Mesolycus murzini, Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2004

Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2004, Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae), Zootaxa 493, pp. 1-32 : 21-22

Mesolycus murzini sp. nov. ( Figs. 46–47 )

Description

Male. Black. Pronotum reddish brown, elytra red.

Head slightly convex and shining behind antennal prominence. Eyes relatively small (interocular distance over 2 times longer than radius). Ultimate joint of maxillary palpi cylindrical, flattened and tapering apically and about 2 times longer than palpomere 3. Antennae slightly reaching over elytral two thirds, with antennomere 3 and following antennomeres subequal in length to each other and about 1.3 times longer than scape.

Pronotum square, parallel­sided, with conspicuous median carina in anterior half; prominent hind angles acute and produced latero­posteriorly. Scutellum square, almost parallel­sided, slightly rounded and feebly emarginate at apex.

Elytra long, 4 times longer than wide humerally, slightly widening posteriorly, feebly dehiscent behind the middle. Dense pubescence short and decumbent.

Metatrochanters with blunt posterior angles.

Aedeagus with elongate narrow upper portion of the inner sac ( Figs. 46–47 ).

Length: 7.0 mm. Width (humerally): 1.5 mm.

Female. Unknown.

Diagnosis

Mesolycus murzini sp. nov. belongs in the atrorufus group of species, being separable from Burmese species of Mesolycus ( Kleine, 1939) by coloration and differing from all congenerics by the structures of the inner sac ( Figs. 46–47 ).

Further taxa that have to be transferred to Mesolycus from Dilophotes are: M. tibetanus (Kazantsev, 2000) , comb. nov., M. sausai ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov., M. laosensis ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov., M. bolavensis ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov., M. jendeki ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov., M. holzschuhi ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov., M. bhutanensis ( Bic, 2002) , comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 47. Aedeagi of Mesolycus. 40 — M. mediozonatus Nakane, ventrally; 41 — same, laterally; 42 — M. hubeicus sp. nov., laterally; 43 — same, inner sac structures, apically; 44 — M. nanensis sp. nov., laterally; 45 — same, inner sac structures, apically; 46 — M. murzini sp. nov., laterally; 47 — same, inner sac structures, apically. UP — upper plate.