Laena fanjingshanana Ren & Hua, 2006

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bellersheim, Aron, 2023, New species and records of Laena Dejean (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Vietnam, southeastern China, and Korea, Zootaxa 5296 (4), pp. 540-550 : 546

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.4.3
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scientific name	Laena fanjingshanana Ren & Hua, 2006
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( Figs 9 View FIGURES 8–10 , 13 View FIGURES 11–20 )

New material. China, C Guangxi, Yingxi Xian, Dayao Shan, Mt. Shenlong , 1961 m, V–VI.2012, leg. M. Häckel & K. & R. Sehnal, 2 ex. SMNS .

Redescription. Body length 9.6–9.8 mm, dorsal surface blackish without metallic reflection. Eyes weakly prominent. Pronotum cordiform, widest across anterior third, posterior margin distinctly narrower than the anterior one; with separated punctures, distance 1–4 puncture diameters, punctures without setae; surface convex and shining, disc with a pair impressions slightly posteriorly the middle and one not paired anteriorly; lateral margins beaded; posterior corners rounded; prothoracic hypomera with similar punctures as on pronotum and also without visible setation. Elytra elongate with rows of punctures in weak striae, punctures of rows larger than punctures on pronotum, punctures without setae; intervals with a few fine punctures without setae, interval 9 with 4 indistinct setiferous pores, internal intervals feebly convex, external intervals distinctly convex; surface shining. Apex of elytra prolonged. All femora without teeth. Tibiae of both sexes simple, without peculiarities. Apicale of aedeagus triangular with rounded apex ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–20 ).

Remarks. This large species known from Guangxi, Fanjingshan was described in a hardly accessible paper written in the Chinese language ( Ren & Hua 2006). The body length was given as 8.0– 8.5 mm. A photograph or drawing of the dorsal view is missing. The drawing of the aedeagus shows an apicale with a knob-like apex, which is quite unusual in the genus and probably based on wrong observation. The authors hope not to fail in assigning the newly collected above-listed specimens from the Dayao Shan to L. fanjingshanana . This locality lies not far from the locus typicus Fanjingshan in Guangxi. The above-given redescription is based on the new material.