Nalassus (Nalassus)

Nabozhenko, Maxim & Ando, Kiyoshi, 2018, Subtribal, Generic And Subgeneric Composition Of Darkling Beetles Of The Tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In The Eastern Palaearctic Region, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 64 (4), pp. 277-327 : 304-305

Nalassus (Nalassus) merkli (Masumoto, Akita et Lee, 2017), comb. n.

Masumoto et al., 2017: 9, figs 5, 16–17 ( Tarpela ).

Distribution. Taiwan.

Note. This species clearly belongs to the genus Nalassus based on the description, figures of male genitalia and the photograph of the holotype.

Key to the species of the nominotypical subgenus of the genus Nalassus of Eastern Palaearctic (without Taiwan; for Taiwanese species see newest key in MASUMOTO et al. (2017))

1. Outer apex of protrochanters acute, elevate above femoral level ( Fig. 8D ) N. brunneus

– Outer apex of protrochanters rounded, not elevate above femoral level

( Fig. 10H ) 3

Figures

Fig. 8. Nalassus (s. str.) brunneus brunneus, details of structure: A = head and prothorax, ventral view, B = head, ventral view (arrow shows weakly developed posterior grooves beginning at lower aspect of eyes), C = prosternum, D = prosternal process, procoxae and

Fig. 10. Nalassus (s. str.) akitai, holotype and paratype: A = male, holotype, habitus, B = fe-