E/、・t1・a,T1)k、・o,34(1):ll9-125.May20,2001( CorrectIdentificationofthePlatycentsSpecies(Coleoptera,Lucanidae) OccurringontheYunlingMountainsinNorthwesternYunnan, Southwest China YukiIMURA Shinohara-cho1249-8,Kohoku-ku,Yokohama,222-0026Japan Abstract Anewspeciesofthelucanidgenus/)/a0・col・fisisdescribed fromtl、e YunlingMountainsinnorthwesternYunnanunderthename ell/)''e1'111('a'Is. Inthefirstvolumeof“InsectsoftheHengduanMountainsRegion''publishedin 1992atBeijing,China,totallytwelvespeciesofthefamilyLucanidaewererecorded byMAWen-ZhenfromnorthwesternYunnanandSichuanbaseduponthematerials collectedby“thecomprehensivescientificexpeditiontotheHengduanMountainsRe- gjon,AcademiaSinica'.Of these, themost noticeablewas“Plat、,cenlsdelicatulus'' whichwassaidtohavebeencollectedfrom“Weixi,Pantiange,2,920m'ofnorthwest- ernYunnan.This recordwasveryimportant,sincenothinghadbeenknownonthe samegenus from YunnanProvinceuntil that time. However, I cannotbutstrongly doubttheaccuracyofthisidentifcation,orevenoftherecorditself,becauseofseveral reasonsasmentionedbelow. Inthefirstplace,1:)delicatulusisknowntobeendemictoHonshu,Shikokuand KyushuoftheJapaneseArchipelagoanditsoccurrenceinnorthwesternYunnanmi9ht bejmpossjbleunlessartificiallytransplanted.Besides,itsdescriptionmadebytheChi- neseauthorcontainsseveralproblemswhichcannotbeoverlooked.TomakeSu「e, Iat fjrstreproduceherdescriptionfollowedbyitsEnglishtranslationbelow. (p 537) (3)録竟報甲 Platycertls deticattllus Lewis, l883,新己i 最 体型小,較狭長,背面藍黑色, 雌虫的 色変化較大, 通常 録或 録色, 体表甚 光亮;体下黑色,腹部大多褐色或褐 色;足呈褐色或褐 色。触角浅褐色,棒部端'fl呈叉 状。 部稍微短 ,且厚,前角近三角形, 眼之前微 向隆脊形,上面有粗大刻点; ,, 眼很突出。上通A常呈黑色、深褐色或褐 色,雄性上較A長前 端尖 外 微呈弧形,上 ,,, 近端部有l ,内 有3 ;雌性上較A短。前 胸背板短寛 寛 于鞘翅前 角稍微尖側 角很大,后角近直角形,側 和后 具有較窄 框;上面散布1田小刻点。小盾片半国形,散 120 YtlkiIMllRA 布小刻点。鞘翅狭長,商側平行,后外端角国弧形;上面平,西側向下外側 斜,肩凸明 , 匀布粗大刻点,毎翅具有5-7行明 刻点行。臀板不外露。后胸腹板中同光滑, 商側密 布刻点和黄色短 毛。腹部光亮,密布粗大刻点和黄色 毛。足較9田長,中、后足的隆一fl] 尤其 ,后足隆 微弧弯,前足 外 有5个小歯; 長而厚,爪大微弯曲。 (p 538) 1 , 体長: 14.9- l8.5mm (帶上i z) 15.3-l6. mm不(帶上 );体 6.1-7.5mmo 采集己i 最: 云南(集西攀天 ,2920m,1981. ViI 20- 21,5cf(f)。 分布: 云南;日本。 (3)Liikuanqiaojia Platycerusdelicat1llusLEWIS,1883,newrecord Bodysmall,relativelynarrowandelongated,withthedorsalsurfacebluishblack, colorationof femalerathervariable,usuallybearingbluishgreenorcopperygreen, bodysurfacestronglypolished;venterblack,mostpartofabdomenbrownorreddish brown; legsbrownorreddishbrown.Antennaepalebrown,andfissate. Headrathershort,wideandthick,withthefrontanglesnearlytriangularinshape, alittleconvexaboveinfrontofeyes,uppersurfacescatteredwithlargepunctures;eyes stronglyprotruded[laterad].Mandiblesusually black,deepbrownorreddishbrown, thoseinmalelonger,pointedatapices,outermarginsgentlyarcuate,bearingasingle toothonuppermarginnearthebase,andthreeteethininnermargin; femalemandibles shorter.Pronot11.mshort andwide,wider thanelytra,withthe frontanglesslightly pointed,lateralanglesverylarge,hindanglesnearlyrectangular,lateralandbasalmar_ gins narrowly bordered; upper surfacescattered withminute punctures. Scutellum semicircular,scatteredwithsmall punctures.Elytranarrowandelongated, parallel_ Side postero-outerangles rounded; dorsalsurface at,withthelateralportions jn_ Clinedoutwards,shouldersdistinct, homogeneouslyscattered with largepunctures, each elytronwith5-7rowsofclearlysetpunctures.Pygidiumnotexposed. Central Pa「tofmetasternumsmoothandglossy,coarselyscatteredwithpuncturesandshort yellowhairsbilaterally.Abdomenshiny,coarselyscatteredwithlargepuncturesand yellowhai「S.Legsrathernarrowandlong,aboveallinmeso-andmetaljbjae,metaljbja gentlyarcuate,protibiawithfiveteethonoutermargin;tarsinarrow, longandthjck, clawslargeandgentlyarcuate. Length: 14.9-18.5mm (including mandibles), 15.3_16.1mm (excludjng mandibles);width:6.1-7.5mm. Collectingdata:Yunnan(WeixiPantiange,2920m,1981.vIl 20_21,5 ) Distribution:Yunnan;Japan. Themostincomprehensiblepointisthatthedescriptioncontainsthefindingson thefemaleat least incolorationandlengthofthemandibles, inspiteofshowjngno 「eCO「dofthefemaleinthecollectingdata.Besides,itisnotacceptablethatthelength 1:)/(1tl,'('e/'fisSpeciesfromtheYunlingMountains 121 of thespecimensmeasured14.9-18.5mm. It is truethat delicattllus is one of the largestspeciesofthegenusPlatyce1・usdistributedinEastAsia,andyetitslengthin_ eludingthemandiblesreachesalittleover t5mmeveninthelargest individual. It is absolutelyimpossibletoreach18.5mm,however largeitmaybe.Moreover, thisde_ scriptioninformsusofalmostnothingoftaxonomicimportance. Itdoesnotmention anythingaboutdetailedstructureofthemalemandiblesandgenitalorgan,bothof whichareindispensableintheclassificationofPlatycerus.Inmyview,theauthormay have identified thespeciesonlybecauseofsimilarity inbody formandcoloration, whichshemayhavejudged fromtheillustrationshownincertainpicturebooksofthe JapaneseColeoptera. Impossiblylargesizeofthespecimensmayhavebeencaused simplybyamistakeforsomereason. Thus, the truth about the Platyce1-usspecies recorded from Yunnan is still wrappedinmystery. Ifitsdescriptionwereaccompaniedwithillustrations,wecould knowsomethingmoreaboutthebeetle.Fromthepoorandpartlyincorrectdescription alone,however,itisimpossibleeventoassumeitsidentity.Itmaybelongtothegenus Platyce1'us,but itstruesystematicpositionremainsunknownuntil thespecimensin questionarere-examinedbyanexperiencedspecialists. Inordertodispelmydoubt,Itriedtore-examinethespecimensinquestionwhich mightbepreservedinthecollectionoftheAcademiaSinica,Beijing.Atmyrequest, Dr.YuPeiyu,theformerprofessorofthesameinstitute,kindlytooktroubletofindthe 1ucanidspecimens,buttheresultwasquitepessimistic.All thespecimensonceexam- inedbyMAseemtobemissingnow,andnobodycanre-examinethem. Tosolvetheproblem, IvisitednorthwesternYunnanatthebeginningofOctober 2005. Imadeasurvey inthehighaltitudinalareaoftheYunlingMountainsonwhich bothWeixiandPantiangeare1ocatecしandsucceededin collectingalongseries of Platycerusspecimensatthreedifferentstations.Theserieswascomposedofasingle speciescompletelydifferent from1)delicatulusinbothexternalappearanceandmale genitalicstructure,aswasexpected.TheYunnanraceisconsideredtobemostclosely alliedto dundai known fromwest-centralandsouthernSichuan,but apparentlydis- tinguishablefromthatspecies. Inthefollowinglines, Iamgoingtointroduceit into scienceunderthenameoff)cupreimicansnov. Beforegoing into description, I wish to