Lagria (Ammocera) unicolor Borchmann, 1941

Zhou, Yong & Chen, Bin, 2023, A study on the genus Lagria from China with one new species and new distributional records (Coleoptera: Lagriinae), Zootaxa 5254 (3), pp. 413-424 : 417

Lagria (Ammocera) unicolor Borchmann, 1941 ậDzḣųƤ

( Figs. 4C–D )

Lagria unicolor Borchmann, 1941a: 6 (type locality: Myanmar, Kambaiti; description); Merkl 2019: 80 (lectotype designated).

Diagnosis. Body usually unicolored black, widening in posterior half, but not strongly as other Ammocera species listed in the Table 1 of Merkl (2019); antennomere 4 with angulation; male antennomeres 5–10 with a small spine on the inner side (sometimes absent in antennomere 10, or just with an implicit spine).

Materials examined (7 JJ 33 ♀♀). China: Xizang: 3JJ 10♀♀ ( CQNU), 1 st label: “ 2013-VII-9 / WBăẑ ƌ / AEH ” (Xizang, Bomi County / Yong Zhou leg.), 2 nd label: “ 29.84N / 95.72E / 2954 m ” ; ♀ ( CQNU), labelled as the previous, but “ 29.75N / 95.98E / 2896 m ”; 1 J 1 ♀ ( CQNU), 1 st label: “ 2013-VII-10 / WBăẑƌ / AEH ” (Xizang, Bomi County / Yong Zhou leg.), 2 nd label: “ 29.83N / 95.71E / 3083 m ”; 2 JJ 16 ♀♀ ( CQNU), 1 st label: “ 2013-VII-13 / WBḆṉƌ 52k / AEH ” (Xizang, Mêdog County, 52k (Location names derived from the remaining distance (kilometers) to Bomi County seat along the Mêdog-Bomi rode) / Yong Zhou leg.), 2 nd label: “ 29.72N / 95.65E / 3165 m ” ; 2 ♀♀ ( CQNU), 1 st label: “ 2013-VII-14 / WBăẑƌ / AEH ” (Xizang, Bomi County / Yong Zhou leg.), 2 nd label: “ 30.01N / 95.29E / 2465 m ” ; ♀ ( CQNU), 1 st label: “ 2013-VII-14 / WBRĭƌŘDZä / AEH ” (Xizang, Nyingchi County, Lulang Town / Yong Zhou leg.), 2 nd label: “ 29.77N / 94.74E / 3219 m ”; 1J 1♀ ( IZCAS), 1 st label: “ WBOiḄƌMþ / MḦṘ†KḐĒ / 2016.VI.1 D 2793 m ” (Xizang, Cona County, Lexiang Town / Lecun Village , Simu-zha Scenery Spot), 2 nd label: “ 27.8262°N / 91.7293°E / Ẍ‼ḏ ” (Hong-Bin Liang leg.) ; ♀ ( IZCAS), labelled as the previous, but “ 2016.VI.4 D1 / ẇň ” (cup trap) .

Distribution. China (new country record): Xizang; Myanmar.

Remarks. The species was originally described from “Kambaiti” ( Borchmann 1941a), a place located in northern Myanmar near western Yunnan, China. The materials we examined implied a wider and westerly distribution.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Habitat of Lagria species. A–B. Habitat with blooming plants and living female adult of Lagria (Ammocera) bhutanicola (Xizang, Yatung County, WBûḵƌ); C–D. Field environment and living female adult of Lagria (Ammocera) unicolor, specimens were collected on grasses and bushes by sweeping method (Xizang, Mêdog county, WBḆṉƌ); E–F. General habitat and living male adultof Lagria (Lagria) indicola, specimens were collected in theopen grassyfield (photographed by Dr. Wenbo Yi; Xizang, Gyirong County, WBĠssƌ).