Cucujus kempi Grouvelle, 1913

Zhao, Ming-Zhi & Zhang, Jin-Kun, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Cucujus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cucujidae) from China, Zootaxa 4544 (1), pp. 144-150 : 146

Cucujus kempi Grouvelle, 1913

( Figs 2 A–C, 3E–H)

Cucujus kempi Grouvelle 1913: 107 [description]; Wegrzynowicz 2007: 502; Horák & Chobot 2009: 199.

Material examined (2♂♂). CHINA: Xizang Autonomous Region : 1♂ ( CZMZ), Nyingchi City , Mêdog County, Hanmi, 2017-VIII-15, Y.- T. Wang leg. ; 1♂ ( CLYJ), Nyingchi City, Pailong Valley , 2017-VII-29, S.- Q. Ji leg.

Identification. Based on original description by Grouvelle (1913).

Diagnosis. This species closely resembles Cucujus haematodes Erichson, 1845 , but the pronotum is wider than head in this species (narrower than head in C. haematodes ) and the median lobe of aedeagus is without a setose sclerite (present in C. haematodes ).

Distribution. China (Xizang Autonomous Region); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Cucujus kempi male. A. Habitus in dorsal view; B–C. Head and prothorax in dorsal (B) and ventral (C) views. Scale bars: 5 mm in A; 2 mm in B–C.