Paraplotes meihuai Lee, sp. nov.

Paraplotes meihuai Lee, sp. nov.

(Figs 21–32, 84)

Type locality. Taitung county, Motien (U⋏), 23°12’N, 121°01’E, 1700 m.

Typer material (n= 48). Holotype ♂ (TARI): Taitung: Motien (U⋏), 20.VI.2011, leg. C.-F. Lee”. Paratypes: 10♂♂, 7♀♀, same data as holotype; 1♀, same locality, 24.VI.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Liyuan (≪№), 23.VI.2010, leg. M.-H. Tsou (TARI); 11♂♂, 13♀♀, same locality, 24.VII.2013, leg. C.-F. Lee (TARI).

Description. Male: Length 4.5–4.8 mm, width 2.3–2.5 mm. Dark brown or blackish brown, thoracic and abdominal ventrites black; elytra dark purplish metallic (Figs 21–23). Antenna relatively long, about 0.9X as long as body; ratios of length to width of antennomeres III to XI about 1.0: 1.1: 1.3: 1.3: 1.3: 1.5: 1.3: 1.3: 2.3. Pronotum strongly transverse, 2.6–2.7X wider than long, anterior margin slightly concave, lateral margins slightly rounded. Elytra long, about 1.5X longer than wide; disc with coarse punctures. Aedeagus (Figs 27–29) slender, 4.7X longer than wide, sides parallel, apex rounded but slightly asymmetric; in lateral view moderately curved, apically tapering; tectum sclerotized; apico-lateral scerlites small; lateral spiculae two-paired; median spicaula short about 0.7X as long as aedeagus.

Female: Length 4.6–5.0 mm, width 2.7 mm. Similar to males; elytra relatively wider than males, about 1.3X longer than wide (Figs 24–26). Hind wings (Fig. 84) moderately reduced, about 0.25–0.28X as long as those of males, lateral margin slightly concave near base or middle. Gonocoxae (Fig. 30) connected with an slender sclerite, abtruptly widened at basal 1/3, basal margin truncate; connection between gonocoxae and sclerite extremely slender. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 31) apically widened, surface with dense setae along apex, as well as apical margin, spiculum slender. Spermathecal receptaculum (Fig. 32) extremely wide, as wide as pump; pump strongly curved, apically narrowed, apex narrowly rounded; spermathecal duct short, stout, shallowly projecting into receptaculum.

Differential diagnosis. Paraplotes meihuai is characterized by its asymmetric and rounded apex of aedeagus and much longer antenna (Figs 21–23).

Distribution. Type specimens were collected on the road from Motien (U⋏) to Liyuan (≪№) (Fig. 80) where adults of Paraplotes taiwana were also collected (Fig. 79).

Etymology. Dedicated to Mr. Mei-Hua Tsou for collecting type specimens.