Calleida fukiensis Jedlicka , 1963

Shi, Hongliang & Casale, Achille, 2018, Revision of the Oriental species of Calleida Latreille (sensu lato). Part 2: the C. discoidalis species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), ZooKeys 806, pp. 87-120 : 90-93

[1] Calleida fukiensis Jedlicka, 1963 Figs 1-8, Map 1

Callida onoha ab. fukiensis Jedlička, 1953: 146 (type locality: China: “Fukien”; holotype deposited in ZFMK), unavailable name.

Callida fukiensis Jedlička, 1963: 437, available name.

Calleida suensoni Kirschenhofer, 1986: 324 (type locality: China: Zhejiang; holotype deposited in ZMUC, paratypes in NHMW), new synonymy.

Type materials.

C. fukiensis , holotype: female, examined through photo (Fig. 1), "Kuatun (2300 m), 27,40n. Br. 117,40 ö.L. J. Klapperich 8.6.1938 (Fukien)", " Callida fukiensis Jedl., det. ING. JEDLIČKA” (ZFMK). C. suensoni , paratypes: 1 male, "China, Hangchow 30°18'N, 120°07'E, 9.X.1921 Elgin Suenson leg." (NHMW). 1 male, "China, Tien Mu Shan 30°23'N, 119°37'E, 19.VI.1937", “paratypus”, " Callida (Callidiola) suensoni m. det. Kirschenhofer 83" (NHMW).

Notes on the type material.

C. fukiensis : This species was originally described based on a single specimen (holotype by monotypy) from "Kuatun, Fukien" (= Guadun, Fujian) deposited in ZFMK ( Jedlička 1953). We examined this specimen through photograph (Fig. 1) thanks to the help of Dr Dirk Ahrens, the curator of ZFMK. We examined five further specimens in Jedlička’s collection (NMPC) subsequently identified by himself as C. fukiensis , not belonging to the type series. Three of them are corresponding to the holotype (see material examined below), while the other two actually belong to a different species, C. klapperichi Jedlička and C. jelineki Casale & Shi, respectively.

C. suensoni : This species was described based on the male holotype and eleven paratypes, with type locality: China, Tien-Mu-Shan (= Tianmushan, Zhejiang), 30°23'N, 119°37'E. We did not examine the holotype deposited in ZMUC, but the two examined paratypes (one of them from the type locality) plus one additional male specimen from the type locality, and the original description with male genitalia illustrations (Kirschenhofer, 1986) are enough to recognize this species as identical to C. fukiensis . It is noticeable that the original literature erroneously reported that this species has two apical setae on the abdominal sternite VII in males, and four in females. But actually it has four (two on each side) setae in males, and usually six (three on each side) in females.

Taxonomic remarks.

Jedlička (1953) described Calleida fukiensis as an “aberration” of Calleida onoha Bates, 1873. Later Jedlička (1963) treated this taxon as a distinct species and provided a brief description. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, C. fukiensis Jedlička, 1953 is an unavailable infrasubspecific name, but C. fukiensis Jedlička, 1963 is available, whereas this name has been later ignored in recent catalogues ( Lorenz 2005; Kabak 2017).

From the examination of abundant material for this species, including the type material cited above, we proved that the morphological features of these two taxa are coincident. So we treat C. suensoni Kirschenhofer, 1986 as a junior synonym of Calleida fukiensis Jedlička, 1963.

Non-type materials examined.

