Metanoeus dohertyi Pic, 1925

Weiszenstein, Martin & Bocak, Ladislav, 2011, A Review Of The Genus Metanoeus From The Philippines (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59 (2), pp. 163-170 : 166-167

Metanoeus dohertyi Pic, 1925

Metanoeus dohertyi Pic, 1925: 9 .

Material examined. – Holotype. Male ( MHNP), Philippines, Palawan, coll. Doherty, 1898.

Others. – 4 males, 1 female ( KMTC), Philippines, Palawan, coll. J. R. Dacasin , 23 Oct.2003 .

Differential diagnosis. – M. dohertyi is the only Metanoeus species known from Palawan. It resembles the other Philippine species in uniform yellow coloration of the pronotum and elytra. Male genitalia resemble those of M. bakeri and these species differ in the shape of the apical part of the phallus which is gradually narrowing in M. bakeri and parallel-sided in apical two fifths of the phallic length in M. dohertyi .

Description. – Body medium-sized. Thorax light brown; head, pronotum and elytra bright yellow; antennae brown; trochanters and bases of femora light brown, gradually changing to dark brown or black apically. Head small, hypognathous, including eyes similar in width as frontal margin of pronotum. Eyes hemispherically prominent, eye diameter 1.21 times frontal interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamellae of median antennomeres about 1.8 times longer than body of antennomere. Head and antennae with dense, short, recumbent pubescence. Pronotum flat, 1.15 times wider than long at midline, widest at base, posterior margin bisinuate. Elytra almost parallel-sided, slightly widened posteriorly, widest at apical third; 3.4 times longer than width at humeri. Legs compressed, densely pubescent. Male genitalia with elongated phallus, slightly wider at base and almost parallel-sided apically, internal sac with numerous sclerotized rods.

Measurements. – BL 11.2 mm, PL 1.6 mm, PW 1.84 mm, HW 2.72 mm, Edist 0.69 mm, Ediam 0.84 mm.

Distribution. – Philippines: Palawan Island.