Falsocamaria fruhstorferi ( FAIRMAIRE, 1903 )

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 : 311

Falsocamaria fruhstorferi ( FAIRMAIRE, 1903)

( Figs 1 B , 2 B , 3 C-D, 4 B, 5 B, 6 C-D, 7 F-J, 9 B)

Camaria fruhstorferi FAIRMAIRE, 1903: 15 .

Falsocamaria fruhstorferi: MASUMOTO, 1993: 144 .

Original description – “Long. 29 à 31 mill. Oblonga, convexa, postice vix ampliata, viridi-metallica, nitida, ad suturam interdum vage cupreola subtus lateribus et abdomine magis aurosa, segmento ventrali ultimo virescente, femoribus viridi-metallicis, apice cum tibiis purpureis, his apice breviter coeruleis, tarsis piceo-purpurinis; capite leviter impressiusculo, antice punctulato, antennis fusco-piceis, prothoracis basin valde superantibus, articulo 3° quarto sensim longiore, articulis 5 ultimis paulo latioribus; prothorace transverso, elytris angustiore, antice paulo angustato, lateribus leviter arcuatis, dorso medio laevi, lateribus punctulato, margine postico late bisinuato, angulis acutis; scutello triangulari, paulo depresso; elytris amplis, ad huneros minus rotundatis, dorso leviter ac tenuiter striates, striis subtiliter punctulatis, intervallis planis, lćvibus, subtiliter alutaceis, ad marginem externum evidentius; subtus subtiliter alutacea, lateribus subtiliter strigosula, abdomine impressiusculo, pedibus sat magnis.”

Supplement – Male. Elytra dark green, dorsal surface glabrous, with strongly vitreous shine; head and pronotum metallic coppery, with weak shine; antennomere VII dark reddish brown; elytra around punctate-striae red, pronotal rim and scutellum blue-green; legs aquamarine, femora purple at apex.

Frontoclypeal suture deep; temples long; distance between eyes slightly wider than transverse diameter of an eye. Antennomere XI clavate; ratio of the length of antennomeres I to XI as follows: 0.6, 0.2, 1.2, 1.0, 0.9, 0.8, 1.0, 1.1, 0.9, 0.9, 1.0.

Pronotum about 2.0 times as wide as long; anterior margin nearly straight; posterior margin strongly bordered, inconspicuous bisinuate; anterior and posterior angles both obtusely rounded; disc moderately convex, sparsely scattered with punctures, the punctures slightly coarser laterally than medially; median line inconspicuous. Scutellum short, sub-linguiform, surface sparsely covered with fine punctation and longitudinal grooves.

Elytra about 2.0 times as long as wide, 5.0 times the length and 2.6 times the width of pronotum; humeri slightly convex; disc strongly convex, highest at basal 1/3; surface finely punctate-striate; intervals flat.

Prosternal process deeply concave in middle; mesosternal V-shaped elevation strongly convex, mesosternum with one ridge, hairs and punctation in fovea; metasternum scattered with minute punctures and wrinkles. Abdomen slightly convex, sparsely scattered with small punctures, the punctures slightly denser laterally than medially; median line inconspicuous.

Aedeagus length: 5.0 mm; parameres 1.5 times as long as phallobase.

Female. Antennae with 4 apical segments clearly dilated, segment XI oblong; length of ovipositor: 12.9 mm.

Measurements. Body length: male 21.0–30.0 mm; female 26.0–27.0 mm.

Material: 1 f, Hongnabanhe , Yunnan 729 m, 26. v. 2009, Meng Lin-Qi leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Jinpingadebo , Yunnan, 23–24. vii. 2006, Mao Ben-Yong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Napodefu , Guangxi 1350 m, 19. vi. 2000, Lie Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Longzhounonggang , Guangxi 330 m, 15. vi. 2006, Lie Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Fangchengfulong , Guangxi 550 m, 26. v.1999, Liu Da-Jun leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Fangchengfulong , Guangxi, 240 m, 26. iv.1998, Lie Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan) and Vietnam.

Remarks. New record for 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