Pterostichus (Tausternus) hoii Fedorenko, 2020

Fedorenko, D. N., 2020, New taxa of Pterostichini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Vietnam, Russian Entomological Journal 29 (1), pp. 38-52 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.29.1.06

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10978278

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6009B3A-FFF7-3B46-FF02-7D4A0B19FD00

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scientific name

Pterostichus (Tausternus) hoii Fedorenko
status

sp.n.

Pterostichus (Tausternus) hoii Fedorenko View in CoL , sp.n.

Figs 1–13 View Figs 1–9 View Figs 10–13 .

MATERIAL. Holotype ♂ and two paratypes ♀♀ ( ZISP), labelled: ‘ Vietnam, Kon Tum Prov [ince]., Central Highlands , 2–3 km W of Ngoc Linh Mt., 15°05´N, 107°57´E, 1700–1900 m, 25.III– 14.IV.2004, A.V. Abramov’; GoogleMaps two paratypes, ♂ ♀ ( SIEE) from the same exact locality, with label ‘ Vietnam, Kon Tum Prov., 2–3 km W of Ngoc Linh Mt., 15°05´N, 107°57´E, h= 1600–2150 m, pitfall traps, 19.III–IV.2006, leg. A.Anichkin’. GoogleMaps

DESCRIPTION. As for the subgenus. Additional features: Dorsal microsculpture distinct, consisting of isodiametric meshes over head and elytra, and of small, slightly transverse meshes over pronotum.

Head: Genae distinctly longer than eyes, adjoining neck at very obtuse angle. Frontal foveae slightly diverging and deepened to the level of anterior margin of eye, then in form of oblong, wide and deep, foveae converging to and barely surpassing the level of posterior margin of eye; anteriorly extended onto clypeus into divergent shallow impressions. A superficial median V- or Y-shaped line between frontal foveae. Labrum rectangular, slightly transverse, sexsetose, apex more or less emarginate in form of a wide V.

Pronotum varying slightly in shape following sides ranging from slightly and evenly rounded in apical two thirds and subsinuate behind, with a subtle convexity near posterolateral seta, to nearly parallel in apical three fifths and then converging toward and sinuate a fifth from base. Median line fine yet deep, mostly reaching base and obliterate rather far from apex. Inner basal sulcus extended apicad into a very shallow line running parallel to lateral margin and disappearing a fifth from apex. PW / PL 1.03– 1.09 (1.05, n=5), PW / HW 1.33 1.39 (1.36), PB/ PA 0.90–0.94 (0.90, n=4), PLw/ PL 0.36–0.40 (0.38); in a female paratype ( Fig. 4 View Figs 1–9 ), PB/PA 0.82, PLw/ PL 0.53.

Elytra broadest at or slightly behind middle, EL/EW 1.60–1.69 (1.64, n=5), EW/ PW 1.16–1.23 (1.19). Striae deep impunctate or indistinctly crenulate. Intervals convex, 1st joining lateral bead at sutural angle; 7 th, 5 th, and 3 rd confluent preapically in succession. Parascutellar seta distant rather far from the site of basal ridge.

Underside vaguely and sparsely punctate across mesoventrite; sometimes extreme sides of metaventrite and/or metepisternum, or propleura, or abdominal sternite III with a similar punctation.

Aedeagus ( Figs 10–13 View Figs 10–13 ): median lobe strongly curved at base, ventral margin with a large blunt tooth; apex moderately long, triangular in lateral view, rounded in dorsal view. Left paramere characteristic of Pterostichus , right paramere short, apically triangular and bulbous.

NAME. Patronymic, given after my good friend and colleague, Vietnamese geographer Dr. Nguen Dang Hoi.

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

PW

Paleontological Collections

PL

Západoceské muzeum v Plzni

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Pterostichus

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