Fujian: 1 female, "Kuatun. Fukien. China. 27.6.46. (Tschung Sen.)" [type locality], "fukiensis Jedl. Det. Ing. Jedlička” (NMPC). 1 male, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m", "1960.V.17, leg. Pu Fuji" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m", "1960.VII.18, leg. Pu Fuji" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 900 m", "1960.VI.26, leg. Zuo Yong" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m", "1960.VI.24, leg. Zuo Yong" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m, light trap", "1960.VI.30, leg. Zhang Yiran" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m", "1960.VI.28, leg. Zhang Yiran" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 720 m", "1960.V.7, leg. Jiang Shengqiao" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 720 m", "1960.VI.24, leg. Jiang Shengqiao" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Chong’an, Xingcun, Tongmuguan, 740-850 m", "1960.VII.24, leg. Zhang Yiran" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Jianyang, Huangkeng, Guilin, 290 –310m”, "1960.VIII.4, leg. Pu Fuji" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Jianyang, Huangkeng, Dazhulan, 900-1170 m", "1960.VII.5, leg. Pu Fuji" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Jianyang", "1965.V.23, leg. Li Hongxing" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Jianyang, Guilin, 1979.VII.14, leg. Chen Chong" (IZAS). 1 female, "Wuyishan, Niyang, 570 m", "1997.VIII.2, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS). 1 female, " Fujian, Wuyishan, Pikeng, 520 m", "1997.VII.14, leg. Wang Jiashe" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Wuyishan, Pikeng, 520 m", "1997.VII.21, leg. Wu Yanyu" (IZAS). 1 female, "Wuyishan, Xianfengling, 1200 m", "1997.VI.26, leg. Wu Yanyu" (IZAS). 1 female, "CHINA, Fujian Province, Wuyi Shan, ca860 m, 27°74'N, 117°66'E 9.VI.2001, leg. J. Cooter" (CCA). 1 male, "Fukien. Shaowu. Chine. 1937. Klapperich", "fukiensis n. sp. det. Ing. Jedlička” (NMPC). 1 female, "Fujian, Jiangle, 1985.X.9, leg Zeng Fanchun" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Jiangle, Longqishan", "1991.V. 30, leg. Liu Hong" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Jiangle, Longqishan, Yujiaping, 800 m", "1991.V. 28, leg. Li Hongxing" (IZAS). 1 female, "Fujian, Jiangle, Longqishan, 600m", "1991.VI. 27, leg. Yang Longlong" (IZAS). 1 male, "Fujian, Jiangle, Longqishan", "1991.V. 16, leg. Li Wenzhu" (IZAS). Zhejiang: 1 male, "Tiemushan, July, 19, 35" (IZAS). 1 female, "Tiemushan, August, 18, 35" (IZAS). 1 female, “T’ienmo Shan, 20.9.1953" (IZAS). 1 male "China, Tien Mu Shan 30°23'N, 119°37'E, 17.VI.1937, Elgin Suenson leg." (CRS) (as C. suensoni ). 1 male, "Shaohing, July, 12, 35" (IZAS). Jiangxi: 1 female, "Jiangxi, Ruijin, Baying", “1980.VIII.16” (IZAS). 1 male, 2 females, "Jiangxi, Jiulianshan", "1979.IX.30, leg. Yu Peiyu" (IZAS). Henan: 2 males, " Henan, Luoshan, Dongzhai, 2005.VII.14-15, leg. Gao Chao, Wang Jiliang" (HBUM). Hubei: 1 female, "Hubei, Hefeng, 1989.VII.28, 870m, leg. Li Yongkun" (IZAS). 