Macrolycus gansuensis Kazantsev, 2002

Du, Ruolan, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, A taxonomic study on the nominate subgenus Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878 from China (Coleoptera, Lycidae), Zootaxa 5424 (3), pp. 358-366 : 360

Macrolycus gansuensis Kazantsev, 2002

( Figs 2B , 3D–F )

Macrolycus gansuensis Kazantsev, 2002: 253 , figs 1–3.

Examined material.

CHINA • 1♂ (MHBU), Gansu, Zhouqu, Guazigoucun, 11–12.VII.2009, Z. H. Gao & Y. P. Niu leg.

Descriptive notes. Male ( Fig. 2B ). Aedeagus ( Figs 3D–F ) moderately sclerotized. Parameres moderately developed and spoon-shaped, about 2/7 length of phallus, with lateral margins converging apically in ventral view ( Fig. 3E ) and widely emarginate in lateral view ( Fig. 3F ). Phallus abruptly expanded at basal 1/7 portion, then parallel-sided in dorsal view ( Fig. 3D ), subapical part moderately and asymmetrically inflated laterally, about 1.6 times as wide as basal part, with a fusiform ventral-cavity, apical part progressively expanded distad, apex about 0.4 times as wide as subapical part; basal part curved ventrally at basal 1/3 portion and bent dorsally at apical 1/3 portion in lateral view ( Fig. 3F ), subapical part strongly inflated ventrally, apical part nearly parallel-sided.

Distribution. China (Gansu).

Remarks. Same as noted for M. oreophilus .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Male habitus of Macrolycus species, dorsal views: A. M. oreophilus Kazantsev, 2002; B. M. gansuensis Kazantsev, 2002; C. M. bowringi Waterhouse, 1878; D. M. subapicis sp. nov. (holotype). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 3.Aedeagi of Macrolycus species, dorsal views:A–C. M. oreophilus Kazantsev, 2002; D–F. M. gansuensis Kazantsev, 2002; G–I. M. bowringi Waterhouse, 1878; J–L. M. subapicis sp. nov. (holotype). A, D, G, J: dorsal views; B, E, H, K: ventral views; C, F, I, L: lateral views. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.