Pectocera Hope 1842
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Description
Key to the male species of Pectocera Hope from China
1. Elytra without macula............................................................................................................................. 1
– Elytra with marmoreal macula............................................................................................................. 3
2. Elytra with obvious striae, interstriae elevated; body smaller, body length 15 mm........................................................................................................................... P. brevicollis Candèze, 1878
– Striae almost absent on elytra, but some vestige visible near latero-basal parts; body bigger, body length 22.5–25.1 mm.............................................. P. kobayashii Kishii, 1996
3. Aedeagus with parameres reaching a little beyond penis; antenna longer, exceeding apex of hind angle of pronotum by four antennomeres P. sechuana Schimmel, 2003
– Aedeagus with penis reaching beyond parameres..................................................................... 4
4. Hind angle of pronotum with vestige carina and basal groove aside......................................................................................................................................................... P. kucerai Schimmel, 2006
– Hind angle without any carina and basal groove aside........................................................... 5
5. Body big, body length 32 mm; each lateral area on pronotum provided with two depressions, one well marked and situated at one-third from the anterior margin, and the other weaker and situated at one-fourth from the hind margin.............................................................................................................................................. P. yaeyamana Suzuki, 1976
– Body smaller, body length less than 30 mm; no depression on pronotum as above.. 6
6. Male antenna shorter, not reaching middle part of elytra....................................................... 7
– Male antenna longer, reaching or beyond middle part of elytra....................................... 11
7. Sternite VII truncate at apex................................................................................................................. 8
– Sternite VII more or less round at apex............................................................................................ 9
8. Scutellum straight anteriorly; body brown; pronotum with a broad medio-longitudinal depression............................................................................................ P. formosanna Kishii, 1990
– Scutellum strongly emarginate anteriorly; body reddish brown; pronotum without medio-longitudinal depression...................................... P. truncata Liu and Jiang sp. nov.
9. Body smaller, male length 24.3 mm; body dark brown-black; pronotum with a broad and deep medial furrow.............................................. P. attenuator Liu and Jiang sp. nov.
– Body bigger, male length 27.2–27.8 mm; body reddish brown; pronotum without furrow or with a narrow sulcus medially...................................................................................... 10
10. Widest part of body at humeral angle; pronotum trapezoid shape, strongly narrowed anteriorly.......................................................................................... P. fleutiauxi Schimmel, 1997
– Widest part of body at apical third of elytra; pronotum square shape, indistinctly narrowed anteriorly...................................................................................... P. babai Kishii, 1990
11. Flabellum of 3rd antennomere about 3 times longer than itself..................................... 12
– Flabellum of 3rd antennomere 5.0–6.0 times longer than itself....................................... 13
12. Apical antennomere with a distinct attenuation; striate on elytra more obvious; pronotum strongly sinuous on anterior edge.............. P. tonkinensis Fleutiaux, 1918
– Apical antennomere without attenuation; striate on elytra less obvious; pronotum straight on anterior edge.......................................................................... P. cantori Hope, 1842
13. Lateral margins of pronotum curved outwards, hind angle medianly divergent; lateral margin of apico-lateral expansion of paramere straight................................................................................................................................................................. P. jiangxiana Kishii et Jiang, 1994
– Lateral margins of pronotum not curved outwards, hind angle strongly divergent; lateral margin of apico-lateral expansion of paramere more or less curved or sinuate............................................................................................................................................................... 14
14. Labrum simply projected medianly; medio-longitudinal canaliculation on frons indistinct and shallower............................................................................................ P. fortune (Candeze, 1873)
– Labrum with anterior crenation conspicuous; medio-longitudinal canaliculation on frons more distinct and deeper.................................................................. P. hige Kishii, 1993
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1900443 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5472868 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/197FFFF3B32B1438E304FF9FFF915746 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/E546878BB329143BE3A4FCDEFB1254A1 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Elateridae
- Genus
- Pectocera
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Hope
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pectocera Hope, 1842 sec. Liu & Jiang, 2021
References
- Candeze ECA. 1878. Releve des Elaterides Recueillis dans Les Iles Malaies, A la nouvelle-Guinia et au Cap Yark. Estratto dagli Annali del Mus civ di st Nat di Genova. 12: 1 - 47.
- Kishii T. 1996. A study on the Elaterid-beetles of Shibata collction from Taiwan, IV (Coleoptera, Elateridae). On the subfamily Pityobiinae. Ent Rev Japan. 51 (2): 103 - 106.
- Schimmel R. 2003. Neue Ampedini-, Physorhinini-, Pectocerini-, Elatterini- und Diminae-Arten aus Sudostasien (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Mitteilungen der Pollichia. 90: 265 - 292.
- Schimmel R. 2006. Neue Elateriden-Arten aus der Ampedus - und der Pectocera - Gruppe aus Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera, Elateriae). Veroff Naturkundemus Erfurt. 25: 235 - 239.
- Suzuki W. 1976. A new elaterid beetle of the genus Pectocera from the Ryukyu Islands. Kontyu. 44 (3): 263 - 266.
- Kishii T. 1990. Elateridae from Taiwan, with descriptions of some new taxa (4) (Coleoptera). A study of the materials collected by Dr. Kintaro Baba from 1986 to 1989. Trans Essa Ent Soc. 70: 9 - 39.
- Schimmel R. 1997.. Neue Pectocera- Arten aus Sudostasien und systematische Bemerkungen zu Ceropectus Fleutiaux, 1927 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Oxynopterinae). Entomol Blatter. 93: 43 - 49.
- Fleutiaux E. 1918. Nouvelles contributions a la faune de L'Indo-Chine Francaise. Ann Soc Ent Fr. 87: 175 - 278.
- Hope FW. 1842. A monograph on the coleopterous family Phyllophoridae. Proc Zool Soc Lond. 10: 73 - 79.
- Kishii T, Jiang SH. 1994. Notes on the Chinese Elateridae I (Col.). Ent Rev Japan. 49 (2): 87 - 102.
- Candeze ECA. 1873. Insectes recueillis au Japan par M. G. Lewis, pendant les annees 1869 - 1871. Elaterides Mem Soc R Sci Liege. 5 (2): 1 - 32.
- Kishii T. 1993. Notes on Elateridae from Japan and its adjacent area (12). Bull Heian High School. (37): 1 - 19.