express my sinceregratitude to Mr. Yoshiyuki NAGAHATA (Yonezawa) andMr. FAN Ting (International Academic Ex- changeCenteroftheAcademiaSinica,Chengdu) for theirkindaidthroughmyfield work.HeartythanksarealsoduetoDr.Shun-lobiUENo(NationalScienceMuseum, Tokyo) forrevisingthemanuscriptofthispaper. PlalyeeruscupreimicansIMURA,spnov. (Figs.1-6) Length (including mandibles): , 9.6-l2.7 (arithmetic mean 11.23)mm; , 9.7-12.2(arithmeticmean11.05)mm.Dorsalsurfacestronglypolishe with theco1- 122 YtlkiIMUR、 Figs.1-4. Plat、・col・fis dipl・e11111cans from a pass ca. 5km east of Pantiange of northwestern Yunnan. - 1.3,Holotype( )12、4.paratype( )(1&2.dorsalview;3&4.ventralvie、v). orationcoppery or brassy with a faint greenish tinge inbothsexes; venter reddish brownwiththeexceptionofheadandpronotumwhicharemuchdarker,aboveall in male;mandiblesandpalpidark brownthoughpartlyreddishbrown;antennaedark brown, thoughbasalandmedianportionsofscapes reddishbrown; femorayellowish brownexcept fordarkerapicaltips,tibiaealsoyellowishbrownthoughusuallyalittle darker thanin femora, tarsiandclawsbrownthoughusually alittledarker inbasal parts. Mostcloselyalliedtot:)dunda1IMURAetBARToLozzI(sensuIMURA,2005)known fromwest-centralandsouthernSichuan,butdistinguished fromthatspeciesas fol- lows: 1)sizemuchsmaller;2)coloration verydifferent;3)malemandiblesalittle shorteronanaverage,withtheoutermarginsalittlemoreroundlyarcuate,dorsalsur- facemorenarrowlyconcaveinbasalportions,innermarginsofretinaculaquadri-to hexadentateoneachside;4) lateralsidesofpronotummoreremarkably angulateat basalthirdandmorestronglyconvergenttherefromtowardsfrontangles. MalegenitalorganasshowninFig 6a-h; paramerealmostas in P dundai, thoughobviouslynarrowerandlessacutelynarrowedtowardsdorso-posterioranglein lateral view;aedeagusalittleshorterandalittledifferentinshapeinlateral view;a pairofvisor-likeprotuberanceslarger,widerandmoreobtuselyroundedattips. FemalegenitalorganasshowninFig 6i,withtheinnerapicalangleofgonocox- itenearlyrectangularandhardlyprojectedpostero-internally,stylusrobuster. Typeseries. Holotype: (S, passca 5km east of Pantiange [攀天各]], 2,850- P/(It、'ce'1'11.,SpeciesfromtheYunlingMountains 123 Fig 5. MalemandiblesofPlatyce・,uscttp,-elmlcansfromapassca.5kn、eastofPantiangeofnorthwest- ernYunnan. o ] 2,950m in altitude, in Weixi-1isuzu-zizhuxian [ワ能'西保保族自治-鎰 , f northweste Yunnan,SouthwestChina,3-X-2005,Y.IMURA&Y.NAGAHATAleg.,tobedeposited in the Department of Zoology, National Science Museum (Nat. Hist), Tokyo. Paratypes[totally34 41 十7exs.]: 1 3 (十1brokenspecimen),samedata , , as for theholotype; 10(S(S, 5 (十3brokenspecimens),samelocality,4-X-2005; 1 3 ,samelocality,larvaecollectedinthefieldandemergedinthelaboratoryin , thewinter of 2005-2006; g 9 (十3brokenspecimens), pass ca. 14kmeast- , southeastofWeixi,3,200-3,400minaltitude,onthebordersofWeixi-1isuzu-zizhu- xian and Lijiang-naxizu-zizhuxian [兩江ス内' 西族自治 l-], of northwestern Yunnan, SouthwestChina,5-X-2005;5(S(S,5 ,samelocality,6-X-2005;3,3(S,4 , same locality, larvaecollectedin thefieldandemergedin thelaboratoryinthewinterof 2005-2006; 6 ,8 ,easternslopeofMt.LaojunShan[老 山], 3,000-3,400min