Lemula (s. str.) crucifera Shimomura, 1979

Ohbayashi, Nobuo & Chou, Wen-I, 2019, Revision of the genus Lemula (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae), Zootaxa 4671 (4), pp. 451-499 : 486-487

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.4.1

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C35DC6F-EB4F-FF9A-FF76-4497FDDAFB1A

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scientific name

Lemula (s. str.) crucifera Shimomura, 1979
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26. Lemula (s. str.) crucifera Shimomura, 1979 View in CoL

(Figs. XIII-26, XIV-26, XVI-20)

Lemula crucifera Shimomura, 1979: 274 View in CoL , fig. 3. Type locality: Palin, Taoyuan.— Shimomura, 1994: 348.— Nakamura et al., 1992: 11.— Yu et al., 2002: 24–25, 78, pl. 3, fig. 14.— Chou, 2004: 78.— Chou, 2008: 78.— Hua et al., 2009: 10, 137, 274, Pl. 10, fig. 119.— Nakamura et al., 2014: 20

Diagnosis. Male: BL = 5.3–7.2 mm. Quite unique species in coloration and elytral maculae. Body shiny on dorsal surface; head and pronotum deep red; scutellum dark brownish red; elytra pale yellow with black markings as fol- lows: two transverse bands along basal margin and behind middle, and longitudinal stripe along suture and also along lateral margins; legs black except for reddish brown femora with black apical parts. Head and pronotum sparsely furnished with pale yellowish pubescence; elytra sparsely covered with outstanding long erect blackish setaceous hairs intermixed fine golden slanted hairs; abdomen sparsely covered with pale yellow pubescence.

Head moderately scattered with small punctures.

Pronotum with obtuse lateral tubercles, slightly longer than width across lateral tubercles (PL/PW = 1.04); disk convex above with slight median longitudinal depression, sparsely and finely punctured.

Elytra as long as twice elytral humeri (EL/EW = 1.99).

Endophallus (Type B). Dorsal view: CT weakly swollen laterally, ds lain-parenthesis shape embraced by distinct lateral ridges associated distal dm; PB moderately swollen; APH drop shape. Lateral view: CT and PB moderately inflated dorsoventrally; APH oval.

Female: BL = 6.3–7.6 mm. Similar with male, but antennae not reaching middle of elytra, pronotum longer than width across lateral tubercles (PL/PW = 1.09), and elytra sorter than twice humeral width (EL/EW = 1.94).

Type material examined. Lemula crucifera Shimomura, 1979 : Holotype ♀ ( NSMT), “Baron (= Palin) / For- mosa / 26. IV.1978 / S. Saito leg.”, “ Holotype: ♀ / Lemula / crucifera / SHIMIMURA, 1979”.

Other material examined. [ Taiwan]: Xinxian (șl), Wulai District, New Taipei City [2♂♂, 500 m, Litsea , 21-II-2001, W.-I Chou leg. (G-1073); 2♀♀, 700 m, Litsea , 21-II-2003, W.-I Chou leg.]; Fushan (福m), Wulai District , New Taipei city [1♀, 28-III-2004, T. Kurihara leg.]; Ronghua (f華), Fuxing District , Taoyuan City [1♂, 5-III-1998, W.-I Chou leg.; 8♂♂, 3♀♀, 15-III-1998, C.-C. Chen leg. (G-796)]; Gaoyi (Á義), Fuxing District , Taoyuan City [1♂, 8-III-1997, W.-I Chou leg.]; Loufu (羅ŋ), Fuxing District , Taoyuan City [8♂♂, 3♀♀, 16-III- 2008, W.-I Chou leg.]; Huisun Linchang (惠Ιff場), Guoxing Township , Nantou County [1♀, 10-III-2007, W.-I Chou leg.]; Dahanshan (†漢m), Chunri Township , Pingtung County [1♀, 11-IV-2012, N. Ohbayashi leg.; 4♂♂, 1♀, 13-II-2016, J. Yamasako leg. (G-841, 1072); 4♂♂, 2♀♀, 5–6-III-2017, N. Ohbayashi leg. (G-932, 948, 1052); 1♂, 5–6-IV-2017, N. Ohbayashi leg. (G-1052)]; Ali (Ḥ禮›, Wutai Township , Pingtung County [3♂♂, 4♀♀, 1,200 m, 21-II-2009, W.-I Chou leg.].

Distribution. Taiwan (New Taipei, Taoyuan, Nantou, Pingtung).

Ecology. Flight period: February–March. Flower records: Litsea , Acer , Fraxinus , Castanopsis , Maesa .

Remarks. This is the only species which has distinct elytral maculae within the genus. Generally it appears in early spring from February in Taiwan.

NSMT

National Science Museum (Natural History)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Lemula

Loc

Lemula (s. str.) crucifera Shimomura, 1979

Ohbayashi, Nobuo & Chou, Wen-I 2019
2019
Loc

Lemula crucifera

Nakamura, S. & Makihara, H. & Kurihara, T. & Yamasako, J. 2014: 20
Hua, L. - Z. & Nara, H. & Samuelson, G. A. & Lingafelter, S. W. 2009: 10
Chou, W. - I. 2008: 78
Chou, W. - I. 2004: 78
Shimomura, T. 1994: 348
Nakamura, S. & Makihara, H. & Saito, A. 1992: 11
Shimomura, T. 1979: 274
1979
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