Pterostichus (Morphohaptoderus) unisetosus, Fedorenko, 2023

Fedorenko, D. N., 2023, New taxa of Pterostichus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Vietnam, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (1), pp. 16-39 : 20

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https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.32.1.03

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scientific name

Pterostichus (Morphohaptoderus) unisetosus
status

sp.n.

Pterostichus (Morphohaptoderus) unisetosus View in CoL Fedorenko, sp.n.

Figs 2 View Figs 1–5 , 14–15 View Figs 12–21 , 23, 31 View Figs 22–34 , 56–57, 68.

MATERIAL. Holotype ♂ ( ZMMU) and two paratypes, ♂, ♀ ( SIEE) with label: ‘N-Vietnam, 40 km WNW of/ Lao Cai, env. Y Ty, Bat Xat / Nat[io]n.[al] Park, h= 1600-1900 m / 22°37´-37.6´N/ 103°37.3´-38.3´E, 16-21./ leg. D. Fedorenko X.2018 ’.

Genitalia examined in all the specimens.

DIAGNOSIS. No significant differences from P. glabellus sp.n. other than the elytron with middle discal seta, d2, fe 3 not sexually dimorphic, and aedeagus is distinctive.

DESCRIPTION. Body as in Fig. 2 View Figs 1–5 . BL 8.4–8.8 mm. Pronotal base nearly straight, two fifths wider than apex. Elytral stria 7 inside humeral angle; parascutellar striole entire, stria 1 adjoining basal ridge. D2/EL 0.50–0.57 (0.55, n = 3×2). USS: 13–15.

Aedeagus ( Figs 14–15 View Figs 12–21 , 23, 31 View Figs 22–34 ): median lobe in lateral view geniculate, apex in ventral view lamellate, triangular. Right paramere oval.

Abdominal urites VIII and IX, with reproductive tract, in female as in Figs 56–57 View Figs 52–62 and 68 View Figs 63–68 .

DISTRIBUTION. Only known from the type locality which is on the Hoang Lien [Son] mountain ridge 33 km distant from that of P. glabellus sp.n.

NAME. Refers to the elytron with single discal seta.

HABITATS AND HABITS. All the specimens were hand collected in a cloudy forest.

ZMMU

Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Pterostichus

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