Leptura ochraceofasciata ochrotela Bates, 1873

Ren, Jie-Qun & Chen, Li, 2014, Two new record species or subspecies of the genus Leptura Linnaeus from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae), Zoological Systematics 39 (4), pp. 588-590 : 589-590

Leptura ochraceofasciata ochrotela Bates, 1873 New record to China ( Figs 5–6 )

Leptura ochraceofasciata var. ochrotela Bates, 1873: 196 .

Leptura ochraceofasciata ochrotela : Kusama & Takakuwa, 1984: 222; Ohbayashi N., 1999:53.

1, 2, 5–6. Female. 3–4. Male. Scale bars = 1 cm.

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Female. Length 20.5 mm, width 6.0 mm. Body mostly dark brown; the terminal six antennal segments tawny; maxillary palpi, labrum and apical margin of clypeus yellowish brown; legs yellowish brown except for dark hind femora and tarsi; elytral apex tawny, elytral maculae yellowish brown; the first one near base and crescent shape, bowed along basal margin; the second lied before middle, transverse, slightly projected anterially beside suture and narrowed laterally; the third lied behind middle and transverse; the fourth macula well developed, near apex and triangular. Body moderately furnished with short yellow hairs; vertex, occiput and pronotum densely with long golden pubescence.

Head narrower than pronotal base, with dense but fine punctures and a shallow but distinct median line extending from frons to occiput through vertex; frons with width 1.2 times of height, clypeus trapezoidal, vertex widely concave. The apical segment of maxillary palpi thickened toward apex and with truncated apex, penultimate segment 0.6 times as long as apical segment. Antenna slender and the last segment reaching apical fifth of elytra; scape thick and short, nearly equal to the fourth, and shorter than the third; the third nearly equal to the fifth. Pronotum shorter than basal width, strongly convex; disk densely provided with fine punctures, with an indistinct median longitudinal line, transversely depressed along basal margin. Scutellum long-triangular. Elytra 2.1 times as long as humeral width, moderately covered with short yellow hairs; dehiscent from apical seventh, sides straightly tapered to apical seventh, then roundly narrowed towards obliquely emarginated apex; apex with sharply pointed outer angle and dull inner angle; disk densely provided with fine punctures. Tibiae of hind leg dilated apically; the first tarsal segment 2.4 times as long as the second segment.

Material examined. 1♀, Hubei, Wudang, Zixiao , 7 July 1982 .

Distribution. China (Hubei); Japan (Nagasaki, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Figures

Figs 1–6. Leptura spp. 1–4. L. subtilis Bates. 5–6. L. ochraceofasciata ochrotela Bates. 1, 3, 5. Dorsal view. 2, 4. 6. Ventral view.