Ponyalis gracilis ( Bocak, 1999 )

Fang, Chen, Yang, Yuxia, Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu, 2024, Taxonomic review of the genus Ponyalis Fairmaire, 1899 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of six new species from China, ZooKeys 1203, pp. 325-354 : 325-354

Ponyalis gracilis ( Bocak, 1999)

Figs 1 , 3 J – L , 4 D

Lyponia gracilis Bocak, 1999: 89, fig. 71.

Ponyalis gracilis : Kazantsev 2002: 205; Li et al. 2015 a: 17.

Material examined.

China: 1 ♂ ( MHBU), Fujian, Wuyishan, Guadun , 29. IV. 2004, leg. D. K. Zhou .

Differential diagnosis.

This species can be separated from all other Ponyalis by the combination of the following characters: pronotum black, with red margins, elytra red (Fig. 4 D ); antennomere I flattened dorsally, III long-triangular, lamellae of IV – X nearly parallel-sided (Fig. 4 D ); elytra 5.5 × longer than pronotum, primary costae as strong as the secondary ones, cells transverse (Fig. 4 D ); phallus bisinuate at lateral margins and narrowly rounded at apex in dorsal and ventral views (Fig. 3 J, K ).

Descriptive notes.

Male (Fig. 4 D ). Antennae reaching elytral mid-length when inclined, antennomere I flattened dorsally, III long-triangular, 1.5 × as long as wide, lamellae of IV – X nearly parallel-sided, 1.5–3.6 × longer than corresponding antennomere itself, XI parallel-sided and 8.0 × as long as wide.

Aedeagus: phallus slender and 3.3 × as long as wide, barely widened at basal part and bisinuate at lateral margins, moderately projected distad at apical margin and narrowly rounded at apex in dorsal and ventral views, with acute latero-apical angels, between which the distance barely smaller than maximal width of trunk (Fig. 3 J, K ), moderately bent dorsally and tapered distad in lateral view (Fig. 3 L ).

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Hunan, Fujian).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution map of Ponyalis in the world.

Figure 3. Aedeagi of Ponyalis alternata (Pic, 1927) (A – C); P. fukiensis (Bocak, 1999) (D – F); P. himalejica (Bourgeois, 1885) (G – I); P. gracilis (Bocak, 1999) (J – L). A, D, G, J ventral views B, E, H, K dorsal views C, F, I, L lateral views. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 4. Habitus, dorsal view: Ponyalis himalejica (Bourgeois, 1885) (A – C); P. gracilis (Bocak, 1999) (D). A, D males B, C females. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.