Promethis punctatostriata (Motschulsky, 1872)

Ba, Yi-Bin & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2009, Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 2064, pp. 27-38 : 31-33

Promethis punctatostriata (Motschulsky, 1872)

Figs. 42–51 , 111

Setenis punctatostriata Motschulsky, 1872 : Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc., 45(3): 39.

Nyctobates indosinicus Fairmaire, 1893 : Annls Soc. Ent. Belg., 37: 296.

Setenis indosinnica (Fairmaire, 1893) , Gravely, 1915: Rec. Indian Mus., 8: 526; Ardoin, 1969: Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., 74(5–6): 125; Kaszab, 1975: Ent. Basiliensin., 1: 307; Kaszab, 1980: Annls. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natn. Hung., 72: 177.

Setenis foveiceps Pic, 1929 : Melang. Exot. Ent., 53: 17.

Setenis pilipes Pic, 1929 : Melang. Exot. Ent., 53: 17.

Promethis punctatostriata (Motschulsky, 1872) , Kaszab, 1988a: Fol. Ent. Hung. Rov. Koz., XLIX: 79; Kaszab, 1988: Acta Zool. Hung., 34(2–3): 83, 110, Abb. 402–406, Tef. X: H; Ren, 2002: Forest Insects of Hainan, p. 389.

Material examined. 23, 1Ƥ, Hongmao, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 28–29 May 2007; 63, 7ƤƤ, Zabo, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 1–2 June 2007; 13, 1Ƥ, Daoda, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 22–25 May 2008; 1Ƥ, Wengcun, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 20 May 2008; 1Ƥ, Miaocun, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 4–5 June 2007; collected by Ba Yibin and Lang Juntong.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Southchina, Hainan); India (Assam), Bengal, Sikkim, Nepal, Korea, Burma, Laos, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Thailand, Malay Peninsula.

Figures

FIGURES 42 – 51. Promethis punctatostriata 42. Head; 43. Pronotum; 44. Antenna; 45. Protibia; 46. Metatibia and tarsus; 47 – 49. Aedeagus in ventral, lateral and dorsal views; 50. Spiculum ventrale of male; 51. Spiculum ventrale of female.

FIGURES 108 – 118. Promethis spp. in Hainan Island of China 108. Promethis rectangula; 109. P. vietnamica; 110. P. guangxiana; 111. P. punctatostriata; 112. P. evanescens; 113. P. oshimana; 114. P. crenatostriata; 115. P. v a l g i p e s valgipes; 116. P. sinuatocollis; 117. P. c r a s s i h o r n i s sp. nov.; 118. P. pauperula (from Kaszab, 1988).