Ponyalis klapperichi ( Bocak, 1999 )

Fang, Chen, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, Taxonomic review of the genus Ponyalis Fairmaire, 1899 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of six new species from China, ZooKeys 1203, pp. 325-354 : 325-354

Ponyalis klapperichi ( Bocak, 1999)

Figs 1 , 5 A – C , 6 A, B

Lyponia klapperichi Bocak, 1999: 100, fig. 77.

Ponyalis klapperichi : Kazantsev 2002: 205; Li et al. 2015 a: 17.

Material examined.

China: 1 ♂ ( IZAS), Fujian, Jianyang, Huangkeng , Aotou , 850–950 m, 29. IV. 1960, leg. F. J. Pu ; 1 ♀ ( IZAS), Fujian, Chongan, Xingcun , Sangang , 720 m, 16. V. 1960, leg. F. J. Pu .

Differential diagnosis.

This species can be easily identified from the rest of the Ponyalis species by the combination of the following characters: pronotum uniformly black and elytra red (Fig. 6 A, B ); male antennomere I flattened dorsally, III long-triangular, IV wide-triangular, lamellae of VI – X nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, lamella of VI 2 × longer than joint itself (Fig. 6 A ); elytral primary costae as strong as the secondary ones, cells transverse (Fig. 6 A, B ); phallus moderately widened at middle part and nearly straight at apical margin in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 5 A, B ).

Descriptive notes.

Male (Fig. 6 A ). Antennae reaching apical 1 / 4 length of elytra when inclined, antennomere I nearly globular, III long-triangular, 1.4 × as long as wide, IV wide-triangular and nearly as long as wide, lamella of V extended along whole length of stem and tapered laterally, lamellae of VI – X nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, 2.1–4.1 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself, XI nearly parallel-sided and 6.7 × as long as wide.

Aedeagus: phallus slender and 3.7 × as long as wide, moderately widened at middle part and arcuate at lateral margins, nearly straight at apical margin in dorsal and ventral views, with sharp latero-apical angels, between which the distance barely smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 5 A, B ), almost even in width and weakly bent dorsally, truncate at ventro-apical 1 / 4 in lateral view (Fig. 5 C ).

Female (Fig. 6 B ). Similar to male, but body stouter, antennae shorter and reaching elytral mid-length when inclined, antennomeres III – V all nearly triangular, lamellae of VI – X 1.1–1.5 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself, XI fusiform and 3.2 × as long as wide.

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian), Korea.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Ponyalis in the world.

Figure 5. Aedeagi of Ponyalis klapperichi (Bocak, 1999) (A – C); P. laticornis Fairmaire, 1899 (D – F); P. nigrohumeralis (Pic, 1939) (G – I); P. variabilis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 (J – L). A, D, G, J ventral views B, E, H, K dorsal views C, F, I, L lateral views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 6. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis klapperichi (Bocak, 1999) (A, B); P. laticornis Fairmaire, 1899 (C, D). A, C, D males B female. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.