Platyretus brevipenis Dai & Zhang, sp. nov.

(Figs 36–42)

Color and external characters as in generic description.

Male genitalia: Pygophore, subgenital plates similar to P. javanicus . Style preapical lobe well developed, with a brush of stout setae, apophysis slender tapered to narrow apex devoid of setae. Aedeagus with shaft robust and short, apex on dorsal margin curved dorsally, ventral margin with apical angulate projection in lateral view.

Measurements: Male 6.7 mm long, 1.60 mm wide across eyes.

Material examined: CHINA: Holotype ɗ, Guizhou Prov., Luodian, 2.vi.1981, Li Fasheng (CAU).

Remarks: This species can be distinguished by the brush of stout setae on the preapical lobe and by the aedeagal shaft being robust and short.