Morphostenophanes furvus weishanus Zhou
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Morphostenophanes furvus weishanus Zhou |
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Morphostenophanes furvus weishanus Zhou , new subspecies ẈŖẎȐAEƤṘƜdzď
( Figs. 38 View FIGURE 38 A–D; 39D, H, L, P; 40D, S–U; 41D, H, I, J, K)
Type materials. CHINA: Yunnan: ♂ (Holotype, SNUC), Dali Prefecture, Weishan County, Mount Weibao , 2450– 2580 m, 2017.vii.7, Wen-Xuan Bi .
Paratypes (9♂♂, 14♀♀): CHINA: Yunnan : 1♀ ( SNUC) , 1♂, 1♀ ( CZDY) , 3♂♂, 9♀♀ ( CBWX, a sample of muscle tissue was preserved in 99.7% ethanol at –18 °C in CZDY), Dali Prefecture, Weishan County, Mount Weibao , 2450–2580 m, 2017.vii.7, Wen-Xuan Bi ; 5♂♂, 2♀♀ ( CBWX) , Dali Prefecture, Weishan County, Mount Weibao , 2400–2500 m, 2015.viii.16–18, Wen-Xuan Bi ; 1♀ ( CZDY, a sample of muscle tissue was preserved in 99.7% ethanol at –18 °C), Dali Prefecture, Weishan County, Ma’anshan Country , 25°19’59.67”N, 100°3’13.91”E, 2019.I, Zhi-Wei Dong GoogleMaps .
Diagnostic description. Male ( Fig. 38A, C View FIGURE 38 ). Greyish-black, shagreened; antennae and claws reddish brown. Body elongate, length 20.6–23.2 mm, width 7.5–8.3 mm, strongly convex. Head ( Fig. 39E, J View FIGURE 39 ) with slightly smaller eyes, frontoclypeal suture less deeply U-shaped, width-length ratio of clypeus about 2.00; OI = 51.6–51.9. Antennae ( Fig. 40D View FIGURE 40 ) slender, reaching basal third of elytra, with antennomeres weakly thickened to apices; relative lengths of antennomeres: 0.68: 0.34: 1.19: 1.10: 1.24: 1.28: 1.28: 1.19: 1.09: 1.02: 1.09. Pronotum ( Fig. 39L View FIGURE 39 ) barrel-shaped, usually broader, sometimes nearly rounded, PW/PL = PW/PL = 1.21–1.23, lateral marginal borders thiner, visible in dorsal view along anterior third. Elytra elongate oval, EL/EW = 1.83–1.89. Protibiae ( Fig. 40S View FIGURE 40 ) more markedly curved, pubescent of inner margins more developed and denser.
Female ( Fig. 38B, D View FIGURE 38 ) distinctly stouter, length 19.4–23.3 mm. Distance between eyes wider, OI = 53.8–54.3, PW/PL = 1.18–1.26; elytra more convex, EL/EW = 1.60–1.64.
Variation. Some males have more roundly produced pronotal lateral margins; male spicula gastrale occasionally curving dorsally ( Fig. 41J View FIGURE 41 ).
Comparative notes. Morphostenophanes furvus weishanus can be easily distinguished from the nominate subspecies by its much broader and more rounded male pronotum, and stouter female elytra.
Distribution. ( Map 1 View Map 1 ) CHINA: Yunnan.
Etymology. The new subspecies is named after the locality the type series collected from, Weishan County.
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