Paramisolampidius, FROM, FROM

Merkl, O. & Masumoto, K., 2008, A Review Of Taiwanese Paramisolampidius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54 (1), pp. 1-11 : 9-10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5731866

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6908170

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7E342-FF8D-FFE0-C4AB-FA81FB61FA83

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Felipe

scientific name

Paramisolampidius
status

 

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PARAMISOLAMPIDIUS FROM TAIWAN

1(4) Ocular sulcus rather complex, deeply sinuate inwardly ( Figs 8–9 View Figs 7–11 ); eyes more oblique and narrowly spindle-shaped; pronotum with punctation subcontiguous; elytra with rows of separated punctures, not striate.

2(3) Whole dorsal surface opaque; head and pronotum less closely punctate; elytra with rows of widely spaced foveolate punctures ( Fig. 3 View Figs 2–6 ); length 11 mm; Tehuashe (600 m a. s. l.), Riyuetan , Nantou Hsien, C Taiwan P. formosanus MASUMOTO, 1981 a

3(2) Head and pronotum opaque, scutellum and elytra shining, alutaceous; head and pronotum closely and coarsely punctate; elytra with rows of narrowly separated punctures ( Fig. 4 View Figs 2–6 ); length 12.5 mm; Suleng (1,100 m a. s. l.), Taoyuan Hsien, N Taiwan P. kinugasai MASUMOTO, 1984

4(1) Ocular sulcus simple, not deeply sinuate ( Figs 7, 10 View Figs 7–11 ) or slightly bulged (in P. tenghsiensis , Fig. 11 View Figs 7–11 ); eyes more transverse and rounded; pronotal punctation either very fine or coarse but punctures clearly separated; elytra striate-punctate, at least in first two rows.

5(6) Ocular sulcus narrow and incomplete, running from behind to middle of inner margin of eye ( Fig. 7 View Figs 7–11 ); body slender; pronotum remarkably sparsely and finely punctate; length 13 mm; Hohuanshan (3,100 m a. s. l.), Nantou Hsien, C Taiwan P. csorbai sp. n.

6(5) Ocular sulcus broader and complete (running around whole eye); body more robust; pronotum coarsely punctate.

7(8) Ocular sulcus simple ( Fig. 10 View Figs 7–11 ); punctures on pronotum mostly rounded; posterior half of prothoracic epipleuron with contiguous punctures forming wrinkles; elytra with strial punctures finer, not wider than width of striae; length 13–16 mm; various localities of C and N Taiwan

P. shirozui (M. T. CHÛJÔ, 1967)

8(7) Ocular sulcus slightly bulged inwardly ( Fig. 11 View Figs 7–11 ); punctures on pronotum longitudinally ovate; posterior half of prothoracic epipleuron with separate punctures; elytra with strial punctures coarse, distinctly wider than width of striae; length 12.5–15.5 mm; Tenghsi and Liukuei (about 1,400 m a. s. l.), Kaohsiung Hsien, S Taiwan P. tenghsiensis MASUMOTO, 1984

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

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