Allochotes piceus, Murakami, Hiroyuki, Yamasako, Junsuke, Chou, Wen-I & Yang, Ganyan, 2013

Murakami, Hiroyuki, Yamasako, Junsuke, Chou, Wen-I & Yang, Ganyan, 2013, Review of the genus Allochotes (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 3710 (6), pp. 565-577 : 568-569

Allochotes piceus sp. n.

( Figs 1 D–1F, 4H–4N, 6C–6D, 7C–7D)

Type series. Holotype: ♂ (TARI), “[ Taiwan] Dahanshan (Mt.)/ Chunri Township/ Pingtung County/ 8. VII. 2012 / H. Murakami leg.” [locality name also written by Chinese character]. Paratypes: [Taoyuan] 1♂ (CCCT), Mt. Lala-shan, Fusing Township, 19. VIII. 1999, W-I. Chou leg. [Hsinchu] 1♂ (EUMJ), Jianshi Township, 14. VII. 2012, H. Murakami leg. [Yilan] 2♂♂ (CCCT), Siyuan Pass, Nanshan Village, Datong Township, 16. VIII. 1999, W-I. Chou leg. [Nantou] 1♀ (CKSJ), Nanshanshi, Renai Township, 9. V. 1977, W. Suzuki leg.; 1♀ (TARI), Meifeng, Alt. ca. 2,150m, Renai Township, 24–26. VI. 1981, K-S. Lin & W-S. Tang leg.; 1♂ (CKSJ), Nanshanshi, Renai Township, 14. IV. 1985, Y. Kusakabe leg. [Hualien] 1♀ (EUMJ), Karenko (= Hualien City), 20. VII.–24. VIII. 1919, T. Okuni leg. [Kaohsiung] 1♂ 1♀ (CKSJ), Mt. Nanfeng-shan, Taoyuan Township, 28. IV. 1981, S. Fukuda leg.; 1♂ (CCCT), Mt. Shinan-shan, Alt. ca. 1,600m, Taoyuan Township, 27. IV. 1997, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♀ (TARI), Tengjhih, Taoyuan Township, 2–3. VI. 2008, C-F. Lee leg. [Taitung] 1♀ (CCCT), Lijia Forest Road, Beinan Township, 1. VII. 2008, C-C. Chen leg.; 1♀ (CCCT), same locality, 1. VII. 2009, C-C. Chen leg.; 2♀♀ (CCCT), Yenping Forest Road, Alt. ca. 1,500m, Yenping Township, 27. VI. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ 2♀♀ (CCCT), same locality, 16. VII. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ 1♀ (IZAS), Lijia Forest Road, Alt. ca. 1,250m, Beinan Township, 26. VI. 2010, W-I. Chou leg. [Pingtung] 1♂ (CCCT), same locality as holotype, Alt. ca. 1,100m, 21. V. 2009, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ (CCCT), same locality, Alt. ca. 1,200m, 21. VII. 2009, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ (IZAS), same locality, 6. V. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 3♀♀ (CCCT), same locality, Alt. ca. 1,300m, 6. V. 2010, W- I. Chou leg.; 1♂ (CCCT), same locality, Alt. ca. 600–1,200m, 7. V. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ (CCCT), Mt. Peidawu-shan, Alt. ca. 1,100m, Taiwu Township, 27. V. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♀ (IZAS), same locality as holotype, 5. VIII. 2010, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂ (CCCT), same locality, 27. VIII. 2010, C-C. Chen leg.; 1♀ (CCCT), same locality, 12. VIII. 2011, C-C. Chen leg.; 1♂ 2♀♀ (CWCT), same data as holotype, W-I. Chou leg.; 1♂, 3♀♀ (EUMJ), same data as holotype; 1ex (TARI), same locality as holotype, 11. VII. 2012, Y-T. Chung leg.; 1♂ 1♀ (EUMJ), same locality as holotype, 13. VII. 2012, H. Murakami leg.; 3♂♂ 1♀ (EUMJ), same locality as holotype, 2. VI. 2013, H. Murakami leg.

Type locality. Mt. Dahan-shan, Chunrih Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguishable from the other Taiwanese congeners by having piceous elytra. The species is very similar to A. sauteri , but differs in the following characteristics: posterior margin of pygidium and 8th sternite emarginate at middle; spicular apodeme connected with spicular plates; phallobasic apodeme weakly dilated apically and incised at the apex; ventral phallobasic plates well sclerotized.

