Thranius variegatus Bates, 1873

Lee, Seunghyun, Oh, Seunghwan, Seung, Jinbae, Jang, Hyunkyu, Lee, Minhyeuk, Choi, Woong & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, New report of two Cerambycinae tribes in South Korea: Stenopterini and Thraniini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 81832-81832 : 81832

Thranius variegatus Bates, 1873

Thranius variegatus Bates, 1873: 196.

Thranius sapporensis Kano, 1933: 132.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Seunghyun Lee; individualCount: 1; sex: 1♀; lifeStage: adult; Taxon : scientificName: Thranius variegatus Bates , 1873; Location : country: South Korea; stateProvince: Jeju-do; locality: Namjo-ro , Jocheon-eup , Jeju-si ; Event : eventDate: 28.vii.2016; Record Level : institutionCode: SNU

Description

Body length of examined female 13.4 mm (Fig. 2 A and B). Head dark brown, densely covered with pale decumbent setae, frons with longitudinal median suture. Antennae brown, except for antennomeres VIII-IX white, notably shorter than body length in female. Pronotum dark brown, densely covered with pale decumbent setae. Ventrum light brown, densely pubescent with minute decumbent setae. Scutellum black, almost semicircular. Elytra dark brown, with L-shaped brighter marking near humeri, narrowed posteriorly, partly exposing posteromedial region of abdomen. Legs brown to dark brown, moderately pubescent with decumbent setae, hind femora slightly swollen. Ovipositor approximately 7.5 × longer than wide, almost parallel on side, distinctly, but shortly bilobed at apex and with short apical styli (Fig. 2 C).

Distribution

Korea (new record), Japan, Taiwan.

Notes

No additional beetles have been collected after the first discovery, though we launched numerous flight intercept traps every year at the same spot.

Figures

Figure 2. Thranius variegatus Bates, 1873. A, B Female habitus; C Ovipositor.