Falsocamaria spectabilis ( PASCOE, 1860 )

Wang, Guo-Dong & R, P., 2012, Review Of The Chinese Species Of Falsocamaria Pic With Descriptions Of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (4), pp. 305-324 : 322-323

Falsocamaria spectabilis ( PASCOE, 1860)

( Figs 1 G , 2 G , 3 L-M, 4 G, 5 G, 6 K-L, 8 K-O, 9 I)

Camaria spectabilis PASCOE, 1860 , J. Ent. 1: 52.

Falsocamaria spectabilis: MASUMOTO, 1993 : Jpn. J. Ent. 61 (1): 144.

Original description – “C. viridi-aenea, subiridescens; elytris punctato-striatis, interstiis cupreovittatis, apice obtusis; tarsis chalybeatis; corpore infra viridi-aureo. Hab. North China. Brassy-green, somewhat iridescent; head and prothorax finely punctured, the former with a semicircular impression above the epistome (common apparently to the genus); scutellum small, rounded posteriorly, chalybeate blue; elytra very convex, punctate-striate, punctures minute, the interstices in certain lights showing a stripe of rich copper-red, the apex obtuse; femora and tibiae finely punctured, varied with blue, purple, and gold; tarsi dark blue; labrum, palpi, antennae, and eyes black; body beneath rich golden-green. Length 12 lines (m), 14 lines (f).”

Redescription – Male. Dark green or cooper-green, with slight purple shine; head, pronotum and legs multicolour, purple, golden and bluish green intermixed; pronotum with purple edges, and lateral sides of midline green; elytra with punctato-striated grooves dark green, intervals purple, boundaries between intervals with obvious copper red stripes; abdomen golden-green.

Clypeus with longitudinal impression at middle, punctation denser but lesser at apex; distance between eyes slightly wider than transverse diameter of an eye; temples long. Antennomere VIII slightly wider at apex; 4 apical segments clavate; ratio of the length of antennomeres I to XI as follows: 0.4, 0.2, 1.1, 0.9, 0.9, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 0.8, 0.7, 1.3.

Pronotum about 2.3 times as wide as long; anterior margin nearly straight, posterior margin strongly margined; inconspicuously bisinuate; disc convex, with whole median line, closely covered with coarse, large and confluent punctures on both sides, the punctures denser and larger laterally than medially. Scutellum small, sublinguiform, sparsely scattered with minute punctures and wrinkles.

Elytra about 2.0 times as long as wide, 4.0 times the length and 2.4 times the width of pronotum; subparallel-sided, bordered; humeri convex inconspicuous; disc strongly convex, with finely punctato-striated and micro-shagreened grooves; intervals ridged.

Prosternal process gently grooved medially; mesosternal V-shaped elevation slightly convex; mesosternum with one ridge and wrinkles in fovea; metasternum scattered with minute punctures and wrinkles. Abdomen slightly convex, with longitudinal impression at middle and scattered with minute punctures.

Aedeagus length: 5.0 mm; parameres as long as phallobase.

Female. Antennae with 4 apical segments clearly dilated, segment XI ovate; length of ovipositor: 19.3 mm.

Measurements. Body length: male 24.0–32.0 mm; female 24.0–25.0 mm.

Material: 1 m, Pinglongshan, Shangsi, Guangxi , 350–500 m, 6. vi. 2002, Shi Ai-Min leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Huajiang, Xingan , Guangxi, 4. vii. 1994, Tan Jiang-Ming leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Luoxiang, Jinxiu, Guangxi 400 m, 15. v. 1999, Xiao Hui leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fulong, Fangcheng, Guangxi , 240 m, 20. iv. 1998, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Huajiang, Xingan , Guangxi, 16. vii. 1992, Zhou Yu-Heng leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Fulong, Fangcheng, Guangxi, 550 m, 26. v. 1999, Yuan De-Cheng leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fulong, Fangcheng, Guangxi 240 m, 20. iv. 1998, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fengyangshan, Longquan , Zhejiang, 25. vii. 2007, Liu Hao-Yu leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution: China (North, Guangxi).

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Acknowledgements – We are grateful to Dr. KIMIO MASUMOTO (Tokohama, Japan) for providing us some literature and photos of F. muelleri ( KASZAB, 1954). We also express our cordial thanks to Dr. KIYOSHI ANDO (Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan) for providing some literature. Thanks are also due to Mr. MUNCH ( Canada) for correcting our English. This work was supported by the Universities’ Doctoral Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (20101301110004) and the Key Laboratory of Invertebrate of Systematics and Application of Hebei, China.

Figures

Fig. 1. Head of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F.imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D =F.microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), E = F.obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860). Male:

Fig. 2. Pronotum of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D = F. microdera (FAIR- MAIRE, 1899), E = F. obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE,

Fig. 3. Antennae of Falsocamaria species: A–B = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), C–D = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), E–F = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), G–H = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), I–J = F. obscurovientia sp. n., K = F. rufisutura sp. n., L–M = F. spectabilis