Hydrocassis hebaueri Schödl, 2000

Jia, Fenglong & Zhao, Shuang, 2013, Descriptions of eleven Opatrini pupae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from China, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 127-139 : 134

Hydrocassis hebaueri Schödl, 2000

( Figs. 4 , 9 , 14 )

Material examined. CHINA: GUANGDONG: 1 J ( SYSU):Danxiashan, near Yangyuanshan, Huiyuan pool, 10.vi.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt .; 1 J ( SYSU): Danxiashan, plant nursery, light trap, 8.vi.2012, Fenglong Jia lgt .

Biology. Chinese specimens were collected at the edge of very large pond with muddy bottom; a small stream flows into the pond on the other side. The specimens from Laos mentioned by SCHÖDL (2000) were collected at light.

Distribution. China (Guangdong), Laos ( SCHÖDL 2000). First record for China.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Habitus of selected Chinese Ametor and Hydrocassis. 1 – A. xizangensis sp. nov. (holotype, dorsal view); 2 – A.elongatus Ji & Schödl,1998 (holotype, dorsal view); 3 – H.gansu sp.nov.(holotype, dorsal view); 4 – H. hebaueri Schödl, 2000; 5 – H. scapulata Fairmaire, 1878; 6 – H. imperialis (Knisch, 1921).

Figs 7-10. Pronotum of selected species of Ametor and Hydrocassis (a – pronotum at 30×, magnification; b – part of pronotal disc at 60× magnification). 7 – A. xizangensis sp. nov.(holotype, dorsal view); 8 – A.rudesculptus Semenov, 1900; 9 – Hydrocassis hebaueri Schödl, 2000; 10 – Hydrocassis gansu sp. nov. (holotype, dorsal view).

Figs 11–19. Aedeagus of selected species of Ametor and Hydrocassis (dorsal view). 11 – A. xizangensis sp. nov. (holotype); 12 – A. rudesculptus Semenov, 1900; 13 – H. gansu sp. nov. (holotype); 14 – H. hebaueri Schödl, 2000; 15 – H. metasternalis Schödl & Ji, 1995; 16 – H. anhuiensis Ji & Schödl, 1998; 17 – H. scapulata Fairmaire, 1878; 18 – H. imperialis (Knisch, 1921); 19 – H. scapha Orchymont, 1942.