Sasajiscymnus guniujiang Tong & Wang

TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 5207 (1), pp. 1-104 : 87

Sasajiscymnus guniujiang Tong & Wang sp. nov.

( Figs 59 , 76)

Chinese name: 牯牛Ṟḧ瓢•

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. kurohime ( Miyatake, 1959) , but can be distinguished from the later by parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide ( Fig. 59f ). In S. kurohime , parameres are about 1/6 as long as penis guide ( Fig. 58g ).

Description. TL: 1.39–1.88 mm, TW: 1.05–1.46 mm, TH: 0.74–1.00 mm.

Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence ( Figs 59a–c ). Head black with interocular distance distinctly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum and scutellar shield black. Elytra black with brown apices. Ventral surfaces yellowish black. Legs black to yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines incomplete, recurved toward the base of ventrite ( Fig. 59d ).

Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed ( Fig. 59e ). Penis guide widest at base in lateral view, gradually narrowing to pointed apex; parameres about 1/3 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide widest at base in ventral view, then tapering towards pointed apex ( Figs 59f–g ).

Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus.

Type material. Holotype: China: Anhui: ♂, Guniujiang National Nature Reserve , 24.IX.2010, Wang XM leg ( SCAU) . Paratypes ( SCAU): China: Anhui: 1♂ 3♀, Same data as holotype ; 3♀, Tangkou Town, Huangshan District, Huangshan City , 460 m, 12–13.IX.2010, Wang XM leg.

Distribution. China (Anhui).

Etymology. This new species is named after Guniujiang National Nature Reserve where the holotype was collected.

Figures

FIGURE 58. S. kurohime (Miyatake, 1959): a dorsal view, b lateral view, c frontal view, d abdomen, male, e–h male genitalia:

FIGURE 59. S. guniujiang Tong & Wang sp. nov.: a dorsal view, b lateral view, c frontal view, d abdomen, male, e–g male genitalia: e penis, f tegmen, lateral view, g tegmen, ventral view. Scale bars: a–c: 0.5 mm; d–g: 0.1 mm.