A Remarkable New Species of the Genus Chelonarium (Coleoptera, Chelonariidae) from Borneo

3 Pages·2001·2.1 MB·English

by  Sato, M

Elyt,a,Tokyo,29(2):315-317,November15,2001
ARemarkableNewSpeciesoftheGenusChe1onanurn
(Coleoptera,Chelonariidae) fromBorneo
MasatakaSATo
LaboratoryofNatureConservation,GraduateSchoolofNagoyaWomen'sUniversity,
Mizuho-ku,Nagoya,467-8610Japan
Abstract A new speciesofthegenusChe1ona1・iumisdescribed fromBorneo
underthenameofCktu・osawa1sp nov.Thepresentnewspeciesispeculiarinthegenus
foritsremarkablecolorpattern.
ItjsextremelyregrettablethatDr.YoshihikoKUROSAWApassedawayonFebruary
27,2001.HewasaleadingcoleopteristinJapan,andwascreditedwith“Mushikichi”.
On theother han hewasoneofthebestteachersofmine,whogaveusefulsu99eS-
tjonsformyworkontheColeoptera.Hewouldnetlikemyexpressionsbecausehebe-
Ijevedthatwewere“Mushinakama”,orinsect-lovingcompanions.Thatwashispolicy.
Therefore, Iwishtodedicatehisnametoaratherbeautifulche1onariidspeciesfrom
myspecializedgroupstothememoryofthelateDr.Y.KUROSAWAwholovedbeautiful
jnsects,thebuprestidbeetleinparticular,whichwasthesubjectofhislifewe「k.
IamgratefultoDr.Shun-lobiUENoforhiskindnessinreadingthismanuscript.
ChelonariumkurosawaiM.SAT0,sp nov.
(Fig.l)
Bodyoblong_oval,distinctlyconvex,rathershining,closelycoveredwithbrown-
ish toblackjshsuberect hairsabove, andwithcinereous recumbent hairsbeneath;
pronotum,scutellumandelytra1markingscoveredwithorange,stiff,closeand「eCum-
benthajrs colouralmostblack;pronotum,legsandabdominalsternitesb「owntoda「k
brown,except foryellowishbrowntarsi.
Headsmall,aljttleconvex,concealedunderpronotum;surfaceCloselypunctate;
eyeslarge,prominentandalittlewiderthanthedistancebetweenthem;antennaeSo一「
ratefrom5thto10thsegments,1stto3rdstout,3rdthelongest,4ththeSmallest,11th
elongatedovalandslightly1ongerthan10th.
pronotumabout l9timesasbroadaslong,broadestatthebase,anteriorandlat-
eralmargjnsconjointlyconvergentanteria stronglyedgedandreflexed;hindan9leS
rectangular;surfaceslightlyconvex incentral area,somewhat depressed inante「o-
lateralareas,distinctlyandcloselypunctate,thepuncturesroundatma「9ina1PO「tiOnS;
316 MasatakaSAT0
Fig.1. Che1ona''iumkiu・osa、、,alM.SAT0,sp
nov
integument smooth. Scutellum subova1, moderately punctate, covered with
orange
hairs.
Elytraabout13timesasbroadaspronotum,about 13 timesaslongasbroa
broadestatapicalthir thenceslightlynarrowedanteriadanddistinctlynarrowedposte_
riad;surfalcefinelyandcloselypunctate,thepuncturesmoreorlesstransverselyrugose;
aPairofovalmarkingsconsistingoforangehairspresentalittlebehindthemjddle.
Vent「al SuIfaCe closely and strongly punctate. Legsstout,somewhat flattene
denselyreticulate,closelyandstronglypunctate;tibiaeprovidedwithmanysmallteeth
alon9theouteredge;3rdtarsalsegmentstronglylobatebeneath;clawsstronglydilated
at thebase.
Length:4.4mm;braedth:2.7mm.
Holotype: ,CrockerRange(alt.1,400m),16milesNorthwestofKenjngau,
Sabah,Borneo,22-IV-1983,S.NAGAIleg.(incoll.NagoyaWomens' Univ).
Thepresentnewspeciesiseasilydiscriminatedfromallthemembersofthegenus
Che1onariumbyhavingthepeculiarorangemaculationconsistingofstjffhajrsonthe
pronotum,scutellumandelytra.
要 約
佐藤正孝:ポルネオ産の特異なダェンマルトゲムシ科の新種. - ボルネオで得られた美
しい色をしたダエンマルトゲムシ科の1極を調べたところ, これまで記録された近似のものが
RemarkableNewChe1onariumfromBorneo 317
同属に見当たらない特異な種であることがわかり, ここに新種として記載した. この種名を,
先般亡くなられた, 美しい虫の好きであった黒澤良彦博士に献名し, ご冥福を祈るものであ
る.
Reference
DALLA ToRRE, K. W voN, 1911. Subfamily Che10nariinae. InJUNK, W., & S. SCHENKLING (edS),
ColeopterorumCata1ogus,pars33:11-12.W.Junk,Berlin.