altitude, near thebordersbetweenLijiang-naxizu-zizhuxianandJianchuanXian [剣 1、、」lL],ofnorthwesternYunnan,SouthwestChina,7~8-X-2005;4 ,samelocality, larvaecollectedinthefieldandemergedinthelaboratoryinthewinterof2005-2006; allcollectedbyY.IMURA&Y.NAGAl-lATAandpreservedinColl.Y.IMURA. Notes. Hindanglesofthepronotumofthenewspeciesarerounded,sothat it belongstothegroupofPdelicatulus.Itisdiscriminatedataglancefromallthehith- ertoknownmembersofthegenusinhavinguniquelycoloreddorsalsurface.Itsmale mandiblesandgenitalorganarealsouniqueintheshapeanduseful fordifferentialdi- agnosjs.Judgingfromthebasicstructureofthemalegenitalorgan,thenewspecies doubtlessbelongstothesamegroupasl;)dunda1(IMURA&BARTOLOZZI,1994;See also IMURA, 2005) distributed in the west-central and southern part of SiChuan Province. Thenewspecieswas found fromthreedifferentsitesontheYunlingMountains. Thoughgeographicalvariationishardlyrecognizable,theLaojunShanspecimensare 124 YukiIMURA a h d e Fig. 6. GenitalorganofPlalyce''fiscup・,elmicansfromapassca.5kmeastofPantiangeofnorthwestern Yunnan. - a-c,Paramere(=lateral lobe)andbasalpiece;d-h,aedeagus(=medianlobe),1,left gonocoxiteofthefemalegenitalia. - a& Ventralview;b,e&i,dorsalview;c&f,rightlateral view;g,viewfromaedeaga1apex;h,rightsubventralview.Scale:1mm. obviouslylargerthanthosefromtwoother localities.Therangeofbodylengthandthe arithmeticmean(abbreviatedtoM)ofthespecimensfromeachlocalityareasfollows: 1) PassEofPantiange: tc2-12.0(M il23)mm; , 10.9-11.7(M1087) mm. Platyce11'1sSpeciesfromtheYunlingMountains 125 2) PassESEofWeixi:e,9.6-11.8(M1087)mm;9,9.7-l2.0(M1087)mm. 3) LaojunShan: ll7-12.7(MI2.14)mm;9,11.1-12.2(Mil72)mm. Themainhabitatofthenewspeciesisdeciduousbroadleavedforestpartlymixed withconiferoustrees(P'inus,Tsuga,Ables,etc.)nowrathersporadically remainedin thehighaltitudinalareaoftheYunlingMountainswithintherangebetween2,800m (abovethepinetreeandevergreen oak treezone) and3,400m (below Ables and Rhododend1-onzone)inthealtitude. All theimaginescollectedwerehibernatingmainly inwhite-rottenpart ofold branchortrunk.Thefoodplantso量onpreferredbythenewspeciesareAcer,Prunus, Betula,Tuia,Rhododendronandcertainkindofcamphor tree.Fromthesameenviron_ mentalcondition,werediscoveredmanylarvaeofPlatycerusmostprobablyreferable tothesamespecies.Thepresentnewspeciesalsoleavesapeculiarovipositionmark onthesurfaceofitsfoodplant. 要 約 井村有希:中国云南省北西部云山ii山脈に産するルリクワガタの正体. - 中国科学院青藏 高原'宗i 合科学考察 による 「横断山区昆虫」第一f日- (1992年5月出版) のなかで, 同院動物研 究所の馬文珍により, 「云南, 9iti西攀天同, 2,920m」からルリクワガタ属の1種がPlatyce,us delicatuhlsという同定名のもとに記録された. 云南省からはそれまで, ルリクワガタ属は知ら れていなかったので, これはたいへん貴重な記録として注目すべきものであった. しかしなが ら, わが国の特産種とみなされてきたPdo/,catu/usが云南省北西部に自然分布しているとは考 えにくいうえ, 記載文にも不可解な点が含まれており, 同定あるいは記録そのものの信憑性に つよい疑念がもたれたため, 筆者は問題の標本について中国科学院に間い合わせたが, 使用さ れた標本は現在, 行方がわからなくなっており, 再鑑定をすることはできなかった. そこで, 間題を解決するべく2005年10月上句,筆者自ら「能ス西攀天同」の るz.、南省北西部の云ll ・ 脈高所を調査したところ, 同所にはたしかにルリクワガタ属の1種が生息していたが, 案の定, pdelicatulusとは似ても似つかぬまったくの別種であることが判明した.云山令山脈の種は,四 川省中西部と南部から記録されているデュンダルリクワガタにきわめて類緑が近いものと考え られたが, 比較検討の結果,未記載極と判断されたので, その特徴的な体色と強い光沢にちな み, アカガネルリクワガタpcup,・emi tcansという名を与え,新種として記載した. 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