Lucanus boileaui Planet, 1897

Lin, Xin, Su, Rong-Xiang, Xin, Fei-Yi, Liao, Zhi-Yu, Lu, Huang-Hui, Liu, Xian-Zhou & Song, Hai-Tian, 2024, Lucanus qizhihaoi, a new stag beetle from Wuyishan National Park of Fujian, China (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae), Zootaxa 5541 (2), pp. 185-199 : 195-197

Lucanus boileaui Planet, 1897

Chinese common name: WḆḴƜṁş

Figs. 1E–J ; 2B–C ; 3F–K ; 4E–L ; 5B–C ; 6D–I

Lucanus boileavi Planet, 1897: 205 .

Lucanus boileaui : Didier, 1949: pl. 14 (the name “boileavi ” is an incorrect original spelling, and the name “boileaui ” is valid).

Lucanus maculifemoratus ab. boileaui : Benesh 1960: 144.

Lucanus maculifemoratus boileaui : Mizunuma & Nagai 1994: 58, plate 12.

Lucanus bidentis Schenk 2013: 4 , fig. 2 (TL: Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Bhu San; but the type locality is doubtful); synonymized by Qi et al. 2023: 253.

Type locality. China, Thibet (now western Sichuan Province), Mou-Pin (now Baoxing County) and Ya Tcheou (now Ya'an City ), Se-Pin-Lou-Chan.

Material examined. CHINA: 2♂♂ ( CZHQ), Sichuan Province, Ya'an City, Yingjing County [Ếē县], Longcanggou National Forest Park [AEĖŝ国ẍũüȓ园], alt. 1750 m, 18.VII.2024, Rong-Chuan Tao leg. ; 5♂♂ ( CZHQ), Sichuan Province, Ya'an City, Yingjing County [Ếē县], Longcanggou National Forest Park [AEĖŝ 国ẍũüȓ园], Diecuixi [叠Ņã], alt. 1430 m, VII.2023, Rong-Chuan Tao leg. ; 1♂ ( CRXS), Sichuan Province, Emeishan City, Emeishan [NJDZƜ], Xixiangchi [KÞà], alt. 2000 m, 10.VII.2024, Tian-Xuan Gu leg. ; 2♂♂ ( CZHQ), Sichuan Province, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Meigu County [ḽ姑县], Dafengding National Nature Reserve [大Ṃū国ẍāåỀ保ṗ区], alt. 2200 m, 24.VI.2024 , local collector leg.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Remarks. Fujita (2010) states in his book The Lucanid Beetles of the World that this species distributes in Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xizang. However, there are no reliable specimen records for verification in provinces other than Sichuan. Therefore, in this study, we only list Sichuan Province as the distribution.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male habitus of Lucanus species. A–D, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (Wuyishan, Fujian); A–B, holotype, 38.5 mm, small sized; C–D, paratype, 23.2 mm (apex of mandible to the posterior margin of occiput), large sized; E–J, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan); E–F, 38.2 mm, small sized; G–H, 44.8 mm, medium sized; I–J, 58.9 mm, large sized. A, C, E, G, I, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, J, ventral view. Scale bar = 10.0 mm.

FIGURE 2. Male head details of Lucanus species in back view. A, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (paratype, large sized, Wuyishan, Fujian); B–C, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan); B, medium sized; C, large sized.

FIGURE 3. Male canthus (A, D, F, I), clypeolabrum (B, E, G, J) and bifurcate apex of protibia (C, H, K) of Lucanus species in dorsal view. A–E, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (Wuyishan, Fujian); A–C, holotype, small sized; D–E, paratype, large sized; F–K, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan); F–H, small sized; I–K, large sized. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Male abdominal tergite VIII (A, E, I), abdominal ventrite VIII (B, F, J) and abdominal segment IX (C–D, G–H, K–L) of Lucanus species. A–D, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (holotype, Wuyishan, Fujian); E–L, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan). A, C, E, G, I, K, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, J, L, ventral view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 5. Aedeagus of Lucanus species in ventral view. A, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (holotype, Wuyishan, Fujian); B–C, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 6. Aedeagus (excluding flagellum) of Lucanus species. A–C, L. qizhihaoi Lin, Su, Xin & Song, new species (holotype, Wuyishan, Fujian); D–I, L. boileaui Planet, 1897 (Yingjing, Sichuan). C, F, I, dorsal view; A, D, G, ventral view; B, E, H, lateral view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.