Description. Male (n = 11, Figs 1 D–1F): Head, antennomeres, pronotum, legs and abdomen yellowish orange; apical parts of mandibles black. Elytra metallic piceus . Head clothed with yellowish suberect setae on the area from frons to vertex and brownish setae on occiput; pronotal disk with yellowish and brownish suberect setae; elytra clothed with black suberect setae, mingled with yellowish setae near humeri; abdomen sparsely set with yellow suberect setae.

Maxillary palpi with the last segment short, nearly triangular, obliquely truncate at apex. Antennomeres 4 to 8 weakly serrate, gradually becoming shorter apically; 9th and 10th serrate, as wide as long. Pronotum 1.3–1.5 (1.4) times as wide as long. Elytra oblong, weakly convex dorsally, 1.1–1.5 (1.4) times as long as wide, widest near middle, sparsely set with setigerous punctures throughout.

Pygidium ( Fig. 4 H) with posterior margin emarginate at middle. Eighth sternite ( Fig. 4 I) semicircular; posterior margin faintly emarginate. Spicular fork ( Fig. 4 J) with elongate intraspicular plate; spicular lobes weakly colored and almost membranous; spicular apodeme 1/2 as long as the total length of spicular fork.

Aedeagus in fully inflated condition ( Figs 6 C–6D) orthogonally curved ventrally at the base of CM in lateral view; CM cylindrically swollen, slightly dilated basally, thence constricted at base; phallus cylindrically swollen. Tegmen ( Figs 4 K–4L) with phallobase oblong, nearly half length of tegmen, roundly pointed at apex; phallobasic apodeme in ventral view elongate, slightly dilated apically from apical 1/3 and incised at apex, almost straight in lateral view; ventral phallobasic plates well sclerotized; phallobasic struts divaricated from apical 1/3. Phallus ( Figs 4 M–4N) longer than tegmen, slightly sinuous in lateral view; phallic plates uncinate at apex, densely with bi- or tridentate denticles from apical 1/4 to subapices of ventral margins.

Female (n = 9): Similar to male, but the apical margin of 7th sternite slightly and triangularly incised at middle. Pygidium with posterior margins ( Fig. 7 C) roundly projected posteriorly; pygidial struts elongate. Eighth sternite ( Fig. 7 D) with apical margin roundly projected posteriorly. Pronotum 1.3–1.6 (1.4) times as wide as long. Elytra 1.3–1.5 (1.4) times as long as wide.

Measurements. Male (n = 11): BL 6.3–8.4 (7.2) mm, PL 1.4–2.0 (1.7) mm, PW 2.0–2.7 (2.3) mm, EW 3.2– 4.1 (3.6) mm, EL 4.2–5.9 (4.9) mm. Female (n = 9): BL 6.5–8.2 (7.5) mm, PL 1.5–2.0 (1.8) mm, PW 2.1–2.7 (2.5) mm, EW 3.0–4.1 (3.7) mm, EL 4.4–5.5 (5.0) mm.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the piceous elytra.

Distribution. Taiwan (Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Yilan, Nantou, Hualien, Kaohsiung, Taitung, Pingtung).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus of Allochotes spp. from Taiwan. (A – C) Allochotes forniculatus sp. n., holotype; (D – F) A. piceus sp. n., holotype; (A, D) dorsal view; (B, E) ventral view; (C, F) lateral view. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Male genital organ of Allochotes spp. (A – G) Allochotes forniculatus sp. n.; (H – N) A. piceus sp. n.; (A, H) pygidium in dorsal view; (B, I) 8 th sternite in ventral view; (C, J) spicular fork in ventral view; (D, E, K, L) tegmen in right lateral (D, K) and ventral (E, L) views; (F, G, M, N) phallus in right lateral (F, M) and ventral (G, N) views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 6. Inflated aedeagi and phallic plates of Allochotes spp. (A, B) Allochotes forniculatus sp. n.; (C, D) A. piceus sp. n.; (E, F) A. sauteri; (G, H) A. choui; (I, J) A. yichei; (A, C, E, G, I) fully inflated condition of aedeagi in right lateral view; (B, D, F, H, J) phallic plates in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 7. Female terminal parts of Allochotes spp. (A, B) Allochotes forniculatus sp. n.; (C, D) A. piceus sp. n.; (E, F) A. choui; (G, H) A. yichei; (I, J) A. sauteri; (A, C, E, G, I) pygidium in dorsal view; (B, D, F, H, J) 8 th sternite in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.