Morimospasma nitidituberculatus Hua, 1992

Xie, Guanglin, Zou, Xia & Wang, Wenkai, 2014, Note on the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer with description of two new species from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), Zootaxa 3873 (4), pp. 441-450 : 445-446

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.6
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scientific name	Morimospasma nitidituberculatus Hua, 1992
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Morimospasma nitidituberculatus Hua, 1992 View in CoL

( Figs 14 View FIGURES 1 – 14 , 26 View FIGURES 15 – 26 , 48–50, 66)

Morimospasma nitidituberculatus, Hua et al., 1992: 509 View in CoL ; Hua et al., 2009: 230, 373; Hubweber et al., 2010: 268.

Body size. Female: length 12.0 mm, maximum width of elytra 5.0 mm.

Material examined. Holotype, female, China: Hunan, Shimen, Hupingshan Nature Reserve, July 1987, leg. Guangchun Lei ( SYSU).

Distribution. China: Hunan.

Comments. The species shows remarkable differences from the other members in the genus. It has the body small (body length 12 mm), narrow and elongate ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 1 – 14 ); the scape is without a cicatrix at apex ( Fig. 66 View FIGURES 63 – 74 ); the pronotal disc is nearly completely raised, and is broadly and shallowly concave at the center (Fig. 49); the head, pronotum and elytra are very coarsely punctured ( Figs 26 View FIGURES 15 – 26 , 48). Obviously these morphological attributes do not match well with the morphological characters which define the genus. Therefore, the taxonomic status needs to be further confirmed based on more materials.

FIGURES 27–62. Habitus of Morimospasma spp. 27–44. M. paradoxun Ganglbauer. 27–29, 33–35, 39–41. male. 30–32, 36–38. female. 27–38. from Hubei. 39–41. from Ningxia. 42–44. from Anhui. 45– 47 M. tuberculatum Breuning. female. 48–50. M. nitidituberculatus Hua. holotype, female. 51–56. M. jiangi sp. nov.. 51–53. holotype, male. 54–56. paratype, female. 57–62. M. dalaolingensis sp. nov.. 57–59. holotype, female. 60–62. paratype, male.