Aetheomorpha coerulea (Jacoby, 1892)

(Figures 8A–I, 12H)

Jacoby, 1892: 882 (orig.: Aspidolopha coerulea; type locality: Burma, Carin Chebà; type deposited: MSNG); 1908: 134; Clavareau, 1913: 44 (catalogue); Kimoto and Gressitt, 1981: 297 (transfer to Aetheomorpha; Thailand, Vietnam); Regalin and Medvedev, 2010: 564 (catalogue); Medvedev, 2010: 198 (Yunnan: Xishuangbanna).

Material examined

CHINA: Hainan: one male, one female, Jianfengling, 12 August 1981, leg. Maobin Gu ; Yunnan: two males, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang, 12 July 1957, leg. Lingchao Zang ; two females, Xishuangbanna, Xiaomengyang, 13 July 1957, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one male, Xishuangbanna, Menghun, 19 May 1958, leg. Yiran Zhang ; one male, six females, Xishuangbanna, Menghun, 6 June 1958, leg. Xuwu Meng ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Menghai, 21 July 1958, leg. Fuji Pu ; one male, one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengzhe, 25 July 1958, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one male, Xishuangbanna, Meng’a, 9 August 1958, leg. Shuyong Wang ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 20 May 1958, leg. Facai Zhang ; one female, Xishuangbanna, Mengsong, 24 July 1958, leg. Leyi Zheng ; one female, Ruili, Wanting, 10 June 1992, leg. Decheng Yuan (IZ-CAS) .

Distribution

China (Hainan, Yunnan); Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia.

Remarks

This species is well defined by its characteristic colouration: elytra are completely bluish black and pronotum is fulvous with a central black band. Also, the aedeagal apex slightly bent ventrally; the spermathecal duct is long, irregularly coiled dozens of times and the dorsal central sclerite is sub-oblong.