Cryptogonus dulongjiangensis Huo & Ren

Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Chen, Xiaosheng, Ren, Shunxiang & Wang, Xingmin, 2015, New species, new synonymies and a new record of the genus Cryptogonus Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (2), pp. 203-210 : 203

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Coccinellidae

Cryptogonus dulongjiangensis Huo & Ren sp. n. Figure 1

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Cryptogonus species by its long penis, regularly narrowing to pointed apex, penis capsule with both branches very short (Fig. 1e).

Description.

TL: 2.37-2.60 mm, TW: 1.86-2.11 mm, TH: 1.21-1.32 mm, TL/TW: 1.23-1.27; PL/PW: 0.51-0.53; EL/EW: 0.99-1.00, HW/PW: 0.61-0.63; PW/EW: 0.71-0.73. ID/HW: 0.49-0.53.

Body rounded, densely covered with short pubescence, golden on head and pronotum and silver white on elytra (Fig. 1 a–c). Head yellow in male and black in female, clypeus dark brown. Pronotum black except a triangular yellow spot at anterior corner in male. Scutellum and elytra black. Ventral side black except legs and abdomen partially yellow to dark brown.

Punctures on frons coarse and dense, 0.3-0.5 diameters apart. Punctures on pronotum and elytra fine and sparse, 1-3 diameters apart. Punctures on metaventrite fine and sparse at middle, 5 diameters apart, coarse and dense on both sides, 0.2 diameters apart.

Male genitalia. Penis long, regularly narrowing to pointed apex (Fig. 1f), penis capsule with both branches very short (Fig. 1e). Tegminal strut as long as tegmen (Fig. 1h). Parameres 2 times length of phallobase with apices sparsely setose. Penis guide, in lateral view, gradually narrowing to pointed apex. In ventral view, subparallel at basal 2/3, narrowing to pointed apex (Fig. 1g).

Female genitalia. Coxites subtriangular (Fig. 1i), with dense, long terminal setae. Spermatheca missing.

Types.

Holotype: 1 male, CHINA: Yunnan Prov.: Qinglandan, Maku Village, Dulongjiang, Gongshan County, 27°41.12′N, 98°16.35′E, ca 1260 m, 4-7.VIII.2010, Wang XM et al. leg. (SCAU). Paratypes (2): CHINA: Yunnan Prov.: 1 male, Maku Village, Dulongjiang, Gongshan County, 27°40.57′N, 98°18.15′E, ca 1600 m, 1.VIII.2010, Wang XM et al. leg; 1 female, Bapo Village, Dulongjiang, Gongshan County, 27°44.08′N, 98°20.59′E, ca 1400 m, 28.VII.2010, Wang XM et al. leg. (SCAU).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Dulongjiang, Yunnan.