1 female, "Hubei, Wudangshan, Laoying, 2004.IX.7, leg. Zhang Zhisheng, Chen Huiming" (HBUM). 1 female, "Hupeh Prov. China. River by city wall of Hwangmei. Hwang-mei Distr. 1933.VIII.3, leg. Y.W. Djou" (SYUM). Hunan: 1 female, "CHINA, Hunan Prov., Shimen Country, Hupingshan", “2008.6.19– 25 d, leg. Tang Guo" (IZAS). 1 male, "Hunan, Yongshun Coun., Shanmuhe forestry centre, 600m", "1988.VIII.4, leg. Wang Shuyong" (IZAS). 1 female, "Hunan, Yongshun Coun., Shanmuhe forestry centre, 600m", "1988.VIII.6, leg. Wang Shuyong" (IZAS). 1 male, "Hunan, Yongshun Coun., Shanmuhe forestry centre, 600-820 m", "1988.VIII.7, leg. Wang Shuyong" (IZAS). 1 female, "Hunan, Yongshun County, Shanmuhe forestry centre, 600 m", "1988.VIII.5, leg. Zhang Xiaochun" (IZAS). 2 males, 1 female, "Hunan, Yuanling, Jiemuxi, 2004.VIII.2-11, leg. Wang Jianfeng, Wang Jiliang" (HBUM). 1 female, "Hunan, Jianghua Coun., Sanjiangwei", "1978.VI., leg. Peng Jianwen, Yin Shicai" (IZAS). Guangdong: 1 male, 1 female, "Guangdon, Nanling, leg. Wang L." (SCAU). 1 female, "Guangdong, Huaiji" (SCAU). 1 female, "Guangdong, Lianxian", "1965.VI.27, leg. ZhangYouwei" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guangdong, Shixing, Chebaling, Zhangdongshui; sweep net, 24.72320N, 114.25640E ", "354m, 2008.VII.27; day, leg. Tang Guo" (IZAS). Guangxi: 1 female, "Guangxi, Xing’an, Tongren", "1985.VII.2, leg. Liao Subai" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guangxi, Xing’an, Jinshi, 2005.VII" (IZAS). 1 male, "Guangxi, Xing’an, Jinshi, 2007.VII" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guangxi, Xing’an, Mao’ershan” (IZAS). 1 male, 1 female, "Guangxi, Longsheng, Sanmen, 300 m", 1963.VI.27, leg. Wang Chunguang" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guangxi, Longsheng, Sanmen, 300 m", 1963.VI.28, leg. Shi Yongshan" (IZAS). 1 male, "Guangxi, Lingchuan, Lingtian, 225 m, 1984.VI.3" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guangxi, Lingchuan, Lingtian, 240, 1984.VI.6", “8417” (IZAS). Guizhou: 2 males, 2 females, "Guizhou, Yanhe, Mayanghe, Daheba, 300m, 2007.IX.17-30, leg. Liu Ye" (IZAS). 2 males, "Guizhou, Yanhe, Daheba, 450-700m, 2007.VI.5-12, leg. Song Qiongzhang" (IZAS). 1 female, "Guizhou, Yanhe, Daheba, 450-700m, 2007.VI.5-12, leg. Zhang Pei" (IZAS). 1 male, "Guizhou, Jiangkou, Fanjingshan, 550m", "1988.VII.13, light trap, leg. Yang Xingke" (IZAS). 2 females, "Guizhou, Daozhen, Yuheba, 2004.V.25, leg. Yu Yang" (HBUM). 2 males, 1 female, "Guizhou, Daozhen, Xiannüdong, 2004.VIII.24-26, leg. Yang Xiujuan, Hua Huiran" (HBUM). Shaanxi: 1 female, "China, Shaanxi, Foping, Changjiaoba, Shangshawo; 33.59716N, 108.01366E; 33.59212N, 108.02235E ", “1107– 1215m, 2007.5.29, day, leg. Shi Hongliang" (IZAS). 1 female, "Shaanxi, Foping, 890 m, 1999.VI.26, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS). Shanxi: 1 male, "Swan-ping. Mongolei.", "ex Orig. Saml. J. Breit Wien", "Museum J. Frey. Tutzing", "fukiensis Jedl. Det. Ing. Jedlička” (NMPC).

