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Doryscus scapus Mohamedsaid 1999

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Doryscus scapus Mohamedsaid, 1999

(Figs 20 B–20C, 22)

Doryscus scapus Mohamedsaid, 1999: 101.

Type. Paratype ♀ (UKM): “ SABAH, Kinabalu Park, / H.Q.- Power Station / (1700m) night / 3.X, 1987 / Gunik Gunsalam leg. [p, w] // PARATYPE [p] / Doryscus / scapus n. sp [h] / des. Mohamedsaid 199 [p] 8 [h, w, with red border]”.

Additional specimens (n= 2). MALAYSIA. Sabah: 1♂ (NHMB), Km 53 Road KK-Tabunan, E slope Gn. Emas, 700 m, 1–5.IV.2000, Bolm; 1♀ (NHMB), Km 53 Road KK-Tabunan, Gn. Emas, 1650 m, 22.III.–6.IV.2000, Bolm.

Redescription. Length 4.0– 4.8 mm, width 1.6–1.8 mm. General color yellow brown; antennae dark brown; pronotum with one median, longitudinal, wide dark band; elytra with subapical and sub-basal transverse, illdefined, dark stripes (Fig. 20 B) that are sometimes reduced. Antennae filiform, antennomere I strongly swollen in males (Fig. 22 A), length ratios of antennomeres I–XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.6: 0.7: 0.6: 0.6: 0.7: 0.6: 0.6: 0.6: 0.7, length to width ratios of antennomeres I–XI 2.3: 2.0: 3.4: 4.1: 3.9: 4.1: 4.6: 4.3: 4.1: 3.8: 4.4; antennomere I normal in females (Fig. 22 B), length ratios of antennomeres I–XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.6: 0.7: 0.7: 0.7: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.9; length to width ratios of antennomeres I–XI 4.6: 1.8: 3.3: 4.1: 4.2: 4.3: 4.4: 4.4: 4.4: 4.2: 5.0. Elytra 1.8 x longer than wide, disc with erect setae dense and elongate, and fine punctures. Apical margin of last abdominal ventrites with two shallow incisions in males (Fig. 22 G); slightly medially depressed in females (Fig. 22 H). Penis (Figs 22 C–22D) slender, 8.9 x longer than wide, gradually narrowed towards apex; apex of dorsal surface with moderately deep notch, below apex of ventral surface; apex of ventral surface with shallow notch; straight in lateral view, deep notch between dorsal and ventral surface; ventral surface smooth. Internal sac with endophallic spiculae short, about 0.4 x as long as penis, main spicula recurved and with a cluster of setae at apical 1/4; two pairs of elongate spiculae at middle basally joined, apices swollen and sphere-shaped; one pair of elongate spiculae at basal 1/6, apices horn-like and curved dorsally in lateral view; one pair of oblique and short spiculae at base, apices hornlike and curved ventrally in lateral view. Gonocoxae (Fig. 22 E) extremely slender, 6.9 x longer than wide, sides slightly narrowed at apical 1/10; apices narrowed rounded; inner margins narrowly approximate from apex to midpoint, apex with nine setae; extremely slender from midpoint to base but abruptly widened at base. Ventrite VIII (Fig. 22 E) well sclerotized; spiculum elongate; apex square, apical margin truncate, with dense short setae; disc with several long setae at sides. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig. 22 F) as wide as pump, narrowly separated from pump; pump strongly curved and not apically narrowed; proximal spermathecal duct elongate, shallowly projecting into receptaculum.

Color variability. Females have yellow bodies and a wide, transverse black band on the base of the elytra (Fig. 20 C).

Differential diagnosis. See diagnosis of Doryscus wangi sp. nov. Distribution. East Malaysia (Sabah).

Notes

Published as part of Lee, Chi-Feng, 2017, Revision of the genus Doryscus Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 4269 (1) on pages 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/581259

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMB , UKM
Event date
2000-04-01
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Doryscus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Mohamedsaid
Species
scapus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
paratype
Verbatim event date
2000-04-01/05
Taxonomic concept label
Doryscus scapus Mohamedsaid, 1999 sec. Lee, 2017

References

  • Mohamedsaid, M. S. (1999) The Galerucinae from Taman Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Serangga, 4, 87 - 145.