Xylographella punctata Miyatake, 1985

Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2008, An essay on the tribe Xylographellini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae), Zootaxa 1832 (1), pp. 1-110 : 11

Xylographella punctata Miyatake, 1985 ( Figs 5 , 9 , 13–15 , 19 , 21A, 22A , 23–24 , 26 )

Diagnosis

Small species, TL usually less than 1.7mm. Pronotum with interstice between punctures microreticulate. Elytra devoid of raised keels.

Host fungi

Fomes fomentarius (L.) J.J. Kickx ( Polyporaceae ) and Elfvingia applanata (Pers.) P. Karst. (Ganodermataceae) ( Kawanabe & Miyatake 1996; Kawanabe 1998). Regarded as belonging to the Ganoderma hostuse group ( Orledge & Reynolds 2005).

Distribution Japan, at the islands of Honshu and Shikoku ( Fig. 26 ).

Specimens examined

Japan: 1♂ labeled ( ANIC) / Japan: Chu-Zenji 21.vii.09 E. Gallus [handwritten] / 604 [handwritten] / Xylographella punctata Miyatake, 1985 C. Lopes-Andrade det. [printed] /, 2♀♀ (1 ANIC, 1 LAPC) labeled / Japan: Chu-Zenji 21.vii.09 E. Gallus [printed] / Xylographella punctata Miyatake, 1985 C. Lopes-Andrade det. [printed] /; 2 specimens ( LAPC) / Japan, Nara Pref. Mt. Obako-dake, 1300m near Nosegawa-mura vill. 25 iii 2006, leg. P. Jaloszynski [printed] / Xylographella punctata det. Rafal Ruta 2005 [sic] [printed] /.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution map of Xylographella Miyatake, showing the known distribution of Xyl. punctata Miyatake (triangles) in Japan and Xyl. speciosa sp. nov. (stars) in the Philippines.

FIGURES 5–8. Prementum (pm) with labial palpi (l.p). Note that the apical labial palpomeres are enlarged (small arrows), and that the apex of prementum is acute in Xylographella and Scolytocis, and rounded in Syncosmetus and Tropicis (see big arrows). 5. Xyl. punctata Miyatake, lateral view. 6. Scol. paschoali sp. nov. 7. Sync. reticulatus Miyatake. 8. Trop. sexcarinatus (Waterhouse).

FIGURES 9–12. Female terminalia, showing the gonostyli (gs), gonocoxites (gc), baculi of basal gonocoxites (small arrows), paraprocts (pp), baculi of paraprocts (b.pp), proctiger (pt), and spiculum ventrale (sv). The baculi of proctiger are barely sclerotized, so they are not indicated. 9. Xylographella punctata Miyatake. 10. Scolytocis furieriae sp. nov. 11. Syncosmetus japonicus Sharp. 12. Tropicis sexcarinatus (Waterhouse).

FIGURES 13–15. Xylographella punctata Miyatake. 13. Dorsal view. 14. Lateral view. 15. Ventralview.

FIGURES 19–20. Hindwings of the two species of Xylographella Miyatake. 19. Xyl. punctata Miyatake. 20. Xyl. speciosa sp. nov.

FIGURES 21–22. Xylographella Miyatake. 21. Antennae of Xyl. punctata Miyatake (A) and Xyl. speciosa sp. nov. (B). Note that the first antennomere is not shown in the latter (asterisk). 22. Metatibiae of Xyl. punctata Miyatake (A) and Xyl. speciosa sp. nov. (B).

FIGURES 23–25. Xylographella Miyatake. 23. Tegmen (teg) and penis (pen) of Xyl. punctata. 24. Y-Shaped ninth segment (broken, see asterisks) of Xyl. punctata. 25. Male genitalia of Xyl. speciosa sp. nov. showing the Y-shaped ninthsegment (ix), tegmen (teg) and penis (pen).