Hexarhopalus (Hexarhopalus) attenuatus (Pic, 1922)

Jiang, Ri-Xin, Bai, Xing-Long, Ren, Guo-Dong, Yang, Hui-Yu & Wang, Shuo, 2020, A taxonomic revision of the genus Hexarhopalus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae Cnodalonini) from China, Zootaxa 4821 (2), pp. 277-304 : 286

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scientific name	Hexarhopalus (Hexarhopalus) attenuatus (Pic, 1922)
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Leprocaulus attenuatus Pic, 1922a: 24 ; Kaszab, 1983: 177; Löbl et al. 2008: 343. Type locality. China: Yunnan (Pe Yen Tsin). Leprocaulus (Pseudocoelophus) attenuatus Pic, 1922a : Kaszab, 1983: 179 (with photo of habitus).

Hexarhopalus (s. str.) attenuatus ( Pic, 1922a) : Bečvář & Purchart, 2008: 40.

Remark. The type locality ‘Pe Yen Tsin’ is now called Shiyang Town (Ƃŧẘ) of Dayao County (Ęďss), and formerly called Baiyanjing (àü#) of Yanfeng County (üƚss). Ren and Xu, 2011 identified the specimens from Ailao Mountain (Yunnan Province) as Hexarhopalus (H.) attenuatus . However, we examined the specimens from the same locality, and the different characters suggest that specimens from Ailao Mountain is a new species. Although they are similar in general appearance, and both possess three longitudinal grooves on pronotum. But they can be easily separated from each other, the new species with shoulders fully developed (shouldersless in Hexarhopalus (H.) attenuatus ), and except the lateral one, other two grooves of pronotum are much weak (deep in Hexarhopalus (H.) attenuatus ).

References

Becvar, S. & Purchart, L. (2008) Revision of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodaloninae), with description of Malaysphena gen. nov. Annales Zoologici, 58, 35 - 70. https: // doi. org / 10.3161 / 067.058.0102

Kaszab, Z. (1983) Uber die Gattung Leprocaulus Fairmaire, 1896 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 75, 177 - 183.

Lobl, I., Merkl, O., Ando, K., Bouchard, P., Lillig, M., Masumoto, K. & Schawaller, W. (2008) Family Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 105 - 352.

Pic, M. (1922 a) Sur deux Leprocaulus (Coleopteres, Heteromeres). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 28, 504 - 505.

Ren, G. - D. & Xu, J. - S. (2011) The genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 in China, with description of three new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Cnodalonini), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 57, 23 - 34.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Types of Chinese Hexarhopalus species.A. Hexarhopalus (H.) mangshanicus, Ren & xu, 2011, holotype, male; B. Hexarhopalus (L.) bisinuatus, Ren & xu, 2011, holotype, male; C. Hexarhopalus (L.) xui, Ren & xu, 2011, holotype, female; D. Hexarhopalus (H.) attenuatus (Pic, 1922), paralectotype; E. Same, in lateral view (20A–C deposited in MHBU; 20D deposited in HNHM; figs 20D–E were taken by Tamás Németh).