Diagnosis.

With the character states of the Calleida discoidalis species group, but different from all other known species by the combination of the following features: (1) elytra metallic bluish green to bluish purple; (2) antennae and femora distinctly bicolor: basal three antennomeres reddish, the following darkened, femora with basal half reddish, apical blackish; (3) elytral basal border only extended from the shoulders to interval 4; (4) abdominal sternite VII with four setae in males (two on each side), six setae in females (three on each side, in some specimens with one additional seta on one side). This species is unique amongst all known Asiatic Calleida species by its incomplete elytral basal ridge. From all other species of the C. discoidalis group, and from all other Calleida species in China, C. fukiensis can be easily distinguished by its bluish elytra and bicolored femora.

Description.

General features as in Fig. 2. Small to medium- sized: L = 7.7-9.1 mm.

Colour: Head, pronotum and scutellum reddish orange to maroon; palpomeres and apex of mandible dark brown to blackish; apical palpomere light yellow at apex; the basal three antennomeres, and base of fourth yellow reddish, distal antennomeres dark brown, the second to fourth antennomeres a little darkened in some specimens; elytra bluish green to bluish purple, with marked metallic reflection and sutural area darker; epipleura metallic dark blue; ventral side orange yellow; legs yellowish to reddish brown, with apical third of femur and base of tibia blackish; tarsomeres dark brown on the dorsal side.

Lustre and microsculpture: Head and pronotum shiny, with highly effaced microsculpture; elytra shiny, with fine but distinct isodiametric reticulate microsculpture and marked metallic lustre.

Head: Smooth or very finely and sparsely punctate; frons with oblique, faint wrinkles at sides; supraorbital furrows deep, interrupted before the level of hind edge of eyes; genae longer than the half length of eyes; temporae swollen, gradually narrowed towards the neck constriction; apical labial palpomere securiform, truncate at apex in males, less tumid and not truncate in females; mentum with lateral lobes triangular, the inner margins oblique; median tooth obtuse, with two short setae, inserted in the middle part of the tooth.

Pronotum: Transverse-cordiform (ratio PW/PL = 1.13-1.18), greatest width at approximate anterior third; lateral margins arcuate near the middle, slightly sinuate anteriorly to the posterior angles; posterior angles almost rectangular or slightly acute in some specimens; lateral expansions narrow; disc slightly convex, with sporadic transverse wrinkles and fine punctures.

Elytra: Elongate (ratio EL/EW = 1.64-1.68), with basal ridge only extended from the shoulders to the fourth interval; striae moderately deep, finely punctate, punctures gradually weakened in the apical part of elytra; intervals flat, finely and sparsely punctate; the eighth interval slightly tumid near apex; umbilicate series of composed of 15 pores along stria 8; apical truncation straight or slightly concave; outer apical angle thickened but not angulate.

Ventral side: Prosternum, lateral area of metasternum, and metepisterna finely pubescent; abdominal sternites with sparse and short accessory setae; sternite VII with four setae in males (two on each side), six setae in females (seldom with one additional seta on one side) ( Casale and Shi 2018: figs 2, 5); apical margin of abdominal sternite VII distinctly notched in males, straight in females.

Male genitalia (Figs 6-8): Median lobe of aedeagus slightly bent, its middle part strongly expanded in dorsal view; dorsal and ventral margins slightly curved in lateral view; apical orifice pleuropic left; apical lamina flat and rounded, apex expanded and thickened; endophallus with two chitinized copulatory pieces, located in the middle area near the left lateral margin, long and narrow, close to each other at base, V-shaped; left paramere depressed on the dorsal side; right paramere not emarginate at apex.

Female genitalia (reproductive tract Fig. 3 and gonocoxa Figs 4, 5): Spermatheca digitiform, as long as the pedicel, with long basal projection; surface faintly and finely whorled; spermathecal pedicel with basal half expanded, apical half slender, with an indistinct apical protuberance; spermathecal gland duct laterally inserted at base of the projection, long and slender, about twice length as spermatheca; glandular area slightly incrassate, about two thirds as long as gland duct, base with very weakly defined atrium. Gonocoxite II sub-rectangular, as long as three times the basal width; base slightly wider than apex; inner margin with several setae, extending from the basal third to apex; outer margin distinctly curved at middle, only slightly setose in the apical third; apex obliquely truncate, with irregular membranous extension on the outer part.

Geographical distribution and habitat.

Endemic to China, but widespread and known from several provinces of South China: Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Shaanxi. C. fukiensis is one of the most widely spread Calleida species in China (Map 1).

We examined one male in NMPC labeled as "Swan-ping. Mongolei", referring to Shuo-ping Fu, an old name for the region around Youyu county (39.98N, 112.47E, 1300 m) in northernmost Shanxi. This locality is far from all other confirmed localities of this species. We consider it to be a dubious record and was not included in the distribution map.

This species was mainly found in evergreen broad-leaf forest of southern China. Some specimens were collected on vegetation or by light trap.