Eulomalus vermicipygus Cooman, 1937

Zhang, Ye-Jun & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2007, Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China, Zootaxa 1544, pp. 1-40 : 28-30

Eulomalus vermicipygus Cooman, 1937 , new for China

(Figs. 167–180)

Cooman, 1937: 98 (Type locality: Vietnam: Tonkin, Hoa-Binh), 156 (key); Mazur, 1984: 138 (catalogue); 1997: 186 (catalogue).

Material examined. CHINA: Yunnan: 2 males, 1 female, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, Yao area, 940 m, dead wood, 2004. II.19, Jie Wu & Yongping Lu coll.; 1 male, 1 female, Xishuangbanna, west of Menglun, 560 m, dead wood, 2004. II.9, Jie Wu coll.

Remarks. We compared the original description and the line drawings of E. vermicipygus in Cooman (1937) with the specimens collected in Yunnan. The specimens match the description and the drawings except in the characters of the female pygidium (cf. Cooman, 1937: Fig. 3). In the specimens from Yunnan, the sculpture of the female pygidium is not as dense, but strongly and irregularly curved.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Vietnam.

FIGURES 154–166. Eulomalus seitzi Cooman 154. Female pronotum, elytra, propygidium and pygidium; 155. Prosternum, meso- and metaventrite, and the first visible abdominal sternum; 156. Head, frontal view; 157. Protibia, dorsal view; 158. Aedeagus, lateral view; 159. Apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 160–161. Male 8th tergite, dorsal and lateral views; 162–163. Male 9th and 10th tergites, lateral and dorsal views; 164–165. Male 8th sternum, ventral and lateral views; 166. Male 9th sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 154, 155 = 0.5 mm; 156–166 = 0.25 mm.

FIGURES 167–180. Eulomalus vermicipygus Cooman 167. Female pronotum, elytra, propygidium and pygidium; 168. Prosternum, meso- and metaventrite, and the first visible abdominal sternum; 169. Head, frontal view; 170. Protibia, dorsal view; 171–172. Aedeagus, lateral and dorsal views; 173. Apex of aedeagus, ventral view; 174–175. Male 8th tergite, dorsal and lateral views; 176–177. Male 9th and 10th tergites, dorsal and lateral views; 178–179. Male 8th sternum, ventral and lateral views; 180. Male 9th sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 167, 168 = 0.5 mm; 169–180 = 0.25 mm.