Hypoganus sichuanensis Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2017

Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2017, A new species of Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from China, with notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 348-362 : 352-353

Hypoganus sichuanensis Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2017

Hypoganus sichuanensis Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2017: 295 .

Diagnosis. Based on the original description, this species is characterized as followed: female body length 12.2 mm, width 2.9 mm. Body blackish-brown, shining, legs and hind angles of pronotum brownish, pubescence yellowish. Pronotum with fine and sparse punctures and pubescence, hind angle short and sharp, moderately divergent. Scutellum lingulate, smooth, without punctutres.

Remarks. This species is described from 5 females from Sichuan, China. The holotype and 3 paratypes were collected from “Sabde”, “Sabde” is a township in Kangding City, Ganzi Prefecture, the correct spelling in Chinese Pinyin is Shade Town []. One paratype was also collected from Moxi [] to Hailuogou [], in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).