Longicornus furcatus sp. nov.

Figs. 7–9; 27–33

Description. Vertex yellowish brown with some black stripes. Eyes brown. Pronotum with irregular yellowishbrown stripes (Fig. 7). Face with frontoclypeus broadly yellowish brown dorsally, without dark transverse streaks on both sides (Fig. 9).

External features as in generic description.

Male genitalia. Male pygofer side broadly rounded in lateral aspect, with 7 long postero-ventral setae (Fig. 27). Aedeagal shaft short and robust, with pair of furcate processes arising from ventral margin near base; gonopore apical (Figs. 30, 31). Connective with arms nearly 1/3 length of stem (Fig 32).

Measurement. Length (including tegmen): Ƌ, 5.4–5.6 mm; ♀, 6.1–6.4 mm.

Type Material. Holotype: 1 ♂, China: Sichuan Prov., Ya’an, Erlangshan, 4 August 2005, coll. Zhonghui Zhou (GUGC); Paratypes: 2♂♂ 4 ♀♀, same data as holotype.

Remarks. The new species is similar to L. flavipuncatus Li & Song, 2008, but can be distinguished from the latter by the pale dorsal part of the frontoclypeus and the short and robust aedeagus with a pair of furcate processes arising from the ventral margin near the base.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin word “ furcatus ”, referring to the aedeagal shaft with a pair of furcate processes.