Promethis evanescens (Gebien, 1918)

Ba, Yi-Bin & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2009, Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 2064, pp. 27-38 : 33

Promethis evanescens (Gebien, 1918)

Figs. 52–61 , 112

Setenis evanescens Gebien, 1918 : Ent. Mitt., 7(7–9): 124; --, 1919: Ent. Mitt., 8(1–3): 9, fig. 7.

Setenis quadricollis Kaszab, 1980 : Annls. Hist. -nat. Mus. Natn. Hung., 72: 177.

Promethis evanescens (Gebien, 1918) , Kaszab, 1988a: Fol. Ent. Hung. Rov. Koz., XLIX: 75; Kaszab, 1988b: Acta. Zool. Hung., 34(2–3): 82, 106, Abb.312–315, Taf. VIII: E; Ren, 2002: Forest Insects of Hainan, p. 389.

Material examined. 53, 8ƤƤ, Hongmao, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 28–29 May 2007, collected by Ba Yibin and Lang Juntong.

Distribution. China (Shandong, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hainan); India (Assam), Vietnam, Laos.

Figures

FIGURES 52 – 61. Promethis evanescens 52. Head; 53. Pronotum; 54. Antenna; 55. Protibia; 56. Metatibia and tarsus; 57 – 59. Aedeagus in dorsal, lateral and ventral views; 60. Spiculum ventrale of male; 61. Spiculum ventrale of female.

FIGURES 108 – 118. Promethis spp. in Hainan Island of China 108. Promethis rectangula; 109. P. vietnamica; 110. P. guangxiana; 111. P. punctatostriata; 112. P. evanescens; 113. P. oshimana; 114. P. crenatostriata; 115. P. v a l g i p e s valgipes; 116. P. sinuatocollis; 117. P. c r a s s i h o r n i s sp. nov.; 118. P. pauperula (from Kaszab, 1988).