Notodascillus sublineatus Carter

Jin, Zhenyu, Ślipiński, Adam & Pang, Hong, 2013, A revision of the genus Notodascillus Carter (Coleoptera: Dascillidae), Zootaxa 3613 (3), pp. 245-256 : 253-254

Notodascillus sublineatus Carter

(Figures 11–12, 16–17, 25, 27, 37–43, 51)

Notodascillus sublineatus Carter, 1935: 186 .

Diagnosis. Notodascillus sublineatus is distinguished from all other species by the extremely short antennomere 3 (Figs. 27) and usually flat or weakly marked V-shaped ridge on a vertex.

Description. Male. Length 7.2–10.5 mm, width 2.9–3.7 mm. Body ( Fig. 38 ) narrowly elongate, 2.5–2.8 times longer than broad. Head black or brown, remaining body parts brown. Upper surfaces matt, densely clothed in short and inclined, apically pointed setae. Head, pronotal and elytral setae mixed dark brown and yellow, elytral setae denser on alternate intervals and forming longitudinal stripes, venter covered by whitish dense pubescence.

Head. Vertex flat or with weak V-shaped ridge. Antennae serrate, reaching middle of elytra. Antennomere 3 weakly expanded apically, 0.8–1 times as long as broad, 0.4–0.5 times as long as antennomere 4; terminal antennomere distinctly longer than penultimate.

Pronotum 0.5–0.7 times as long as wide, widest near middle, sides evenly curved from base to apex. Lateral margins narrowly explanate without marginal bead, edge smooth and without distinct fringe of setae, anterior angles obtuse, posterior margin distinctly crenulate. Disc moderately convex, punctation coarse and dense.

Pterothorax. Scutellum 0.9–1.0 times as long as wide, distinctly pointed apically. Elytra moderately convex, taken together 2.1–2.4 times as long as wide, 4.5–5.1 times as long as pronotum, sides relatively straight, gradually narrowing in apical third, apices weakly prominent; lateral margins narrow with distinct bead, entirely visible from above.

Abdominal ventrites with glabrous spots on each side; ventrite 5 distinctly projected medially, 0.4–0.5 times as long as wide, 1.5–1.9 times as long as ventrite 4. Sternite IX apically rounded, at base rounded, bearing uniformly short setae in middle and apically. Posterior edge of tergite IX straight or obtuse. Tergite X as long as or slightly longer than tergite IX, apically broadly rounded.

Aedeagus ( Figs. 39–41 ). Phallobase at base sinuate. Parameres longer than phallobase, straight apically, rounded at apex. Apex of ventral lobe narrowly rounded.

Female. Externally identical to male but with abdominal ventrite 5 truncate apically (Figs. 17, 37).

Types. Holotype and paratype 3 [mounted on single card]: “Hastings River, 11.32, HJ.C/ K67432 / female symbol/ Notodascillus sublineatus Carter id. by HJ Carter/ xx/ Holotype ” (AM). The holotype appears to be the right specimen on the card with an arrow and “ TYPE ” inscription underneath.

