Lasiocallimerus Corporaal, 1939

Chai, Zichao, Kolibáč, Jiří, Liu, Haoyu, Yu, Yali & Zheng, Jihuan, 2025, A newly-recorded genus, Lasiocallimerus Corporaal, 1939 (Coleoptera, Cleridae) from China, with description of a new species, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 169936-e 169936 : e169936-

Lasiocallimerus Corporaal, 1939

Lasiocallimerus vestitus Corporaal, 1939

Diagnosis

Body robust, 5–8 mm. Head including eyes slightly wider than pronotum, punctured finely and evenly, with dense white setae and long erect pubescence; apical margin of labrum emarginate at middle, maxillary terminal palpomere digitiform, labial terminal palpomere triangular; gular sutures parallel, post gular plate wide; antennae 10 - segmented, relatively short, only terminal segment clubbed; eyes large, very slightly emarginated near antennal insertions, finely granulate. Tibial spur formula 2–2 – 2; tarsi compact, first tarsomeres of all pairs of legs minute; tarsal pulvillar formula 4–4 – 4, first indistinct, remaining distinct; claws with denticle.

Compared with the genera of Hydnocerini in China, Lasiocallimerus differs from Callimerus obviously by the only terminal segment clubbed, whereas Callimerus terminal 3 - segmented clubbed; markedly differs from Emmepus by elytra enough to completely cover the abdomen ( Emmepus elytra strongly shortened). Lasiocallimerus is most similar to Neohydnus , but can be separated by its more robust body, distinct colour patterns and with extremely protuberant eyes ( Kolibáč 1998).

Distribution

China ( Yunnan, Guangxi), India ( Assam), Thailand, Laos, Indonesia ( Java), Malaysia ( Sabah).