Macronotops

Qiu, Jian-Yue, Xu, Hao & Chen, Li, 2019, A revision of the rare flower beetle genus Macronotops Krikken (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Asia with biological notes, Zootaxa 4556 (1), pp. 1-65 : 41

Macronotops sp.

( Figs. 41 , 65 , 98 , 173–174 , 204 , 258–259 )

Material examined (1♀). CHINA: Xizang : 1♀ ( QCCC), Gelin, Beibeng , Mêdog County, 2,000 m, Jian-Yue QIU & Hao XU, larva in rotten wood 15.VII.2016, adult emerged V.2017 .

Distribution. China: Xizang.

Remarks. A remarkable female from Mêdog was obtained by artificial rearing, but it died in pupal cell few days before we opened the cell. The body was thus slightly decayed and the antenna and most tarsomeres were decomposed ( Figs. 173–174 ); nevertheless, this female shows distinct differences from all other Macronotops species: the elytron bears a distal macula ( Fig. 173 ) and protibia without the tiny tooth ( Fig. 41 ). Thus it is considered as a new species but will not be described here because of the lack of males. Presently, four species were recorded from southeastern Xizang that reveals the high diversity of Macronotops species in the south side of the Himalayas ( Fig. 259 ).

Figures

FIGURES 24–47. Protibia of Macronotops (male and female). 24, M. biserratus new species; 25–26, M. dianensis new species; 27–28, M. fulvoguttatus; 29–30, M. fulvopilosus; 31–32, M. miksici new species; 33–34, M. nigropubescens; 35–36, M. olivaceofuscus; 37–38, M. sexmaculatus; 39–40, M. vuilleti; 41, Macronotops sp.; 42–43, M. curvimarginatus; 44–45, M. medogensis new species; 46–47, M. ovaliceps. Arrows indicate the angle between large teeth and the outer margin of protibia.

FIGURES 48–65. Metatibia and basitarsus of metatarsus of the Macronotops sexmaculatus species group (male in left, female in right). 48, M. biserratus new species; 49–50, M. dianensis new species; 51–52, M. fulvoguttatus; 53–54, M. fulvopilosus; 55–56, M. miksici new species; 57–58, M. nigropubescens;59–60, M. olivaceofuscus; 61–62, M. sexmaculatus; 63–64, M. vuilleti; 65, Macronotops sp. Red arrows indicate the difference in the dorsal and outer tooth of the metatibia in females; yellow arrows indicate the difference in the dorsal and outer tooth of the metatibia in males; blue arrows indicate the density of setae on the basitarsus of the metatarsus.

FIGURES 72–98. Pygidium of the Macronotops sexmaculatus species group (size of macula and color of setae). 72–73, M. biserratus new species; 74–75, M. dianensis new species; 76–79, M. fulvoguttatus; 80–83, M. fulvopilosus; 84–85, M. miksici new species; 86–89, M. nigropubescens; 90–91, M. olivaceofuscus; 92–93, M. sexmaculatus; 94–97, M. vuilleti; 98, Macronotops sp.

FIGURES 173–174. Habitus of Macronotops sp. (dorsal and ventral view). Female (Mêdog, SE Xizang, China).

FIGURES 203–214. Habitus of Macronotops (male in left, female in right; oblique view). 203, M. biserratus new species; 204, Macronotops sp.; 205–206, M. dianensis new species; 207–208, M. fulvoguttatus. 209–210, M. fulvopilosus; 211–212, M. miksici new species; 213–214, M. nigropubescens.

FIGURES 258–260. Known distribution of Macronotops. 258, Distribution for the whole genus; 259, map of SE Xizang, China; 260, map of W Sichuan, China. Syncretic markers indicate identical or very close localities; type localities of the known species are underlined, that of M. olivaceofuscus is missing because the precise type locality is unknown.