Passalid Beetles (Coleoptera, Passalidae) Collected from Bhutan, with Description of the Male Genitalia of Tiberioides austeni GRAVELY

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by  Kon, M

Elytra,To(kyo,27(2):471-474,November13,1999
PassalidBeetles(Coleoptera,Passalidae)CollectedfromBhutan,with
DescriptionoftheMaleGenitaliaof n enozdesaustemGMvE'Y1)
Masahiro KoN
SchoolofEnvironmentalScience,TheUniversityofShigaPrefecture,
Hassaka-cho,Hikone,522-8533Japan,
Masahir0TANAKA
3-10-7Mikatadai,Nishi-ku,Kobe,651-2277Japan
and
Kunio ARAYA
GraduateSchoolofHumanandEnvironmentalStudies,KyotoUniversity,
Yoshida,Sakyo,Kyoto,606-8501Japan
Abstract SevenspeciesofpassalidbeetlesarerecordedfromBhutan.Themale
genitaliaaredescribedandillustratedforthefirsttimeforTibe,-1oidesausteniGRAVELY.
Relatively littleisknownabout thepassalid faunaofBhutan, althougha few
specieswererecordedbyGRAVELY(1914)andARROW(1950): naen1ocerusbicuspis
(KAUp),Tiberioideskuwerti (ARROW), 0phrygonluscantori (PERCHERON), Aceralus
grandis(BURMEIsTER),Leptaula)cdentatus(FABRICIUS).
Recently,wehadanopportunitytoexaminesomepassalidspecimenscollected
fromBhutan,andrecognizedsevenspecies.Werecordherewiththematerialsandde-
scribethemalegenitaliaofTiberioidesausten1GRAVELY; forthefirsttime.Weadopt
theterminologyofLINDRoTH(1957)inthedescriptionofmalegenitaliaandreferto
HNl-cKsandDIBB(1935) forthedistributionofeachspecies.
TiberioidesaustemGRAVELY;
(Figs.1-3)
Tiberioldesaustenl'GRAVE]_Y,1914,Mem.Ind.Mus.,3,p 216.
1)ThisstudyissupportedinpartbyGrants-in-AidfromtheMinistryofEducation,Science,Sportsand
Culture,Japan(Nos.10041166,11833007,11833014).
472 Masahiro KoNetal
Fig. 1. Ligulaandmentumof「foe・,1oldesatlsre川(scale:2mm)
2 3
Figs. 2-3. MalegenitaliaofTatlsteni(scale:2mm),ventralview(2)、andleftlateralview(3)
Bri2f description. Mentumalmost flat andwithtransverseroughenedareain
central portion,without transversecarinainpostero-centra1portion, lateralmargins
converginganteriorly(Fig.1).Sideofelytronshining;lateralgroovesofelytronnar-
row,withsimplepunctures.
Penisofmalegenitalialarge,withlongitudinalmembranousareaalongmiddle
lineonventralside,theareabroadeneddistally inventralview;parameresunitedon
ventral side,as longasbasal pieceatmiddlein ventral view, distal margingently
curvedandwithasmall quadrilateral nickatmiddle,1atero-proxima1endpointed
proximally likeahook;distalmarginofbasalpiecegentlycurvedinventralview,lat-
eralmarginsdivergentdistally(Figs 2-3).
PassalidBeetlesfromBhutan 473
S1peclmene)cammed. 1 E.Mera,2,350minalt.,Bhutan,5~15-IX-1998
,
Distribution. Assam,Bhutan.
Tiberioidesku,verti(ARROW)
Tibe・,iuskuwe,・tiARROW,1907,Transent.Soc.London,1906,p446.
Specimenexamined 1?,Bhutan,22-IX-1996,S.TANIMoToleg
Distribution. E.Himalayas(includingBhutan),Myanmar.
O gon加s 加naM'CMSGMvEIY
Ophrygoniusbir,11anicusGRAVELY,1914,Mom.Ind.Mus.,3,p226.
Specimeriexamined. 1?,E.Mora,2,350minalt.,Bhutan,5~l5-IX-1998
Distribution. Bhutan,Myanmar,Indochina.
Ophrygonlusconvex:ifronsZANG
Bas11ianilscanto,lconve;x:if・ionsZANG, l904,Zoo1.Anz.,27,p 698.
‘Specimenexamined. l(i Bhutan,22-IX-1996,S.TANIMoToleg.
Distribution. Bhutan,Assam,Myanmar,Vietnam.
Aceralusgrandis(BURMEISTER)
Passalusg,・andisBURMElsTER,1847,Handb.Ent.,5,p463.
Specimensexamined. 8 8 E. Mera,2,350m inalt., Bhutan, 5~15-IX-
, ,
l998.
Distribution. E. Himalayas (including Bhutan), Myanmar, Indochina, China,
Taiwan,MalayPeninsula,Sumatra,Java,Borneo,Philippines.
Leptaula;x:bicolor(FABRIcIUs)
Passalusbico1orFABRIclUs,1801,Syst.Eleuth.,2,p256.
Specimenex::amined. 1?,E.Mera,2,350minalt.,Bhutan,5~15-IX-1998.
Distribution. SriLanka, India,E.Himalayas(includingBhutan),Myanmar,In-
dochina, China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi,
Moluccas,NewGuinea,Australia.
Leptaulaxdentatus(FABRIcIUs)
PassahtsdentatusFABRIclUs,l792,Ent.Syst.,1(2),p241.
Speclmet1ex:amined. 1?,E.Mora,2,350minalt.,Bhutan,5~15-IX-1998
474 MasahiroKoNetal
Distribution. India, E. Himalayas (including Bhutan), Myanmar, Indochina,
China, Taiwan, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi,
Moluccas,NewGuinea,Australia.
Inclosingthisreport,weexpressourheartythankstoMr.S.TANIMoTo forgiving
usspecimens.
要 約
近 雅博・田中正浩・荒谷邦雄:ブータンから採集されたクロツヤムシ, ならびにTiberi-
otdesausten,GRAVELYの雄交尾器の記載. - ブータンから採集されたクロツヤムシ7種を記
録した. また, Tiberioidesausten1GRAVELYの雄交尾器を図示して記載した.
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