Falsocamaria rufisutura, Wang & R, 2012

Wang, Guo-Dong & R, P., 2012, Review Of The Chinese Species Of Falsocamaria Pic With Descriptions Of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (4), pp. 305-324 : 322

Falsocamaria rufisutura sp. n.

( Figs 1 F , 2 F , 3 K , 4 F , 5 F , 8 P-Q, 9 H)

Female. Body aquamarine, with strong metallic shine; head partly purple; antennae reddish brown; elytra with sutural portion blue, lateral margins, lateral sides of sutural portion and humeri pink; pronotum aquamarine, with purple spots and bluish green base; legs multicolour, red, blue and green intermixed; femora and tibiae blue at apex; elytra strongly metallically shining, ventral surface moderately vitreously shining. Elongate, feebly widened posteriorly, longitudinally convex above.

Head coarsely punctate; clypeus slightly convex, with obvious median line, coarse large punctures and wrinkles at middle; eyes rather transverse, comma-shaped, with deep ocular sulci; distance between eyes as wide as transverse diameter of an eye; temple short. Antennae not reach humeri, 4 apical segments feebly thickened and flattened; antennomere VIII distinctly widened at apex, XI ovate; ratio of the length of antennomeres I to XI as follows: 0.5, 0.2, 0.9, 0.7, 0.6, 0.6, 0.6, 0.7, 0.4, 0.4, 0.5.

Pronotum trapezoidal and 2.0 times as wide as long; anterior margin nearly straight, but slightly convex at middle; posterior margin strongly margined, obviously bisinuate; anterior angles rounded; posterior angles rather acute in dorsal view; disc slightly convex, closely spread with large and coarse punctures, median line not complete but obvious. Scutellum short, sublinguiform, sparsely scattered with shallow punctures.

Elytra wider than base of pronotum, about 1.7 times as long as wide, 5.0 times the length and 3.0 times the width of pronotum, subparallel-sided, completely bordered; humeri slightly convex, sharpened at apex; dorsal surface with fine punctato-striae; intervals almost flattened.

Prosternal process deeply concave in middle. Mesosternal V-shaped elevation moderately convex; mesosternum with one small ridge and wrinkles in fovea. Metasternum convex, with amaranthine spots. Abdomen slightly convex, scattered with minute punctures and wrinkles.

Ovipositor fingerlike, length: 13.3 mm.

Measurements. Body length: Female 25.0–26.0 mm.

Material: Holotype, female. Pinglongshan, Fulong , Guangxi , 650 m, 21. iv. 1998, Li Wen-Zhu leg. ( MHBU); Paratype: 1 f, Fulong, Fangcheng , Guangxi , 550 m, 26. v. 1999, Liu Da-Jun leg. ( MHBU). Distribution : China (Guangxi) .

Diagnosis – The new species is closely related to F.imperialis ( FAIRMAIRE, 1903) , but can be distinguished by: (1) The body of the former mainly spring greens; of the latter mainly dark green. (2) Elytral suture of the former blue; of the latter aubergine; (3) Pronotum of the former with dense punctures; of the latter with sparse punctures; (4) Elytral intervals of the former almost flattened; of the latter gently convex; (5) Temples of the former short; of the latter long.

Figures

Fig. 1. Head of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F.imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D =F.microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), E = F.obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860). Male:

Fig. 2. Pronotum of Falsocamaria species, dorsal view: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D = F. microdera (FAIR- MAIRE, 1899), E = F. obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE,

Fig. 3. Antennae of Falsocamaria species: A–B = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), C–D = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), E–F = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), G–H = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), I–J = F. obscurovientia sp. n., K = F. rufisutura sp. n., L–M = F. spectabilis

Fig. 4. Prosternum of Falsocamaria species: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917); B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), E = F. obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860). Male:A, B, C,

Fig. 5. Prosternal process of Falsocamaria: A = F. distinctestriata (PIC, 1917), B = F. fruhstorferi (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), C = F. imperialis (FAIRMAIRE, 1903), D = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), E = F. obscurovientia sp. n., F = F. rufisutura sp. n., G = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860). Male:A, B, C,

Fig. 8. Genitalia of Falsocamaria species, dorsal, ventral and lateral view: A–E = F. microdera (FAIRMAIRE, 1899), F–J = F. obscurovientia sp. n., K–O = F. spectabilis (PASCOE, 1860), P–Q = F.