Lyropaeus (s. str.) nepalensis, Masek & Ivie & Palata & Bocak, 2014

Masek, Michal, Ivie, Michael A., Palata, Vaclav & Bocak, Ladislav, 2014, Molecular phylogeny and classification of Lyropaeini (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with description of larvae and new species of Lyropaeus, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 136-145 : 141-142

Lyropaeus (s. str.) nepalensis , new species

( Figs. 11 , 37 )

Material examined. Holotype. Male ( LMBC), Nepal, Gandrung, 2,050 m, coll. Tonxli, 10 October 1980.

Differential diagnosis. M. nepalensis is the only Lyropaeus species known from Nepal. It has the smallest extent of

the apical dark patches in elytra and very long and slender paramerae ( Figs. 11 , 37 ).

Description. Body medium-sized, dark brown to black, only elytra except apical eighth testaceous, apex of elytra dark brown ( Fig. 11 ). Head small, hypognathous, including eyes slightly narrower than frontal margin of pronotum. Eyes hemispherically prominent, eye diameter 0.64 times frontal interocular distance. Antennae robust, compressed, reaching two thirds of elytral length. Head and antennae with dense, short, recumbent pubescence. Pronotum flat, 2.53 times wider than long at midline. Posterior margin of pronotum bisinuate, longitudinal keel absent. Elytra almost parallel-sided, 6.86 times longer than width at humeri; slightly widened posteriorly, widest at apical fourth. Elytral costae well developed in basal two thirds of elytral length, costae 2 and three weaker, costa 3 inconspicuous in humeral part, but apparently running till dark apical patch. Legs compressed, with dense pubescence. Male genitalia 3.3 times longer than wide in middle part, paramerae with prominent apical processes ( Fig. 37 ).

Measurements. BL 8.3 mm, PL 0.7 mm, PW 1.77 mm, HW 2.1 mm, Edist 0.48 mm, Ediam 0.31 mm.

Distribution. Nepal.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality of the holotype.

Figures

Figs. 2–16. Adult male, general appearance: 2, Lyropaeus (s. str.) aurantiacus Bourgeois; 3, L. (s. str.) ceylonicus Bocak & Bocakova; 4, L. (Lyroneces) rubrostriatus Kleine; 5, L. (Lyroneces) optabilis Kleine; 6, L. (Lyroneces) philippinensis Kleine; 7, L. (Lyroneces) ritsemae Gorham; 8, L. (Lyroneces) waterhousei Gorham; 9, L. (Lyroneces) dominator Kleine; 10, L. (s. str.) kejvali, new species; 11, L. (s. str.) nepalensis, new species. Larva, general appearance: 12, Lyropaeus (s. str.) sp. A; 13–14, Lyropaeus (s. str.) sp. B; 15, Lyropaeus (s. str.) sp. C. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Figs. 28–38. Male genitalia of Lyropaeus s. str.: 28, L. aurantiacus Bourgeois; 29, L. biguttatus Gorham; 30, L. ceylonicus Bocak & Bocakova; 31, L. cinnamomi Kleine; 32, L. contrarius Kleine; 33, L. densepilosus Kleine; 34, L. fallax Walker; 35, L. grandissimus Kleine; 36, L. granulosus Kleine; 37, L. nepalensis, new species; 38, L. kejvali, new species. Scale bars = 0.25 mm.