Hypoganus tibetis Čechovský & Kubáň, 1997

Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2017, A new species of Hypoganus Kiesenwetter, 1858 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from China, with notes on the Palaearctic species of the genus, Zootaxa 4324 (2), pp. 348-362 : 353-354

Hypoganus tibetis Čechovský & Kubáň, 1997

( Figs. 7C ; 8B)

Hypoganus tibetis Čechovský & Kubáň, 1997: 115 ; Cate et al. 2007: 117; Schimmel & Tarnawski 2017: 297.

Diagnosis. Based on the original description, this species is characterized as follows: male body length 10.0– 10.1 mm, width 2.8–2.9mm; female body length 11.0mm, width 3.2mm. Head and pronotum shining black, hind angles of pronotum slightly brownish, antennae and elytra dark brown, elytra metallic, legs brown, pubescence grey. Pronotum with fine and sparse punctures, hind angle narrow and sharp, strongly divergent. Scutellum with grey pubescence basally, widest in basal third. Male genitalia as Figs. 7C , 8B , penis robust but with narrow and short apex, parameres with lateral margin straight, apex distinctly pointed, the hook short.

Remarks. This species was described from 12 specimens from Yulongshan Mountain area, north of Lijiang City. “Baishui []” and “Heishui []” are two close places in the east of Mt. Yulongshan. Schimmel & Tarnawski (2017) also recorded this species from the north of Mt. Habashan, which is very close to Mt. Yulongshan.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A – F. Aedeagus of Hypoganus species, dorsal (A) and ventral (B – F) view: A – B. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); C. H. tibetis, original figure in Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); D. H. miyatakei, original figure in Ôhira (1966); E. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); F. H. inunctus (Germany).

FIGURE 8. A – E. Apex of paramere of Hypoganus species, ventral view: A. H. wennae sp. nov. (holotype); B. H. tibetis, redraw from Čechovský & Kubáň (1997); C. H. miyatakei, redraw from Ôhira (1966); D. H. stepanovi (Abkhazia); E. H. inunctus (Germany). Not to scale.