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Penia sucinea Schimmel 2001

Description

Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001

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Penia sucinea Scimmel, 2001: 226 (original description; type locality: Vietnam, Lào Cai Province, Hong Lien Son); Kundrata et al., 2018: 55 (catalogue); Kundrata and Nemeth, 2019: (record from Lao Cai Province, Vietnam).

Type material. Holotype. Male, Vietnam, Lào Cai Province, Hong Lien Son, 22°18–23’ N, 103°49–54’ E, 1100– 2400 m, 17–24 I 1994, L. and R. Businsky leg. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by the following features: eyes 0.4 x longer than interocular distance in dorsal view (Fig. 21A); antennae extending beyond pronotum posterior lateral apices by antennomere VI, surpassing elytral half by antennomere XI (Fig. 21B); antennomeres III longer than II; IV 2.6 x longer than III, 1.5x longer than II–III combined (Fig. 21C); apical maxillary palpomere 2.7 x longer than wide (Fig. 21D), longer than maximum length of eye; pronotum straightly narrowed and distinctly constricted anterior to hind angles; posterior edge of pronotum without sublateral incisions; hind angles of pronotum acute, strongly protruding posterolaterad; hypomeron with distinct mesial projection (Fig. 21E); anterior angle of hypomeron biangular, with mesial and outer angles rounded; hind angle of hypomeron narrowly triangular; scutellar shield 1.1 x longer than wide (Fig. 21F); mesosternal process between mesocoxae lower than mesocoxae, not visible in lateral view (Fig. 21G); posterior edge of mesosternal process 0.1 x wider than total width of mesosternum; elytron 5.0 x longer than wide, 4.3 x longer than pronotum length (Fig. 21B); abdominal ventrite V trapezoidal, round-sided, slightly concave apically (Fig. 21H); phallobase 0.9 x longer than wide; preapical expansions of parameres claw-like shaped (Fig. 21I); apex of parameres beyond preapical expansions blade-like shaped, 1.25 x width of parameres at expansions in ventral side.

Measurements. BL: 13.5, BW: 4.08, MAE: 1.72, MBE: 0.97, OI: 178, PL: 2.42, PML: 1.91, PW: 2.88, PAW: 1.76, PLI: 84.1, PWI: 164, EL: 10.4, EW: 2.06, EI: 504, BI: 430.

Distribution. Vietnam: Lào Cai Province.

Notes

Published as part of Arimoto, Kôichi, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the genus Penia Laporte (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dendrometrinae) from Taiwan, pp. 301-335 in Zootaxa 5375 (3) on pages 333-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10200036

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R, BMNH
Event date
1994-01-17
Verbatim event date
1994-01-17/24
Scientific name authorship
Schimmel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Penia
Species
sucinea
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Penia sucinea Schimmel, 2001 sec. Arimoto, 2023

References

  • Schimmel, R. (2001) Neue und wenig bekannte Diminae-Arten aus China, Indien, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal und Vietnam (Insecta, Coleoptera: Elateridae). Pollichia-Buch, 88, 205 - 231.
  • Kundrata, R., Musalkova, M. & Kubaczkova, M. (2018) Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle tribe Dimini (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae). Zootaxa, 4412 (1), 1 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4412.1
  • Kundrata, R. & Nemeth, T. (2019) Description of Penia mantillerii sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dimini), with a key to Penia species from Vietnam and nearby areas. Zootaxa, 4612 (2), 275 - 281. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4612.2.10