Morphostenophanes tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998: 308 Löbl et al . 2008: 344 Gao & Ren 2009: 313 A revision of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini) Zhou, De-Yao Zootaxa 2020 4769 1 1 81  Gao & Ren 2009: 313  Masumoto, 1998 Masumoto 1998 [151,735,873,900] Insecta Tenebrionidae Morphostenophanes GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 70 71 Arthropoda species tanikadoi  ( Figs. 46A–D; 47E, J, O, T; 48E, I, V–X; 49D, H)      Morphostenophanes tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998: 308, fig. 1, 12–14;  Löbl et al. 2008: 344;  Gao & Ren 2009: 313.   Material examined.   CHINA: Sichuan: 1♂( CZDY, a sample of muscle tissue was preserved in 99.7% ethanol at –18 °C), Shimian County, Yele Dam, 26°55’22’’N, 102°13’32’’E, in wilted leaves,  2500 m,  2015.vii.25, De-Yao Zhou;  1♀( MHBU),  1♀( CDYZ),  Liziping, Mamadi, 28°59’18.41’’N, 102°24’34.64’’E,  2600 m,  2016. vii. 24, De- Yao Zhou.  Comparative notes.  Morphostenophanes tanikadoiis unique among  jendeki-group species by having slender body with strongly shiny green luster, elytral sculpture consisting of sparsely scattered short segments of striae connecting few deep punctures, sometimes varied into sharply marked large pits, intervals only weakly convex.  M. tanikadoiand  M. minormay be closely related by sharing similar habitus, but can be easily distinguished by their different body color, different elytral sculpture, and shorter legs. Detailed discussion see in the comments of  M. minor.   Distribution.( Map 1) CHINA: Sichuan. 2610567597 2015-07-25 CZDY De-Yao Zhou China Shimian County 2500 26.922777 Yele Dam 20 102.225555 70 71 1 1 Sichuan 2610567461 [225,372,1120,1146] MHBU China 70 71 1 1 Sichuan 2610567485 [383,523,1120,1146] CDYZ China 70 71 1 1 Sichuan 2610567415 2016-07-24 Yao Zhou China 2600 28.988447 Mamadi 1 102.40962 Liziping 70 71 1 Sichuan