hong Dai leg.; • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, alt. 2900 m, 20. v. 2025, Hao He leg.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Small; antennae, tibiae, and tarsi green in dorsal view, claws reddish brown. Elytra with rows of striae formed by round and oval segments, encircled areas strongly convex.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Fig. 5 A, B, D) copper-coloured, with a strong green metallic lustre; body elongate, length: 16.3–17.8 mm, width: 5.2–5.4 mm, noticeably constricted between pronotum and elytra.</p><p>Head (Fig. 6 A, B) transversely subquadrate, rugose, densely and coarsely punctate. Clypeus transversely hexagonal (width / length = 2.21), medially slightly convex, anteriorly slightly curved downward, anterior margin nearly straight, weakly emarginate in middle, clypeal transverse impression distinct to faint; frontoclypeal suture deeply grooved, becoming shallower laterally, broadly U-shaped. Genae strongly convex, rugose, strongly and roundly produced anterolaterally; outer margin deeply notched between gena and clypeus. Eyes transversely reniform, strongly convex laterally; OI = 51.4–53.2. Frons broad, smooth to rugose, anteriorly declivous towards clypeus. lateral vertexal impressions distinct. Antennae slender, reaching basal fourth of elytra; antennomeres weakly thickened to apices; relative lengths of antennomeres: 0.64: 0.29: 0.80: 0.72: 0.75: 0.78: 0.78: 0.76: 0.76: 0.72: 0.87.</p><p>Pronotum (Fig. 6 C, D) barrel-shaped, densely and finely punctate, PW / PL = 1.05–1.10, widest in anterior third; anterior margin nearly straight, slightly projecting in middle, anterior marginal border marked and thickened, thinning from sides toward middle and interrupted; lateral marginal borders thin, not visible in dorsal view along posterior half; posterior margin nearly straight and thickened, thinning from sides toward middle; anterior angles broadly rounded, posterior angles obtuse, disc moderately convex, with a pair of lateral impressions medially, with an elongate impression near each posterior angle. Scutellum obtusely triangular, glossy, finely punctate.</p><p>Elytra elongate-oval, widest at middle, EL / EW = 1.97–2.20, strongly convex, highest near middle; with rows of striae formed by round and oval segments, areas around them with green lustre, some interrupted or confluent, encircled areas strongly convex, copper-coloured; intervals strongly convex and coppery, with fine wrinkles and fine punctures.</p><p>Mentum (Fig. 6 B) subquadrate; lateral margin slightly rounded; medial surface sparsely, coarsely punctate, with several large pores bearing long setae, rising gradually from sides to middle.</p><p>Prosternum (Fig. 6 D) green, densely rugulose, finely and sparsely punctate; prosternal process declivous, apex obtuse, dilated in ventral view; hypomeron strongly rugulose. Metasternum finely wrinkled.</p><p>Abdomen (Fig. 6 E) green, depressed, surface rough and weakly wrinkled, finely granulate, with sparse fine punctures; sternites III – VI wrinkled on lateral margins. Sternite III with or without a distinct posteromedian depression; sternite IV with posteromedial impressions bearing convex centres; sternite VII with a pair of shallow medial impressions.</p><p>Protibiae (Fig. 6 I) curved in apical sixth, thickening terminally; apical 3 / 5 of inner margins emarginate.</p><p>Mesotibiae (Fig. 6 J) as in protibiae.</p><p>Metatibiae (Fig. 6 K) nearly straight, weakly sinuous; apical 3 / 4 of inner margins sparsely pubescent.</p><p>Aedeagus (Fig. 7 A, B) elongate, curved in lateral view; parameres slender, about 0.26 as long as total length, dorsal margin depressed medially in lateral view, apex dilated, bluntly hastate. Apical lobes of sternite VIII (Fig. 7 F, G) obliquely produced posteriorly in dorsal view, subrectangular in lateral view, apical lobe with straight anterior margin, apex of superior margin slightly emarginate, inferior margins extend downward into a hook.</p><p>Female (Fig. 5 C, E) body copper-green with a strong metallic lustre, stouter than male, length 15.5–18.4 mm, noticeably constricted between pronotum and elytra; clypeal transverse impression short, marked to absent; OI = 51.4–55.4. Pronotum with anterior margin projecting medially, disc strongly convex, and with or without a pair of shallow impressions, PW / PL = 1.10–1.22. Elytra oblong, green, broader and more convex than in male, EL / EW = 1.75–1.98, widest and highest medially, with rows of striae formed by round and oval segments, encircled areas strongly convex, areas around them with cupreous lustre, intervals strongly convex and green. Abdomen straight in lateral view, without impressions on sternites. Ovipositor shortened, abruptly narrowing terminally from apical third, with acute apex.</p><p>Variability.</p><p>One male paratype (Fig. 5 B) differs considerably from the male holotype in both colouration and body shape; the body is aeneous and more elongate; the head and pronotum are smoother; the anterior margin of the pronotum (Fig. 6 G) projects medially and the posterior margin is weakly emarginate at the middle, with a pair of elongate impressions slightly behind middle near lateral margins; and the elytra are narrowly ovate (EL / EW = 2.2) and widest and highest slightly behind the middle. Laterally, the parameres (Fig. 7 E) are strongly curved ventrally, about 0.23 as long as the total length.</p><p>Comparative notes.</p><p>Morphostenophanes yangshijiani is similar to M. minor Zhou, 2020 . Both are small species with rows of striae on the elytra formed by encircled segments. However, M. yangshijiani can be distinguished by its larger body size, coppery body colour (bright bronze in the latter), and encircled areas of striae strongly convex (weakly convex in the latter); the parameres are obtusely spearhead-shaped and lack an apical marginal carina (flabellate and with a carina in the latter).</p><p>Comments.</p><p>This species is small-bodied (&lt;18 mm), has the protibiae curved in their apical sixth, the aedeagus is neither a broadly widened with a flabellate apex nor with an apical marginal carina, and the apical lobes of sternite VIII have hook-shaped notches on the dorsal margin in lateral view. These characters indicate that this species does not belong to the jendeki group. Consequently, we propose the new yangshijiani group for its classification.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>(Fig. 4 A). China: Yunnan, Jiaozishan National Nature Reserve.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named after Professor Shi-jian Yang, in recognition of his assistance and support during the collection of specimens.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B1A0D8B753D0598EAF029CC76A55ACFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	He, Hao;Meng, Fei-Yan;Yang, Shi-Jian	He, Hao, Meng, Fei-Yan, Yang, Shi-Jian (2026): Two new species of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini). ZooKeys 1282: 229-243, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1282.176631
