Falsimalmus niger Breuning, 1956

Bi, Wen-Xuan, Chen, Chang-Chin & Lin, Mei-Ying, 2020, Notes on the tribe Petrognathini Blanchard, 1845 from China, with description of a new species from Yunnan (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), Zootaxa 4732 (3), pp. 453-460 : 459

Falsimalmus niger Breuning, 1956

( Figs. 6, 7 , 18, 21 )

Falsimalmus niger Breuning, 1956: 359 , fig. 3.

Falsimalmus niger ; Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 486; Ohbayashi & Lin, 2012: 250, figs. 26-29; Lin & Yang, 2014: 312.

Material examined. 1 male, China, Yunnan, Yingjiang, Nabang , 473m, 2016.V.30, leg. Xiao-Dong Yang ( CCCC) .

Complementary description. Male ( Figs. 6, 7 ). Body length 24.0 mm, humeral width 8.2 mm. Male genitalia. Tergite VIII, tegmen and median lobe as in Fig. 18 . Endophallus in everted condition ( Fig. 21 ) moderately long and slender, about 2.7 times as long as median lobe, curved dorsally near middle; BPH, MPH and APH well-defined; crescent-shaped sclerites (cs) present; MPH subdivided into MT, CT and PB by constrictions; MT slightly shorter than CT and PB combined; MT normally cylindrical, CT swollen near base and apex respectively, PB with anterior bulb generally rudimentary; APH strongly constricted, elongate, broader near base, with apical bulb (ab) 3.8 times longer than apical bubble (bb) ( Fig. 21e ); apical furrow (af) with internal membrane (im) developed, elongate and sclerotized; spicules distributed on basal half of CT, apical half of PB and with distinctly larger spicules on apical bulb of APH throughout; ejaculatory ducts paired, gonopore (gn) situated at apex of APH.

Distribution. China (new country record): Yunnan (Yingjiang County); Laos (Vientiane); Myanmar (Dawns, Tenasserim); Thailand (Chiang Mai).

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Habitus of three species. 1–3, Ithocritus ruber (Hope, 1839); 4–5, Ithocritus similis Bi & Lin, sp. nov.; 6–7, Falsimalmus niger Breuning, 1956. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, male; 3, 5, female. 1–6, dorsal view; 7, lateral view. Not to scale.

FIGURES 17–21. Male terminalia of three species. 17, 20, Ithocritus similis Bi & Lin, sp. nov.; 18, 21 Falsimalmus niger Breuning, 1956; 19, Ithocritus ruber (Hope, 1839). 17, 18, genitalia. 19, 20, 21, endophallus in inflated and everted condition (lateral view). a, tergite VIII with sternites VIII and IX in ventral view; b, tegmen in ventral view and lateral view; c, median lobe in ventral view and lateral view; d, apical part of endophallus (ventral view); e, enlarged apical part of endophallus (lateral view). 17, 18, scale = 1 mm; others not to scale.