Ponyalis dabieshanensis Y. Yang, Fang & Liu, 2024

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 dabieshanensis Y. Yang, Fang & Liu sp. nov.

Figs 1 , 8 A, B , 9 A – C

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ ( MHBU), China, Anhui, Yaoluoping Natural Reserve, VII. 2015, leg. J. Fang . Paratype: China: 1 ♀ ( IZAS), Anhui, Jinzhai, Baojia , Jingangtai , 5. V. 2021, leg. K. D. Zhao & X. C. Zhu .

Differential diagnosis.

This species differs from all others of Ponyalis by the combination of the following characters: pronotum black, with red margins, elytra red (Fig. 8 A, B ); male antennomere I nearly globular, III with outer apical angle strongly protruding laterally, lamella of IV extending from middle of the joint, extremely long and 2.0 × longer than joint itself (Fig. 8 ); elytral primary costae much stouter than the secondary ones in whole length, cells mostly squared (Fig. 8 A, B ); phallus moderately projected distad at apical margin and arched at apex in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 9 A, B ).

The new species looks like P. fukiensis in the body coloration, but differs from it in the following characters: male antennomere III with outer apical angle barely protruding laterally (Fig. 8 A ), while strongly protruding laterally in P. fukiensis (Fig. 2 C ); phallus arched at apex in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 9 A, B ), while narrowly rounded at apex in P. fukiensis (Fig. 3 D, E ); phallus with distance between the latero-apical thorns barely smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 9 A, B ), while greater in P. fukiensis (Fig. 3 D, E ).

Description.

Male (Fig. 8 A ). Body stout, black to dark brown, pronotum red, with a large black patch in center of disc, elytra red.

Head dorsally flat, antennomere I nearly globular, III long-triangular, 1.4 × as long as wide, with outer apical angle barely protruding laterally, lamellae of IV – VII abruptly extended laterally and nearly parallel-sided along the whole length, 4.2–7.2 × longer than the corresponding antennomere itself.

Pronotum nearly trapezoidal, flat, and barely wider than long, with rounded anterior angles and acute posterior angles, anterior margin arched, lateral margins weakly sinuate and posterior margin bisinuate. Scutellum barely narrowed posteriorly and obviously emarginate at apex.

Elytra parallel-sided, all primary costae stouter than secondary ones, and primary costae II and IV stouter than other costae in whole length of elytra, most cells rectangular.

Aedeagus: phallus slender and 3.2 × as long as wide, barely widened at basal part and arcuate at lateral margins, moderately projected distad at apical margin and arched at apex in dorsal and ventral views, with sharp latero-apical angels, between which the distance barely smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 9 A, B ), almost even in width and weakly bent dorsally, truncate at ventro-apical 1 / 5 in lateral view (Fig. 9 C ).

Female (Fig. 8 B ). Similar to male, but body stouter, antennae reaching apical 1 / 3 length of elytra when inclined, antennomeres III – VII triangular, 1.0–1.3 × as long as wide, lamellae of VIII – X 1.1–1.3 × as long as its corresponding antennomere itself, XI fusiform and 3.0 × as long as wide.

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Anhui).

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the type locality of this new species, Dabieshan, Anhui Province, China.

Remarks.

The left proleg, left VIII – XI and right III – XI antennomeres of the holotype are missing.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Ponyalis in the world.

Figure 2. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis alternata (Pic, 1927) (A, B); P. fukiensis (Bocak, 1999) (C, D). A, C males B, D females. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 3. Aedeagi of Ponyalis alternata (Pic, 1927) (A – C); P. fukiensis (Bocak, 1999) (D – F); P. himalejica (Bourgeois, 1885) (G – I); P. gracilis (Bocak, 1999) (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 8. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis dabieshanensis sp. nov. (A, B); P. truncata sp. nov. (C). A, C males B female. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 9. Aedeagi of Ponyalis dabieshanensis sp. nov. (A – C); P. truncata sp. nov. (D – F); P. quadricollis (Kiesenwetter, 1874) (G – I); P. quadricollimima sp. nov. (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.