Lemula (s. str.) rufithorax Pic, 1901

Ohbayashi, Nobuo & Chou, Wen-I, 2019, Revision of the genus Lemula (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lepturinae), Zootaxa 4671 (4), pp. 451-499 : 456-457

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Lemula (s. str.) rufithorax Pic, 1901
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3. Lemula (s. str.) rufithorax Pic, 1901 View in CoL

(Figs. II-3, VI-3, XV-3)

Lemula rufithorax Pic, 1901: 57 View in CoL . Type locality: Central Honshu, Japan.—Aurivillius, 1912: 168.—N. Ohbayashi, 2007: 362, pl. 6, figs. 3, 4.

Lemula decipiens rufithorax: Tamanuki, 1939: 97 View in CoL .

Lemula decipiens View in CoL ab. rufithorax: Mitono [1941] View in CoL : 16.— Hayashi, 1944: 25.

Lemula decipiens View in CoL ab. nigroguttata Hayashi, 1944: 26, fig. 2. Type locality: Kanmuri-yama, Hiroshima Pref., Japan.

Diagnosis. Male: BL = 6.0–8.0 mm. Body reddish brown; vertex, underside of body black except yellow lateral margin of each abdominal ventrite; antennae blackish brown except for each apex of I–IV antennomeres, and each base of VI–XI pale color; pronotum and elytra yellowish to reddish yellow, and sometimes each elytron widely blackish except marginal area in male (ab. nigroguttata); base of each femur pale yellow. Head and pronotum furnished with intermixed whitish and brownish short hairs; elytra sparsely furnished with pale yellow slanted hairs.

Head and pronotum densely covered with small punctures; antennae long, reaching apical third to fourth of elytra.

Pronotum shorter than width across lateral tubercles (PL/PW = 0.87).

Elytra longer than twice humeral width (EL/EW = 2.14), rather roughly punctured with rugged texture.

Endophallus (Type B). Dorsal view: CT swollen, dm cordiform with round ds surrounded by reverse parenthesis shaped lrs; PB expanded laterally with tongue shaped dm, then strongly constricted distally; APH nearly circular. Lateral view: CT moderately inflated ventrally; PB weakly inflated ventrally with colored area at distal half, and distinctly projected dorsally; APH small and nearly circular.

Female: BL = 6.4–8.8 mm; PL/PW = 0.89; EL/EW = 2.06. Similar to male, but antennae reaching middle of elytra; elytra always reddish brown; abdominal ventrites yellow except for each black middle area of I–II, or I–III.

Type material examined. Lemula rufithorax Pic, 1901 : Holotype ♀ (MNHN), “MUSEUM PARIS / NIPPON MOYEN / ENV. DE TOKIO / ET ALPES DE NIKKO / J. HARMOND 1901”, “ HOLOTYPE ”, “ Lemula / rufithoraxs Pic / n. sp. ”, “ Maurice Pic det. 1901”.

Other material examined. [ Japan]: Mt. Kumotori (=ιm), Okutama, Tokyo Met. Pref. [3 exs., 11–12-VI- 1983, N. Ohbayashi leg.]; Mt. Sukaisan (·海m), Numata, Gunma Pref. [1 ex. 14-VI-2018, Y. Notusu leg.]; Mt. Amagi (ξ<m), Shizuoka Pref. [3exs., 3–5-V-1956, H. Hattori leg.]; Jizô-pass (»蔵ŋ), Nagano Pref. [3 exs., 23-V-1982, K. Takahashi leg.]; Todai (Ḫȗ), Hasemura, Nagano Pref. [6 exs., 3-V-2003, S. Maru leg.; 25 exs., 22-IV-2017, T. Ito leg. (G-958)]; Hôuraiko (鳳ƫ湖), Shinsiro, Aichi Pref. [12 exs., 22-IV-2017, H. Hasegawa leg. (G-949)]; Mt. Kanmuri (Ηm), Hiroshima Pref. [1 ♂ (f. nigroguttata), 10-V-1976, T. Kosaka & T. Murakami leg.]; Okegoya (flϋϖ›, Odamiyama, Ehime Pref. [6 exs., 6-V-1995, N. Ohbayashi leg.]; Omogo Valley (面Ṇĸ), Ehime Pref. [1 ex., 31-V-1981, M. Sakai leg.]; Shibukusa (¢草), Omogo, Ehime Pref. [12 exs., 6-IV-1994, Y. Utsunomiya leg. (G-895)]; Mt. Ishizuchi (石鎚m), Ehime Pref. [14 exs., 16-V-2013, N. Ohbayashi leg.]; Mt. Hikosan (ƛøm), Fukuoka Pref. [1♂ (ab. nigroguttata), 3-V-1967, M. Amano leg.; 2♂♂ (ab. nigroguttata), 1♀, 8-V-2010, T. Mori leg. (G-977)]; Asono-kurodake (Ḥ蘇/黒ae), Yufu City, Ôita Pref. [9♂♂ (ab. nigroguttata), 4♀♀, 5-V- 2005, E. Sakamoto leg.] Mt. Kurodake (黒ae), Ôita Pref. [1♂ (ab. nigroguttata), 18-V-1985, N. Ohbayashi leg.] .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Ecology. Flight period: April–June. Flower records: Acer , Stephanandra , Symplocos .

Remarks. Hayashi (1944) described ab. nigroguttata from Hiroshima Pref., Japan under L. decipiens but it is now thought to be a male local variety of L. (s. str.) rufithorax occurring in western Japan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cerambycidae

Genus

Lemula

Loc

Lemula (s. str.) rufithorax Pic, 1901

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

Lemula decipiens

Hayashi, M. 1944: 26
1944
Loc

Lemula decipiens

Hayashi, M. 1944: 25
Mitono, T. 1941: 16
1941
Loc

Lemula rufithorax

Ohbayashi, N. 2007: 362
Pic, M. 1901: 57
1901
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