Anoplophilus koreanus Storozhenko & Paik, 2010

Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. & Paik, Jong-Cheol, 2010, Yu. & Paik, J. - C, Zootaxa 2421, pp. 49-60 : 53-56

Anoplophilus koreanus Storozhenko & Paik , sp. nov.

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Material examined. Holotype —female, Republic of Korea: province Gangweon , Hoengseong-gun , Dunnaemyeon, Mt. Cheongtaesan, 19.IX.2008 (J.- Ch. Paik).

Description. Female. Body rather stout. Head hemispherical form in profile; short oval form in frontal view, 1.2 times as high as wide. Pro-, meso- and metanotum smooth, without remarkable impression. Pronotum transverse, 1.1 times as wide as long. Fore femora 1.4 times longer than pronotal length, unarmed. Fore tibiae dorsally with a pair of upper small apical spurs, ventrally with 3–4 small movable spines on each side and a pair of very small apical spurs. First segment of fore tarsi 1.2 times longer than combined length of 2nd and 3rd segments, but 1.3 times shorter than 4th segment (without claws). Mid femora 1.3 times longer than pronotum, with small inner movable apical spine; armature of mid tibiae as in fore ones. Hind femora stout, 3.8 times as long as wide; lower margin with one outer apical spine and 2–3 inner apical spines. Hind tibiae with 13–16 outer and 13–14 inner dorsal unmovable spines as well as with two pairs of apical spurs. First segment of hind tarsi with a row of 2–3 dorsal spines, the apical spine very large, almost reaching the apex of second segment; 1st segment (without apical spine) 1.3 times longer than combined length of 2nd and 3rd segments, and 1.25 times shorter than 4th segment (without claws). Posterior margin of 9th tergite almost straight; 10th tergite deeply incised near the middle, and partly fused with epiproct. Paraprocts rather small, unmodified. Cerci conical, with pointed apex. Subgenital plate triangular, about 1.3 times as wide as long. Ovipositor strongly curved upward, 2.2 times as long as pronotal length and 0.68 times as long as hind femoral length. Upper margin of the upper valvae of ovipositor feebly dentate at apex; lower margin of lower valvae with 8 scalloped serrations at apex.

Body from above black with brassy luster; posterior margins of pro-, meso- and metanotum and 1st–9th tergites with numerous oblique yellow maculae. Head from above black with three longitudinal brown stripes, in frontal view brownish; eyes black; 1st–4th segments of maxillary palpi whitish, 5th segment yellowishbrown; antennae brown with indistinct back rings. Body from below whitish pale brown. Legs blackish brown; femora with brindled whitish maculae in outer surface; tibiae blackish with a few whitish circular maculae; tarsi uniformly light brown. Cerci blackish brown with whitish apex. Subgenital plate whitish. Ovipositor brownish black; basal part of the lower valvae pale brown.

Male unknown.

Measurements (in mm). Length of body from rostrum to the base of ovipositor 14.5; maximal width of body 6.5; length of pronotum 3.9; width of pronotum near posterior margin 4.4; length of fore femur 5.5; length of fore tibia 5.7; length of mid femur 5.1; length of mid tibia 6.0; length of hind femur 12.5; length of hind tibia 12.0; length of inner upper apical spur of hind tibiae 1.1; length of outer upper apical spur of hind tibiae 0.85; length of first segment of hind tarsi (without apical spine) 1.3, second segment 0.75, third segment 0.35, fourth segment 1.7; length of cercus 1.9; length of ovipositor 8.5.

Diagnosis. The new species differs from congeners in armature of hind tibiae (in Japanese species hind tibiae with 9–11 outer and 9–11 inner dorsal spines, except A. major with 9–13 spines). A. koreanus sp. nov. distinguished from A. major by rather short ovipositor with less serrate lower valvae (in A. major ovipositor about 2 times as long as pronotal length and lower valvae with 9–11 serrations). By black body new species similar with A. acuticercus , A. amagisanus , and A. ohbayashii (other Japanese species pale brown or brown with luster). A. acuticercus differs from the new species by slender hind femora, which 4.3 times as long as width, and by lower valvae of ovipositor with 9–11 serrations. A. koreanus spec. nov. distinguished from A. amagisanus and A. ohbayashii by number of spines on hind tibiae, by brown antennae, and by stout hind femora (in two latter species hind tibiae with 9–11 dorsal spines on each side, antennae yellowish brown, and hind femora 3.95–4.0 times as long as width).

Distribution. Republic of Korea: Province Gangweon.

Remark. The pervious record of Anoplophilus acuticercus from Korea ( Kim & Kim, 2002) probably belongs to A. koreanus sp. nov.