Physodera bifenestrata Heller, 1923

Ma, Yunlong, Shi, Hongliang & Liang, Hongbin, 2017, Revision of the Oriental Genus Physodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Physoderina), with the descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4243 (2), pp. 297-328 : 304-305

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.3

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scientific name

Physodera bifenestrata Heller, 1923
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Physodera bifenestrata Heller, 1923 View in CoL

Fig. 18 View FIGURES 13 – 18 , 39 View FIGURE 39 .

Heller 1923: 304 (type locality: Sandakan (Borneo); lectotype in SNSD); Csiki 1932: 1347; Jedlička 1963: 301; Shi et al. 2013: 41.

Material examined. Lectotype of Physodera bifenestrata Heller , designated herein (SNSD), a male, "Sandakan / Borneo / baker"; "1920"; " bifenestrata / Typus" [red label]; "Staatl. Museum für / Tierkunde, Dresden". ( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 12 , 18 View FIGURES 13 – 18 ); 1 male (MNHN), "Borneo Occ., Pontianak, 1900"; " Physodera spec."; "Ritsema, vidit 1901."; "Museum Paris, 1952, Coll. R. Oberthür".

Notes on type. In the original literature, Heller mentioned the locality "Sandakan, Borneo", but didn't indicate the number of type series. We borrowed a male from SNSD bearing a type label and perfectly fitting with the type locality. We herein designate this specimen as lectotype for the purpose of fixing the name to unique name-bearing type.

Diagnosis. Body length 9.1–9.9 mm. Dorsal side black with metallic purple hue; pronotum unicolor ; elytra with a pair of ivory callosities on disc, callosity about 0.4–0.5 times as elytron in length, placed in the middle of elytron, ovate in shape, without notch. Tergum and sternum VII without distinct pattern. Antennameres 5–11 distinctly widened and flattened (Fig. 59). Elytral third interval with two setigerous pores, the fifth with only one pore near base; apical margin truncated.

This species can be distinguished from related species ( P. eburata and P. sciakyi ) by: elytral callosities larger, more than 0.4 times as the elytra length; pronotum wider, greatest width about 1.9 times as the median length (PW/ PL less than 1.7 in the other two species).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 39 View FIGURE 39 ). Median lobe of aedeagus fairly stout and straight, apex barely bent to right side in ventral view, right margin weakly angulated before apex; apical lamella very small, its length about half as basal width, about triangular, rounded apically. Internal sac with main flagellum thick and straight, apex almost reaching apical orifice; secondary flagellum short and thick, weakly sclerotized, length about 0.3 times as the main flagellum; trumpet-form expansion large, length about 0.4 times as the main flagellum; apical bursa present.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Distribution. Only known from Borneo. ( Fig. 65 View FIGURE 65 )

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Physodera

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