Morphostenophanes tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998

Zhou, De-Yao, 2020, A revision of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini), Zootaxa 4769 (1), pp. 1-81 : 71

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( Figs. 46 A–D; 47E, J, O, T; 48E, I, V–X; 49D, H)

Morphostenophanes tanikadoi Masumoto, 1998: 308 , fig. 1, 12–14; Löbl et al. 2008: 344; Gao & Ren 2009: 313 .

Material examined. CHINA: Sichuan: 1♂ ( CZDY, a sample of muscle tissue was preserved in 99.7% ethanol at –18 °C), Shimian County, Yele Dam , 26°55’22’’N, 102°13’32’’E, in wilted leaves, 2500 m, 2015.vii.25, De-Yao Zhou ; 1♀ ( MHBU) , 1♀ ( CDYZ) , Liziping, Mamadi , 28°59’18.41’’N, 102°24’34.64’’E, 2600 m, 2016. vii. 24, De- Yao Zhou .

Comparative notes. Morphostenophanes tanikadoi is unique among jendeki -group species by having slender body with strongly shiny green luster, elytral sculpture consisting of sparsely scattered short segments of striae connecting few deep punctures, sometimes varied into sharply marked large pits, intervals only weakly convex. M. tanikadoi and M. minor may be closely related by sharing similar habitus, but can be easily distinguished by their different body color, different elytral sculpture, and shorter legs. Detailed discussion see in the comments of M. minor .

Distribution. ( Map 1 ) CHINA: Sichuan.

Figures

Map 1. Distribution of the Morphostenophanes species. A. Enlargement of Central and Western Yunnan Province.

FIGURE 46. Habitus of Morphostenophanes species in the jendeki-group: M. tanikadoi Masumoto, male (A, C), and female (B, D); in dorsal (A, B), and lateral view (C, D). Holotype male of M. tuberculatus in dorsal view (E) with labels (F), not to scale. Scale bars = 3 mm.