Falsocamaria imperialis ( FAIRMAIRE, 1903 )

Wang, Guo-Dong & R, P., 2012, Review Of The Chinese Species Of Falsocamaria Pic With Descriptions Of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (4), pp. 305-324 : 312-318

Falsocamaria imperialis ( FAIRMAIRE, 1903)

( Figs 1 C , 2 C , 3 E-F, 4 C, 5 C, 6 E-F, 7 K-O, 9 C)

Camaria imperialis FAIRMAIRE, 1903: 15 .

Campsiomorpha imperialis var. jeanvoinei PIC, 1943: 6 . Synonymised by MASUMOTO (1993 a). Falsocamaria imperialis: MASUMOTO, 1993 a: 144 .

Original description – “Long. 27 à 29 mill. Ressemble assez à la précédente pour la forme; mais la coloration est moins éclatante, d’un vert métallique un peu bleuâtre avec une bande marginale et subsuturale d’un cuivreux purpurin, la suture ellemęme d’un bleu foncé ainsi qu’une tache humérale; la tęte et le corselet sont plus ou moins teintés de cuivreux, le dessous du corps est aussi d’un vert métallique avec des teintes cuivreuses, les pattes sont cuivreuses avec l’extrémité des fémurs bleue, puis violette, celle des tibias bleue, les tarses d’un bleu foncé presque brun; la tęte est très ponctuée, un peu reguleuse, le front est sillonné au milieu, les antennses sont plus courtes, ne dépassant pas la base du corselet; celui-ci est plus court, plus large, fortement et densément ponctué,

E; female: F. Scale bars = 1 mm

un peu ruguleux sur les côtés; les élytres sont assez fortement striées, les stries indistinctement ponctuées, les intervalles légèrement convexes, les externs un peu plus et plus évidemment coriacés; le dessous est un peu plus brilliant, très finement coriacé; les pattes sont très ponctuées.”

Supplement – Male. Elytra green; head and pronotum partly purple; punctate-striate grooves green, with purple stripes in middle; sutural portion and lateral margins purplish; humeri purple; legs multicolour.

Frontoclypeal suture shallow; clypeus scattered with punctures; head with purple spots at middle, with no or less punctation; median line obvious; distance between eyes slightly wider than transverse diameter of an eye; temples long. Antennomere VIII widened at apex, XI clavate; ratio of the length of antennomeres I to XI as follows: 0.4, 0.2, 0.9, 0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9, 0.7, 0.8, 1.2.

Pronotum about 2.0 times as wide as long; anterior margin slightly raised, posterior margin strongly bordered; obviously bisinuate; anterior angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles subrectangular; disc slightly convex, sparsely scattered with small punctures; median line not complete. Scutellum triangular, surface sparsely covered with fine or inconspicuous grooves and punctures.

E; female: F. Scale bars = 1 mm

male: A, C, E, G, I, K. Scale bars = 1 mm

Male: A–C, F–H, K–M; female: D–E, I–J, N–O. Scale bars = 1 mm rufisutura sp. n. Male: A–C, F–H, K–M; female: D–E, I, J, N–Q. Scale bars = 1 mm

1860), J = F. muelleri ( KASZAB, 1954). Male: A–D, G, I, J; female: E, F. H. Scale bars = 1 mm

Elytra about 2.0 times as long as wide, 5.0 times the length and 3.0 times the width of pronotum; humeri convex, pointed at apex; disc strongly convex, highest at basal 1/3; surface with fine punctate-striae; intervals slightly convex, convexity weaker laterally than medially.

Prosternal process obviously extending backwards, deeply concave in middle; mesosternal V-shaped elevation slightly convex; mesosternum with one ridge and minute punctures in fovea; metasternum convex, scattered with minute punctures and wrinkles. Abdomen slightly convex, with small punctation and wrinkles.

Aedeagus length: 4.8 mm; parameres 1.5 times as long as phallobase.

Female. Antennae XI ovate; length of ovipositor: 13.7 mm.

Measurements. Body length: male 26.0–27.0 mm; female 20.0–22.0 mm.

Material: 1 f, Tianmushan, Zhenjiang, 21–22. vii. 1998, Wu Hong leg. (MHBU); 1 m, Tianmushan, Zhenjiang , 28. vii. 1998, Zhao Ming-Shui leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Tianmushan, Zhenjiang , 25. vii. 1998, Zhang Mei-Yan leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Xiutangshan , Guangxi , 900 m, 17. v. 1999, Zhang Xue-Cheng leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Longshengcujiang , Guangxi , 800 m, 24. vi. 1982, Yang Ji-Kun leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Jinxiulinhai , Guangxi , 1000 m, 2. vi. 2000, Zhu Chao-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Lanping, Yuanbaoshan , Guangxi, 15.vii. 2000, Yu Yang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Shengtangshan , Jinxiu, Guangxi , 900 m, 17. v. 1999, Zhang Xue-Zhong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Caiwan, Quanzhou , Guangxi, 2. vii. 1992, Xiao Tao leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Tongren, Xingan , Guangxi, 3. vii. 1998, Huang Yu-Huan leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 12. viii. 2001, Ren Guo-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 12. viii. 2001, Ren Guo-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 11. viii. 2001, Ren Guo-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 13. viii. 2004, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Zhangjiajie , Hunan, 12. viii. 2001, Ren Guo-Dong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Lushan , Jiangxi, 14. vii. 1993, Peng Zhong-Liang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Lushan , Jiangxi, 15. vii. 1980, He Ben-Ji leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Lushan , Jiangxi, 8. vii. 1998, He Ben-Ji leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Lushan , Jiangxi, 2. vi. 1993, Peng Zhong- Liang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Lushan , Jiangxi, 21. vi. 1993, Peng Zhong-Liang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Lushan , 6. viii. 1979, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Dadongshan, Lianxian , Guangdong, 5. vii. 1997, Su Yu-Hua leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Dadongshan, Lianxian , Guangdong, 4. vii. 1995, Chen Zhen-Guang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 f, Tanling, Lianxian , Guangdong, 12. vii. 1992, Chen Zhen-Guang leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Kunshan, Longmennan , Guangdong, 10. vi. 1983, Weng Qi-Yong leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Dadongshan, Lianxian , Guangdong, 2. vii. 1995, Duan Min leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Jianshi , Hubei, 6. vi. 1960, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 f, Xuandu , Hubei, 6. vii. 1960, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Shanghang country, Fujian, 27. vii. 1998, Chen Yu-Mei leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Meihuashan , Fujian, 14. vi. 2007, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 2 m, Meihuashan , Fujian, 2. vi. 2007, Liu Ran leg. ( MHBU) ; 1 m, Jinding , Jiangkou, Guizhou 2500 m, 31. vii. 2007, Ren Guo-Dong leg. ( MHBU) .

Distribution: China (Zhenjiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou) and Vietnam.

Remark. New record of China.

Figures

Fig. 1. Head of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F.imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D =F.microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), E = F.obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860). Male:

Fig. 2. Pronotum of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D = F. microdera (FAIR- MAIRE, 1899), E = F. obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE,

Fig. 3. Antennae of Falsocamaria species: A–B = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), C–D = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), E–F = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), G–H = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), I–J = F. obscurovientia sp. n., K = F. rufisutura sp. n., L–M = F. spectabilis