Tohlezkus orientalis Vít, 1981

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Tohlezkus orientalis Vít

( Figs 3 , 39 )

Tohlezkus orientalis Vít, 1091: 769 .

Type material studied. Holotype (TAIWAN): ♀, three labels: “TAIWAN, IV-VI.77 / Fenchihu, 1400m / J.& S. Klapperich ” [white, printed], “TYPUS” [red, printed], “ TOHLEZKUS / orientalis / sp.n. / det. S. Vít 1990” ( MHNG).

Additional material studied. ♁, Taiwan, Taichung Hsien, Anmashan , 2225 m, 02.05.1990, leg. A. Smetana ( MHNG) .

Remarks. The studied male ( Fig. 3 ) is externally indistinguishable from the holotype female.Although its body length is only 1.21 times as large as that of the holotype of T. uminchu , the aedeagus of T. orientalis is 1.5 × as long as that of T. uminchu . The aedeagus of T. orientalis ( Fig. 39 ) has a slender penis tapering towards subtriangular apex surrounded by membranous folds of preputial sac, lateral margins of penis sinuate, parameres massive, weakly concave mesally in distal third.

Figures

FIGURES 1‒4. Dorsal habitus of males. Bisayodes hure gen. & sp. n. (1); Tohlezkus uminchu sp. n. (2); Tohlezkus orientalis Vít (3); Tohlezkus rufus (M. Sakai) (4).

FIGURES 37‒40. Aedeagus. Bisayodes hure gen. & sp. n. (37); Tohlezkus uminchu sp. n. (38); Tohlezkus orientalis Vít (39); Tohlezkus rufus (M. Sakai) (40).