Promethis vietnamica (Kaszab, 1980)

Ba, Yi-Bin & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2009, Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 2064, pp. 27-38 : 30

Promethis vietnamica (Kaszab, 1980)

Figs. 22–31 , 109

Setenis laevis vietnamica Kaszab, 1980 : Annls Hist.-nat. Mus. Natn. Hung., 72: 198, Abb. 63, 69.

Promethis vietnamica (Kaszab, 1980) , Kaszab, 1988a: Fol. Ent. Hung. Rov. Koz., XLIX: 97; Kaszab, 1988b: Acta Zool. Hung., 34(2–3): 87, 112, Abb. 446–449, Taf. XI: G; Ren, 2002: Forest Insects of Hainan, p. 389.

Material examined. 13, 6ƤƤ, Hongmao, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 28–29 May 2007; 1Ƥ, Zabo, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 1–2 June 2007; 13, 1Ƥ, Daoda, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 22–25 May 2008; 1Ƥ, Wengcun, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 20 May 2008; 1Ƥ, Miaocun, Baisha County, Hainan Province, 4–5 June 2007; collected by Ba Yibin and Lang Juntong.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Yunnan, Hainan); Japan, Laos, Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 22 – 31. Promethis vietnamica 22. Head; 23. Pronotum; 24. Antenna; 25. Protibia; 26. Metatibia and tarsus; 27 – 29. Aedeagus in ventral, lateral and dorsal views; 30. Spiculum ventrale of female; 31. Spiculum ventrale of male.

FIGURES 108 – 118. Promethis spp. in Hainan Island of China 108. Promethis rectangula; 109. P. vietnamica; 110. P. guangxiana; 111. P. punctatostriata; 112. P. evanescens; 113. P. oshimana; 114. P. crenatostriata; 115. P. v a l g i p e s valgipes; 116. P. sinuatocollis; 117. P. c r a s s i h o r n i s sp. nov.; 118. P. pauperula (from Kaszab, 1988).