Other specimens examined (733, 20Ƥ). Queensland: Cunningham's Gap, 3-xi-1958, FA. Perking (13, QM); Cunningham's Gap, 30-xi-1965, G. Monteith (13, QM); Mt. Fench, via, Boonah, S. E. Qld, 15-x-1983, G. B. Monteith (1Ƥ, QM); National Pk (Lamington NP), Q, 24-x-1923, H. Hacker (13, QM); Nr. Culter's Pass, Williams River, 23–30-x-1926, A. Musgrave & T. G. Campbell (2Ƥ, AM); Nr. Culter's Pass, Williams River, 25-x-1926, A. Musgrave & T. G. Campbell (13, AM); O'Reillys' Guesthouse. Lamington N. P., 950m, 4–5-xi-1989, G, B. Monteith (13, QM); Stanthorpe, Q, 5-xi-1923 (13, ANIC). New South Wales: 33km. NNE Singleton, 17-xi-1985, Tuglo'D. J. Bickel, (13, 1Ƥ, AM); 3km N of Lansdowne via Taree, NSW, 14–27-ix-1987, G. Williams (23, AM); 3km. N, Lansdowne via Taree, riparian rainforest, 7–14-ix-1992, G. Williams (13, AM); 3km. N, Landsdowne, via Taree, ex wet sclerophyll forest, 8-ix-1985, G. Williams (23, ANIC); 48km N. Singleton, 13–15-xi-1981, H. & A. Howden (13, CMNC); Acacla Plat, J. Armstrong (1Ƥ, ANIC); Acacla Plateau, H. Davidson (23, 1Ƥ, ANIC); Allyn River, Chichester S.F, 10–11-xi-1981, T. Weir (13, ANIC); Lansdowne, 19-x-1987, R. Bejsak (13, ANIC); Comboyne, 2-ix-1988, A. Sundholm & J. Bugeja (183, AM); Lansdowne, 9-ix-1987, Richard. Bejsak (33, AM); Lansdowne, 19-ix-1987, Richard. Bejsak (23, AM); Blue Gum Hut, Mallanganee, 4-x-1978, G, B. Monteith (1Ƥ, QM); Cambridge Plateau, Richmond Range SFWNW Casino, 96: 237, 25-ix-1996, S. Watkins (13, ANIC); Cambridge Plateau, Richmond Range SF, WNW Casino, 96: 238, 25-ix-1996, S. Watkins (13, ANIC); Cambridge Plateau, Richmond Range SFWNW Casino, 96: 239, 25-ix-1996, S. Watkins (13, ANIC); Cambridge Plateau Richmond Range SF WNW Casino, 96: 240, 25-ix-1996, S. Watkins (13, MAIC); Cambridge Plateau, Richmond Range NP, 98: 422 in rain forest 580 m, 30-ix-1998, S. G. Watkins (13, ANIC); Cambridge Plateau, Richmond Range NP, 98: 423 in rain forest, 580 m, 30-ix-1998, S. G. Watkins (13, ANIC); Comboyne, 10-xi-1932, K. C. McKeown (23, AM); Comboyne, J. Armstrong (2Ƥ, ANIC); Comboyne, xi-1932, HJC [Carter] (13, BMNH); Dingo Tops Park, Dingo SF, 95: 698, 7-x-1995, S. Watkins (13, ANIC); Dingo Tops Park, Dingo SF, 95: 699, 7-x- 1995, S. Watkins (13, ANIC); Duggan's Gully, up, Chichester, ix-1921, A. Musgrave (13, AM); E. Sutton (2Ƥ, QM); Gloucester, NSW, 1934, H. J. Davidson (13, ANIC); Hastings Riv, 1934, H. J. Davidson (13, QM); Hastings Riv, 1934, Davidson (1Ƥ, ANIC); Hastings Range, xii-1933, J. Armstrong (13, AM); Kindee, x-1934 (13, ANIC); "LORIEN" W.R. 3km N Lansdowne, Taree, margin. Malalse trap, 14–17-ix-1987, G. Williams (13, ANIC); NSW (13, ANIC); Pt. Macquarie, ix-1965, K. Pullen (13, ANIC); Pt. Macquarie, 25-viii–14-ix-1941, H. W. Simmonds (1Ƥ, AM); Rowleys Rock Dingo SF, 29-x-1988, S. G. Watkins (1Ƥ, ANIC); S. E. Border, NSW–QLD (13, 1Ƥ ANIC); Summit, Mt Marie Dingo SF NW Wingham, 10-x-1993, S. Watkins (1Ƥ, MAIC); Summit, Mt Marie Dingo SF NW, 19-x-1994, S. Watkins (13, MAIC); Summit, Mt Marie, Dingo SF NW Wingham, NSW 93:2238, Eucalyptus shoots, 10-x-1993, S. G. Watkins (13, ANIC); Summit, Mt Marie, Dingo SFNW Wingham, NSW, Eucalyptus shoots, 15-x-1992, S. G. Watkins (1Ƥ, ANIC); Summit, Mt. Marie Dingo State Forest, 95:701, 7-x-1995, S. Watkins (13, MAIC); Summit, Mt. Marie Dingo State Forest, 7-x-1995, S. Watkins (1Ƥ, MAIC); Tooloom Scrub, via Urbenyille, 22-x-1972, G. B. Monteith (13, QM); Victoria Park, NR. S of Lismore, NSW, foliage, subtropical rainforest, 17-ix-1988, G. Williams (13, AM); Victoria Park, via Alstonville, 1-xi-1970, G.B. Monteith (13, 2Ƥ, QM); Walcha, 9-xi-1932, K. C. Mckeown (13, AM); WauchoPe, J. Armstrong (13, ANIC); Woodenbong, 20-x-1962, G. Monteith (13, QM). Doubtful locality: Victoria “Bindi will have letter ??/ H.J. Carter” (13, 1Ƥ, ANIC).

Distribution ( Fig. 51 ). This species occurs from the area around Brisbane to central New South Wales north of Newcastle. The single record from Bindi in northeastern Victoria is probably erroneous.

Figures

FIGURE 51. Distribution map of Notodascillus species in Australia.

FIGURES 37 – 50. Notodascillus species: (37 – 43) N. sublineatus Carter; (44 – 50) N. iviei sp. n. (37, 44) body of female dorsal view; (38, 45) body of male dorsal view; (39, 46) aedeagus ventral view; (40, 47) aedeagus dorsal view; (41, 48) aedeagus lateral view; (42, 49) sternite IX; (43, 50) tergite X – XI.