Physodera andrewesi ( Jedlička, 1934 ), Jedlicka, 1934

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 : 307

Physodera andrewesi ( Jedlička, 1934)

Fig. 20 .

Jedlička 1934: 120 (type locality: Mt. Makiling (the Philippines); holotype in NHML, monotypic); Jedlička 1940: 17 ( Allocota ); Jedlička 1963: 305 ( Allocota ); Kirschenhofer 1996: 763 ( Allocota ); Shi et al. 2013: 41.

Material examined. Holotype of Lachnoderma andrewesi Jedlička ( NHML), a female, " Mt. Makiling / Luzon, Baker"; " Type " [round label with red frame]; " TYPUS " [red label]; " Lachnoderma / andrewesi / type sp. n. / Det. ING. JEDLIČKA"; H.E. Andrewes Coll. / B.M. 1945-97 ". ( Figs. 8 , 20 ) ; 1 female ( IZAS), " Kabanglasan , Bukidnon, Mindanao, the Philippines, January 2016, indigenous collectors".

Diagnosis. Body length 8.0– 8.6 mm; body form weakly convex. Head and pronotum reddish brown, pronotum without pattern; elytra metallic blue, with a pair of large red spots behind middle: spots about one third as the elytra in length, occupying intervals 1–6 in width, spots conjoint at the elytral suture, forming a cordiform patch. Tergum and sternum VII uniformly dark. Pronotal hind angles sharp and acute; long and dense setae present near front angels, short and sparse setae along the full length of lateral margins ( Fig. 50). Elytral third interval with four or five setigerous pores; the fifth with two or three ones near base.

P. andrewesi can be readily distinguished from all the other members of Physodera by the presence of red spots on elytra, except for P. bacchusi . These two species are different in: (1) head and pronotum reddish brown, and elytra metallic blue in P. andrewesi ; head and pronotum dark brown, and elytra dark metallic green in P. bacchusi . (2) elytral spots larger in P. andrewesi , about one third as the elytra in length, occupying intervals 1–6 in width, conjoint at elytral suture; in P. bacchusi , spots about one seventh as the elytra in length, occupying intervals 2–4 in width, not conjoint at elytral suture. (3) P. andrewesi smaller in size, body length 8.0– 8.6mm; P. bacchusi larger, 11.0– 11.5 mm. (4) P. andrewesi with pronotum narrower, PW/PL about 1.7; P. bacchusi with pronotum wider, PW/ PL about 1.9–2.1. (5) pronotum relative small in P. bacchusi , elytral length about 4.5 times as the pronotal length; in P. andrewesi such proportion about 3.4. (6) P. bacchusi with a series of fine setae along elytral seventh interval; P. andrewesi without setae on the seventh interval.

Female genitalia. Not studied.

Distribution. Only known from the Philippines (Luzon and Mindanao). ( Fig. 66 )

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FIGURE 66. Known distribution of Physodera andrewesi group: ● P. andrewesi (Jedlička); Ɨ P. bacchusi Darlington; * P. unicolor sp. n., type localities for valid names in red.

FIGURES 19 – 24. Habitus of type materials, scale bars = 2 mm: Fig. 19, holotype of P. sciakyi sp. n.; Fig. 20, holotype of Lachnoderma andrewesi Jedlička; Fig. 21, holotype of P. bacchusi Darlington; Fig. 22, holotype of P. unicolor, sp. n.; Fig. 23, syntype of P. eschscholtzii Dejean; Fig. 24, lectotype of P. davidis Fairmaire.

FIGURES 1 – 12. Labels for type materials: Fig. 1, holotype of P. diglena Andrewes; Fig. 2, syntype of P. dejeani Eschscholtz; Fig. 3, syntype of P. noctiluca Mohnike; Fig. 4, holotype of P. chalceres Andrewes; Fig. 5, lectotype of P. eburata Heller; Fig. 6, lectotype of P. bifnestrata Heller; Fig. 7, holotype of P. sciakyi sp. n. Fig. 8, holotype of Lachnoderma andrewesi Jedlička; Fig. 9, holotype of P. bacchusi Darlington; Fig. 10, holotype of P. unicolor, sp. n.; Fig. 11, lectotype of P. eschscholtzii Dejean; Fig. 12, lectotype of P. davidis Fairmaire.