Falsocamaria microdera ( FAIRMAIRE, 1899 )

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 : 318-320

Falsocamaria microdera ( FAIRMAIRE, 1899)

( Figs 1 D , 2 D , 3 G-H, 4 D, 5 D, 6 G-H, 8 A-E, 9 D-F)

Camaria microdera FAIRMAIRE, 1899: 630 .

Falsocamaria obscura PIC, 1917: 19 . Synonymised by MASUMOTO (1993 a).

Camaria subopaca PIC, 1920: 2 . Synonymised by MASUMOTO (1993 a).

Falsocamaria microdera: MASUMOTO, 1993 a: 144 .

Original description – “Long. 28 mill. Oblonga, postice ampliata, convexa, viridi-aenea, nitida, capite, prothorace medio et sutura basi purpureo-tinctis; capite sat dense et sat fortiter punctato, veritce minus, clypeo antice late sinuato, angulis acutis, sutura clypeali profunda; porthorace transverso, elytris fere dimidio angustiore, antice leviter angustato, lateribus fere rectis, dorso sat dense, ad latera densius punctato, basi fortiter marginata, angulis acute extroversis, anticis obtusis; scutello sat minute, aeneo, obtuso; elytris amplis, postice paulo ampliatis, sat fortiter striatis, striis coeruleis, basi punctulatis, apice obsoletis, intervallis planiusculis, subtiliter punctulato-rugosulis, ad suturam evidentius; subtus aurulenta, valde nitida, abdomine apice coeruleo, pectoris lateribus punctatis, abdomine subtiliter dense coriaceo, lateribus impressis et impressionibus coeruleis, pedibus sat magnis, punctatis, cupreis, genubus coeruleis. Ressemble beaucoup à la into italic Pasc., du nord de la Chine, mais la coloration est plus verte, uniforme, le corselet plus étroit, plus convexe, moins grossièrement ponctué, à peine rugueux sur les côtés, les élytres sont plus longues, plus atténuées en arrière, et le prosternum est plan entre les hanches et en avant.”

Supplement – Male. Body large, with strong metallic shine, unicolour, greenish blue, bluish violet or almost blackish; antennomere with blue shine; legs multicolour, mostly of same color as elytra or blue and purple intermixed.

Head convex at middle, with one longitudinally groove; distance between eyes slightly wider than transverse diameter of an eye; temples long. Antennae subfiliform, segment VIII slightly wider at apex, XI clavate; ratio of the length of antennomeres I to XI as follows: 0.4, 0.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 0.7, 0.6, 0.6, 1.0.

Pronotum about 1.5 times as wide as long; anterior margin emarginate, posterior margin strongly bordered; slightly bisinuate; anterior angles sub-rectangular, posterior angles obtusely rounded; lateral margins depressed at lateral 2/3, hardly visible from dorsal view; disc strongly convex; median line not complete; surface sparsely covered with minute punctures, and with two spotlike impressions at barso-lateral 1/3. Scutellum triangular; surface sparsely covered with minute punctures and grooves.

Elytra about 1.7 times as long as wide, 4.0 times the length and 2.4 times the width of pronotum; humeri convex, pointed at apex; disc strongly convex, highest at basal 1/3; surface with fine punctate-striae; intervals nearly flat.

Prosternal process depressed, hardly concave in middle; mesosternal V-shaped elevation slightly convex; mesosternum with one ridge, hairs and minute punctures in fovea; metasternum wide, sparsely covered with minute punctures. Abdomen with small punctatures, these punctures slightly denser and larger laterally than medially.

Aedeagus length: 4.7 mm, parameres as long as phallobase.

Female. Antennomere XI oblong; length of ovipositor: 17.3 mm.

Measurements. Body length: male 27.0–30.0 mm; female 30.0–33.0 mm.

Material: 1 f, Shengtangshan, Jinxiu, Guangxi, 900–1900 m, 29. vi. 2000, Zhu Chao-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Tongren, Xingan , Guangxi, 30. vi. 1990, Tan Yue-Ling leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Yongan, Xingan , Guangxi, 29. vi. 1989, Du Xiao-Hong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Jiuwanshan , Guangxi, 25. viii. 2001, Shi Fu-Ming leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Yongan, Xingan , Guangxi, 20. vii. 1999, Zhou Shan- Yi leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Shengtangshan , Jinxiu, Guangxi 900 m, 17. v. 1999, Zhang Xue-Zhong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Gaozhai, Xingan , Guangxi, 4. vii. 1994, Zhou Shan-Yi leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Linhaishanzhuang , Jinxiu, Guangxi , 1000 m, 2. vii. 2000, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Dayaoshan, Jinxiu , Guangxi, 14. vi. 1992, Li Fa-Sheng leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Gaozhai, Xingan , Guangxi, 5. vii. 2000, Zhou Shan-Yi leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Napodefu , Guangxi 1350 m, 19. vi. 2000, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Dayaoshan, Jinxiu , Guangxi, 15. vi. 1982, Zhao You-Xin leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Jiuwanshan, Rongshui , Guangxi, 1. viii. 2006, Shi Fu-Ming leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Yonghe , Jinxiu, Guangxi 550 m, 12. v. 1999, Liu Da-Jun leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Hongqilinchang , Shangsi, Guangxi 300 m, 28. v. 1999, Zhang Yan-Zhou leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Luoxiang , Jinxiu, Guangxi 450 m, 30. vi. 2000, Zhu Chao-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Luoxiang , Jinxiu, Guangxi 450 m, 11. viii. 2010, Liu Hao-Yu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Linhaishanzhuang , Jinxiu, Guangxi 1000 m, 2. vii. 2000, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, 1 f, Nanling, Shaoguan , Guangdong, 16. viii. 2010, Liu Hao-Yu, Yang Xiao-Qing leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, 1 m, Nanling , Guangdong, 7. vi. 2007, Zhu Xiao-Yu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Nanling , Guangdong, 8. v. 2008, Zhu Xiao-Yu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Nanling , Guangdong, 11. viii. 2010, Zhao Xiao-Lin leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 m, Nanling, Ruquan , Guangdong, 20. vi. 2007, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Nanling , Guangdong, 11. viii. 2010, Liu Hao-Yu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Nanling , Guangdong, 9. viii. 2010, Zhao Xiao-Lin leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fangxiang , Leigongshan, Guizhou 900- 1360 m, 4–5. vi. 2005, Wang Ying-Juan leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fangxiang , Leigongshan, Guizhou 900 m, 30. vi. 2005, Xu Fang-Ling leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Fangxianggetou, Leishan , Guizhou, 23–25. vii. 2010, Zhou Yong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Xiaodanjiang , Leigongshan, Guizhou 860–1300 m, 31. v. 2005, Liao Qi-Rong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Gaozhai , Guizhou, 5. vii. 1995, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou).

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