Sternocampsus villosus Fleutiaux, 1927

Liu, Zhen & Jiang, Shi-hong, 2019, The genus Sternocampsus Fleutiaux, 1927 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Oxynopterinae), with description of a new species from South China, ZooKeys 852, pp. 111-124 : 111

Sternocampsus villosus Fleutiaux, 1927 Fig. 9 a–h

Sternocampsus villosus Fleutiaux, 1927: 104.

Material examined.

Syntype (images) of C. villosus , ♂, (MNHN), label 1 "Malay Penins:/ Pahang F.M.S./Cameron Highland/ Tanah Rata/ Febr. 12th 1926", label 2 "Musee Kua Lumpur:/Penang/Collection FLEUTIAUX", label 3 "Sternocampsus villosus ♂/ Fleut. Type/ Collection FLEUTIAUX"., label 4 "Collection E. Fleutiaux", label 5 “TYPE”, label 6 “SYNTYPE”, label 7 "SYNTYPE sternocampsus villosus Fleutiaux, 1927", label 8 " MNHN EC9700". Syntype (images) of C. villosus (MNHN), label 1 "Pahang F.M.S./ ”Cameron’s Highlands"/?/ 4800 ft. Mars.?. 1924/ H.M.Pendlebury.", label 2 "Musee Kuala Lumpur:/ Penang/ Collection FLEUTIAUX", label 3 "Sternocampsus villosus/ Fleut. cotype/ Collection FLEUTIAUX"., label 4 "Collection E. Fleutiaux", label 5 “SYNTYPE”, label 6 "SYNTYPE sternocampsus villosus Fleutiaux, 1927", label 7 " MNHN EC9701".

Diagnosis.

According to the original description, this species is characterized by: body length 55 mm, large and robust; elytra not metallic, red-brown; pubescence yellow and thick. Frons depressed medially. Antenna black; similar in both sexes, but somewhat longer in male than in female; antennomere 1 longer than remaining antennomeres, widened apically; antennomere 2 very small; antennomere 3 longer than 1 and shorter than 4. Pronotum smooth. Elytra more or less dark brown, almost smooth, sculpture hardly discernable. Black ventrally, pubescence of hypomeron very thick. Legs black.

Notes.

We have checked the images of types from the MNHN taken by Dr. Antoine Mantilleri. Elytra were red-brown from the images (Fig. 9a, f), not dark brown as in the original description. From the image (Fig. 9d), the characters of its aedeagus (penis extending slightly beyond parameres, weakly sinuate before acute apex; the outer margin of parameres abruptly incurved before apical hook-like pre-apical expansions) differ from S. coriaceus .

Distribution.

Malaysia (Pahang).