Physodera cyanipennis Van de Poll, 1889

Ma, Yunlong, Shi, Hongliang & Liang, Hongbin, 2017, Revision of the Oriental Genus Physodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini, Physoderina), with the descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4243 (2), pp. 297-328 : 312-313

Physodera cyanipennis Van de Poll, 1889

Fig. 33 , 44 .

Van de Poll 1889: 253 (type locality: Bonthain ( Indonesia); syntype depository unknown); Heller 1923: 305; Csiki 1932: 1347; Shi et al. 2013: 41.

Material examined. 1 male (CMB), " INDONESIA N-Sulawesi, 1km W Toraut, Dumoga, Bore NP 200–300m, 0°34′17″N, 123°54′19″E, 02.II.2006 leg. A. Weigel " . 1 male (CRS), " INDONESIA S-Sulawesi, Palopo env., PUNCAK v. 1999, loc. collector leg.".

Diagnosis. Body length 10.2–11.0 mm; body form strongly convex. Head and pronotum black, with bluish metallic reflections; elytra dark, with strong bluish to purplish metallic reflections, lateral margins slightly different in color. Tergum and sternum VII dark, without distinct pattern, tergum lighter around spiracles. Pronotum generally wider than in P. eschscholtzii ; hind angles acute, projected outwards; lateral margin about rounded in the middle. Elytral third interval with five to seven setigerous pores, and some additional small setae; the fifth interval with five to seven pores restricted in the basal third; the seventh interval sometimes with two or three very small pores near base.

P. cyanipennis is very similar with P. eschscholtzii , but can be distinguished by: The fifth elytral interval with more than five setigerous pores near base in P. cyanipennis (versus only one large pores in P. eschscholtzii ); pronotal lateral margins about fully round in the middle in P. cyanipennis (versus usually more or less angulate in P. eschscholtzii ); P. cyanipennis with pronotum generally wider than P. eschscholtzii , PW/PL 1.73–1.77 in P. cyanipennis , PW/PL 1.40–1.65 in most specimens of P. eschscholtzii , but very rarely wider up to 1.75; Median lobe of aedeagus weakly bent to the right side in P. cyanipennis , apical lamella distinctly protuberant to the right, right margin straight at basal half, strongly sinuate before apex (versus in P. eschscholtzii , median lobe distinctly bent to the right side, apical lamella not protuberant to the right, right margin slightly curved at basal half, weakly sinuate before apex); Allopatric distributions.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 44 ). Median lobe of aedeagus fairly slender, weakly bent to right side in ventral view; apical lamella distinctly protuberant to the right; right margin slightly curved in the middle, strongly sinuate before apex; left margin slightly curved; apical lamella a little long, its length about 1.4 times as the basal width, about ovate, rounded apically. Internal sac with main flagellum fine and sinuate, reaching apical orifice; trumpet-form expansion small, length about 0.25 times as the main flagellum; secondary flagellum long and fine, strongly sclerotized, length about 0.6 times as the main flagellum, its apex widened forming a sclerotized small piece; apical bursa present.

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sulawesi). ( Fig. 67 )

Figures

FIGURE 44. Median lobe of male genitalia, right-lateral, ventral, left-lateral, and dorsal view of P. cyanipennis van de Poll, a specimen from Sulawesi, scale bar = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 67. Known distribution of Physodera eschscholtzii group: ● P. eschscholtzii Parry; Ɨ P. cyanipennis van de Poll, type localities for valid names in red.

FIGURES 31 – 33. Habitus, scale bars = 2 mm: Fig. 31, P. bacchusi Darlington, Xizang; Fig. 32, P. eschscholtzii Dejean, Thailand; Fig. 33, P. cyanipennis van de Poll, Sulawesi.