Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001

Kundrata, Robin & Németh, Tamás, 2019, Description of Penia mantillerii sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini), with a key to Penia species from Vietnam and nearby areas, Zootaxa 4612 (2), pp. 275-281 : 277

Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001

( Figs 18–30 )

Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001: 226 .

Remark. This easily recognizable species was described based on a single male specimen from northern Vietnam: Lào Cai Province, Hoang Lien Son (22°18–23’N, 103°49–54’ E, 1100–2400 m a.s.l.). ( Schimmel 2001). Here we report the second known specimen of this species, describe its male terminal abdominal segments, and redescribe the aedeagus. These structures are first figured here ( Figs 24–30 ). For more information see Schimmel (2001) and Kundrata et al. (2018).

Material examined. Male, “ VIETNAM, Lao Cai Prov., 5 km W of Cat Cat, 2050 m, 22°18.337’N, 103°49.291’E // 15.III.1998, No. 17, at light, L. Peregovits & T. Vásárhelyi” ( HNHM).

Male terminal abdominal segments and genitalia. Tergite VIII ( Fig. 24 ) wider than long, sides slightly concave, apically sub-truncate, finely punctate. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 25 ) transverse, more than twice as wide as long, partly membranous, posteriorly trisinuate. Tergite IX ( Fig. 26 ) about 1.3 times as long as wide, sides equally rounded, narrowed before apex, finely punctate and sparsely covered with fine, short pubescence, with several long setae laterally and near apex. Tergite X ( Fig. 26 ) about twice as long as wide, apically partly membranous. Sternite IX ( Fig. 27 ) elongate, almost three times as long as wide, rounded apically. Aedeagus ( Figs 28–30 ) more than four times as long as wide. Median lobe reaching beyond parameres, with basal struts oriented basad; median lobe slightly curved near apex from lateral view ( Fig. 30 ), subparallel-sided for most of its length in dorsal view ( Fig. 28 ), apically abruptly narrowed, apex narrowly rounded. Paramere gradually slightly narrowed toward apex, slightly curved in lateral view, with subapical hook, apex pointed. Phallobase short, U-shaped.

Figures

FIGURES 17–30. 17, Penia costipennis Fleutiaux, 1936, male lectotype, habitus, dorsal view (credit: MNHN/A. Mantilleri). 18–31, Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001. 18, habitus, dorsal view; 19, habitus, lateral view; 20, basal and median antennomeres; 21, pronotum, dorsal view; 22, scutellar shield, dorsal view; 23, detail of elytral disk, dorsal view; 24, abdominal tergite VIII; 25, abdominal sternite VIII; 26, abdominal tergites IX–X; 27, abdominal sternite IX; 28, aedeagus, dorsal view; 29, aedeagus, ventral view; 30, aedeagus, lateral view. Scale bars = 2.0 mm (Figs 17–19), 1.0 mm (Fig. 21), 0.5 mm (Figs 20, 23–30), 0.2 mm (Fig. 22).