Macrolycus guangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015

Du, Ruolan, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, Five new species of the Macrolycus ligulatus species-group from China (Coleoptera, Lycidae), ZooKeys 1208, pp. 315-330 : 315-330

Macrolycus guangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015

Figs 3 A , 4 A – C

Macrolycus guangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015: 326, figs 9, 28, 29, 45, 55.

Material examined.

China: 5 ♂ 8 ♀ ( MHBU), Guangxi, Wuming, Damingshan , 1230 – 1423 m, 20. v. 2011, leg. H. Y. Liu .

Descriptive notes.

Male. Phallus (Fig. 4 A – C ) slender, nearly parallel-sided at basal part in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 4 A, B ), subapical part moderately and asymmetrically inflated laterally, about 1.45 times as wide as basal part, with an oval ventral-cavity, apical part progressively constricted distad, apex with a deep V-shaped notch, about 0.19 times as wide as subapical part; basal 1 / 3 part curved ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 4 C ), subapical part feebly inflated ventrally, apical part moderately expanded ventrally, and apex with a tapered lamella.

Female (Fig. 3 A ). Similar to males, but larger in body size. Length 11.8–13.2 mm, width at humeri 2.5–2.8 mm. Antennae serrate and antennomeres III – X long- or wide-triangular. Pronotum 1.2 times wider than long, anterior angles obtuse-angled. Elytra 3.6 times longer than humeral width.

Distribution

(Fig. 2 ). China (Guangxi).

Remarks.

We provide an illustration of the female habitus and a comparison with the males of this species for the first time.

Figures

Figure 2. Distribution map of the Macrolycus ligulatus species-group in the world.

Figure 3. Habitus, dorsal views of Macrolycus guangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 (A) and M. expansus sp. nov (B). A female B male. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

Figure 4. Aedeagi of Macrolycus guangxiensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015 (A – C) and M. expansus sp. nov. (D – F) A, D dorsal views B, E ventral views C, F lateral views. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.