Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia) annulipes Pic, 1921

Telnov, Dmitry & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2024, A redefinition of Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae), Zootaxa 5551 (3), pp. 531-555 : 553

Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia) annulipes Pic, 1921

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Falsogauromaia annulipes : Pic 1921: 22 (description); Ando 1987: 3 (redescription). Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia) annulipes : Ando 1989: 105 (new combination, record).

Type material examined. Lectotype ♀ MNHN [herewith designated]: Kina Balu [handwritten] // 103 [handwritten] // Muséum Paris Coll. M. Pic [printed] // SYNTYPE [printed, label red] // Syntype Falsogauromaia annulipes Pic, 1921 [printed] // MNHN, Paris EC25135 [printed, supplemented with a QR code]; paralectotype 1 specimen [not sexed] MNHN: Bornéo [handwritten] // type [handwritten] // Falsogauromaia annulipes n sp [handwritten] // annulipes Pic [handwritten] // Muséum Paris Coll. M. Pic [printed] // SYNTYPE [printed, label red] // Syntype Falsogauromaia annulipes Pic, 1921 [printed] // MNHN, Paris EC25134 [printed, supplemented with a QR code].

New material examined. 1 specimen DTPC: EAST MALAYSIA, BORNEO, Sabah, Tambunan env., Crocker Range foothills, 5°43'N, 116°18'E, 02-04. VI.1997, edge of primary lower montane rainforest, leg. local collector; 2♀ BMNH : BORNEO: Sabah Crocker Range 24.iv.2005 Steven Chew leg. BMNH {E} 2006-36 .

Distribution. Considered endemic to Sabah, Borneo, Greater Sunda Islands.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia) annulipes (Pic, 1921), adult habitus. A–C–Lectotype in dorsal (A), lateral (B) and ventral (C) view; D–F–Paralectotype in dorsal (D), lateral (E) and ventral (F) view [images courtesy Christophe Rivier, MNHN].

FIGURE 5. Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia) annulipes (Pic, 1921), adult morphology, specimen from Crocker Range, Sabah (BMNH). A–Dorsal forebody; B–Lateral forebody; C–Mentum and mouthparts, ventral view; D–Pro- and mesothorax, ventral view [not to scale].

FIGURE 11. Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866 species, genitalia.A–G.(s. str.) dives Pascoe, 1866, ♀ from Sumatra (BMNH), ovipositor, entire view and apex (magnified); B–G. (Celebesa) sp., ♀ from Tambusigi, Central Sulawesi (BMNH), ovipositor, entire view and apex (magnified); C–G. (Falsogauromaia) annulipes (Pic, 1921), ♀ from Crocker Range, Sabah (BMNH), ovipositor, entire view and apex (magnified); D–G. (Celebesa) angustior (Pic, 1921) comb. nov., ♀ from near Battang village, South Sulawesi (DTC), aedeagus in ventral, lateral and dorsal view [not to scale]. Abbreviations:A1–Gonostylus; A2–Coxite lobe 4; A3–Coxite lobe 3; A4–Coxite lobe 2; A5–Coxite; A6–Paraproct and a connecting membrane; B1–Gonostylus; B2–Coxite lobe 4; B3– Coxite lobe 3; B4–Coxite lobe 2; B5–Coxite lobe 1; B6–Paraproct and a connecting membrane; C1–Gonostylus; C2–Coxite lobe 4; C3–Coxite lobe 3; C4–Coxite lobe 2; C5–Coxite lobe 1; C6–Paraproct and a connecting membrane.