Lamprigera nitidicollis (Fairmaire, 1891)

Dong, Zhiwei, Yiu, Vor, Liu, Guichun, He, Jinwu, Zhao, Ruoping, Peng, Yanqiong & Li, Xueyan, 2021, Three new species of Lamprigera Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from China, with notes on known species, Zootaxa 4950 (3), pp. 441-468 : 461-463

Lamprigera nitidicollis (Fairmaire, 1891)

Figs 88–93

Lamprophorus nitidicollis Fairmaire, 1891:90 (Type locality: Kashmir).

Lamprigera nitidicollis: McDermott, 1966 , 77; Jeng 2000. 313–319.

Lamprigera sp2 (genome size): Liu et al. 2017: 449-458.

Diagnosis. This species has short oblong body (BW/BL approximate 0.60). Its pronotum has the centre disc black and other areas light brown. Its scutellum is dark brown. Its male genitalia has cylindrical and smooth parameres, gradually thickening from base to top.

Redescription of our male specimens ( Figs 88–91 ). Body oblong. BL: 16.5–19.5 mm; BW: 8.7–10.4 mm; BW/BL approximate 0.52. Coloration ( Figs 88–90 ): head black; pronotum with the centre disc black and other areas light brown; scutellum dark brown; ventral side of thorax, ventrites VI–VII light yellow-brown; tibias, tarsus and ventrites I–V dark brown. Head. Compound eyes very large, PW/GHW = 1.71–1.93, kidney-shaped in lateral view and almost contiguous ventrally; interspace between eyes concave. Antennae clavate, short, only slightly longer than the diameter of a compound eye, a little exceeding the front edge of pronotum in transverse condition, thickly hirsute. Mandibles curved, slender and sharply pointed; maxillary palp 5–segmented, apical segment circular. Thorax. Pronotum ( Fig. 90 ) semi-circular (PW/PL =1.6–1.75), with translucent trapezoid edges and rounded posterior angles. Elytra oblong, punctation. Legs slender. Abdomen. Abdominal terga with posterior angles acutely projected posteriad, increasingly arcuate posteriad. Pygidium with circular lateral margins.

Male genitalia ( Figs 91–93 ). Aedeagus sheath 1.2 mm long, covering dorsal side of male genitalia, with base broadly rounded. Aedeagus 1.4 mm long, typically trilobate. Basal piece oblong and smooth, shorter than parameres. Medial lobe a little longer than parameres. Parameres cylindrical and smooth, gradually thickening from base to top.

Females. Unknown.

Immatures. According to pairwise nucleotide distances of COI, two larval populations from Kunming (Lg3-L) and Zhenkang (Lg14-L) (with a distance of 0.002 and 0.064 to Tengchong male population (LG10-M), respectively) are identified as the same species.

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan: Eight ♂, Qushi Village , Tengchong County, Baoshan city, 24.X.2003, leg. Xue-Yan Li (Lg10-M); Eight ♂, Nangkang, Longyang Village , Baoshan City, 9.XI.2016, leg. Zhi-Wei Dong (Lg25M); Four larvae, Kunming City, Xishan District , Xiaohaikou, 8.VIII.2014, leg. Zhi-Wei Dong (Lg3-L); One larva, Lincang City, Zhenkang County , Mangbing Township , 20.VIII.2007, leg. Xin-Wang Yang (Lg14-L) .

Distribution. India: Kashmir. China: Yunnan (Baoshan, Zhenkang, Kunming).

Remarks. By comparing with the type specimens ( Figs 25–27 , 46 ), we identified this clade as L. nitidicollis , which was originally described from Kashmir ( Olivier 1891). This species has similar pronotum morphology to those of L. magnapronotum sp. nov. ( Figs 64–69 ), but can be separated from them by the latter with dark brown femora.

Figures

FIGURES 88–93. Lamprigera nitidicollis. 88–90 Habitus of male adult. 88 Dorsal view; 89 Ventral view; 90 Pronotum. 91–93 Male genitalia. 91 Dorsal view; 92 Ventral view; 93 Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm (88–90), 0.5 mm (91–93).

FIGURES 22–38. Type specimens examined in this study. 22–24 Lamprigera tenebrosa (Walker, 1858). 25–27 Lamprigera nitidicollis (Fairmaire, 1891). 28–30 Lamprigera tardus (Gorham, 1895). 31–33 Lamprigera diffinis (Walker, 1858). 34–35 Lam- prigera yunnana (Fairmaire, 1897). 36–37 Lamprigera lutosipennis (Faimaire, 1897). 38 Lamprigera marussii (Pic, 1955).

FIGURES 39–51. Pronotum of type specimens in this study. 39 Lamprigera minor (Olivier, 1885). 40 Lamprigera dorsalis (Olivier, 1903). 41 Lamprigera taimoshana Yiu, 2017. 42 Lamprigera boyei (Motschulsky, 1853). 43 Lamprigera morator (Olivier, 1891). 44 Lamprigera nepalensis (Hope, 1831). 45 Lamprigera tenebrosa (Walker, 1858). 46 Lamprigera nitidicollis (Fairmaire, 1891). 47 Lamprigera tardus (Gorham, 1895). 48 Lamprigera diffinis (Walker, 1858). 49 Lamprigera yunnana (Fairmaire, 1897). 50 Lamprigera lutosipennis (Faimaire, 1897). 51 Lamprigera marussii (Pic, 1955).

FIGURES 64–69. Lamprigera magnapronotum sp. nov. 64–66 Habitus of male adult. 64 Dorsal view; 65 Ventral view; 66 Pronotum. 67–69 Male genitalia. 67 Dorsal view; 68 Ventral view; 69 Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm (64–66), 0.5 mm