Blaiseus fujianus Douglas

Douglas, Hume, 2009, Revision of Blaiseus Fleutiaux, a Genus Now Known from Asia, Africa and North America (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (1), pp. 86-100 : 93-94

Blaiseus fujianus Douglas , new species

( Fig. 20 )

Material examined. One male.

Type material. Holotype: Male labeled: ‘‘ China / Foochow/ 1935-6/ M S Yang /

1765’’; [partly handwritten] ‘‘genus near/ Toxognathus/ FLEUTIAUX det.’’;

[handwritten] ‘‘genus?/ very remarkable!/ Fleutiaux vid.’’; ‘‘Pres. By Comm Inst

94 Ent/ B.M. 1981-315’’; [partly handwritten] ‘‘ Blaiseus sp. / C.M.F. von Hayek det. 1984/ from description’’; [handwritten] ‘‘ Blaiseus ex. descr./ eps# 0031/ C.M.F. von Hayek det. 1985’’; [red] ‘‘ HOLOTYPE / Blaiseus / fujianus/ Douglas 2006,’’ with wing mounted on card and genitalia in microvial attached to pin ( NHM).

Type locality: (Not known precisely) P.R. China, Fujian Province, Fuzhou .

Diagnosis. Pterothorax: Scutellum with posterior apex pointed (Fig. 3); elytra with apices not upturned ( Fig. 11 ). Legs: Femora and tibiae expanded (fossorial); protibiae with posterior tooth at apex but not at midlength. Aedeagus: Free portion of median lobe convex laterally in dorsal profile ( Fig. 20 ).

Description. Male: Length 7.5 mm. Integument red-brown to brown, elytra with basal half of intervals 2–4 and all of intervals 8–9 darker than rest; habitus like B. daklakensis new species ( Fig. 11 ) Head: Antennae reaching beyond mesocoxae; labrum not convex in side view, nasale with ovoid pits antero-mesad of antennal fossae. Prothorax: Posterior edge of pronotum with 2 apices mesally; hypomeron with hind edge sinuate immediately meso-ventrad of hind angles ( Fig. 1 ). Prosternum with ventral surface of prosternal process surface weakly carinate laterally. Pterothorax: Scutellum with posterior apex pointed (Fig. 3). Elytra not upturned at apex; suture and intervals 5 and 7 costate on apical third; epipleurae irregularly serrate. Hind wings with CuA1 not forked at junction with MP3+4. Legs: Femora and tibiae expanded (fossorial); protibiae with posterior tooth at apex but not at midlength; tarsomere 4 weakly lobed. Male genitalia: Aedeagus with median lobe broadest near apex, weakly concave at apex ( Fig. 20 ); parameres with ventral apices slightly longer than dorsal (setose) lobes. Female: Unknown.

Comments. This species was brought to my attention by a label, indicating that it belonged to genus Blaiseus , attached to this specimen by Ms. Christine von Hayek. Evidence that this species is distinct from B. daklakensis new species is listed under that species. This is the only Blaiseus species known from China.

Figures

Figs. 17–26. Dorsal view of aedeagi of Blaiseus spp. 17) B. bedeli Fleutiaux; 18) B. chiapasensis new species; 19) B. daklakensis new species; 20) B. fujianus new species; 21) B. guatemalensis new species; 22) B. laoensis new species; 23) B. malayensis new species; 24) B. mexicanus new species; 25) B. nothoafricanus new species; 26) B. zamoranoensis new species. d 5 dorsal apex of parameres; i 5 inner apex; v 5 ventral apex. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm.

Figs. 8–16. Dorsal habitus of Blaiseus spp. 8) B. bedeli Fleutiaux; 9) B. chiapasensis new species; 10) B. daklakensis new species; 11) B. daklakensis new species, side view; 12) B. malayensis new species; 13) B. mexicanus new species; 14) B. nothoafricanus new species; 15) B. zamoranoensis new species female; 16) B. zamoranoensis new species female, side view. Scale bar 5 1.0 mm. All photos are dorsal view of male specimens unless specified otherwise.

Figs. 1–2. Lateral view of pronotum of Blaiseus spp. 1) B. malayensis new species; 2) B. nothoafricanus new species. Arrows indicate concavity of hypomeron immediately mesoventrad of hind angles. Scale bar 5 1 mm. Figs. 3–4. Dorsal view of scutellum of Blaiseus spp. 3) B. mexicanus new species; 4) B. bedeli Fleutiaux. Scale bar 5 1 mm. Figs. 5– 6. Dorsal view of protibia of Blaiseus spp. 5) B. mexicanus new species; 6) B. guatemalensis new species. m 5 tooth at midlength; a 5 apical tooth. Scale bar 5 1 mm. Fig. 7. Wing of Blaiseus bedeli Fleutiaux. Arrows indicate forked vein CuA1. Scale bar 5 2 mm.