Hypoganus miyatakei Ôhira, 1966

Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2017, A new species of Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from China, with notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 348-362 : 361

Hypoganus miyatakei Ôhira, 1966

( Figs. 7D ; 8C)

Hypoganus miyatakei Ôhira, 1966: 41 ; Ôhira 1970: 22; Kishii 1987: 103; Cate et al. 2007: 117.

Diagnosis. Based on the original description, this species is characterized as followed: male body length 11.5 mm, width 3.0 mm. Body dark brown, elytra somewhat darker, palpi, antennae and legs reddish brown. Pronotum quadrate, with fine and sparse punctures, hind angle sharp and elongate, apex acute and curved. Scutellum tongueshaped, without punctures and pubescence. Male genitalia as Fig. 7D , 8C , penis robust, apex short and narrow, paramere robust, apex pointed, the hook pointed.

Remarks. This is the only species of Hypoganus recorded from Japan. It was described based on one male from Mt. Omogo, Shikoku, in Japan; Kishii (1987) also recorded this species from Honshu and Kyushu. Distribution. Japan (Shikoku, Honshu, Kyushu).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A – F. Aedeagus of Hypoganus species, dorsal (A) and ventral (B – F) view: A – B. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); C. H. tibetis, original figure in Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); D. H. miyatakei, original figure in Ôhira (1966); E. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); F. H. inunctus (Germany).

FIGURE 8. A – E. Apex of paramere of Hypoganus species, ventral view: A. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); B. H. tibetis, redraw from Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); C. H. miyatakei, redraw from Ôhira (1966); D. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); E. H. inunctus (Germany). Not to scale.