DESCRIPTION OF EUTETRAPHA LINI SP. NOV. FROM TAIWAN, CHINA (COLEOPTERA, CERAMBYCIDAE, LAMIINAE, SAPERDINI)

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Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 35 (2): 313(cid:1)318 (Apr., 2010) ISSN 1000(cid:1)0739
动物分类学报
DESCRIPTION OFEUTETRAPHA LINI SP. NOV. FROM TAIWAN,
CHINA (COLEOPTERA, CERAMBYCIDAE, LAMI INAE, SAPERDINI)
CHOUWen(cid:1)I1, 2, CHUNG Yi(cid:1)Ting3, LINMei(cid:1)Ying1*
1. KeyLaboratoryofZoologicalSystematicsandEvolution, InstituteofZoology, ChineseAcademyofSciences, Beijing(cid:1) 100101, China
2. Department ofRecreationBusinessManagement, De(cid:1)Lin InstituteofTechnology, TaipeiCounty(cid:1) 23654, Taiwan
3. Mr. ShellEcologicalCompany, Ping(cid:1)tungCounty(cid:1) 91243, Taiwan
Abstract(cid:1) Eutetrapha lini sp. nov. is described from Taiwan, China. Photographs of habitus and genitalia, as well as
ecologicalpictures are presented. The holotype is deposited in NationalMuseum of Natural Science, Taiwan, China.
Paratypesare deposited in NationalZoologicalMuseum ofChina, Institute ofZoology, Chinese Academy ofSciences and
severalprivate collections.
Keywords(cid:1) Saperdin,i Eutetrapha, new species, Taiwan.
1(cid:1) Introduction CYTC: Collection of Mr. CHUNG Yi(cid:1)Ting,
Taiwan, China.
(cid:1) (cid:1) Up to now, 15 species ofEutetrapha are recorded
IZAS: InstituteofZoology, Chinese Academy of
(Linetal., 2006; Pu, 1986; Pu and Jin, 1991; Hua,
Sciences, Beijing, China.
2002; Ohbayashi and Niisato, 2007). Recently, a
NMNST: NationalMuseum ofNaturalScience,
beautifulnew species from Taiwan is discovered.
Taiwan, China.
The first available specmi en was collected from
Methods followed Linetal. (2009).
EastpartofTaiwan byM r. LINWen(cid:1)Hsin in 1999.
Itwasnoticed as a new species mi mediately by the first Eutetrapha lini sp. nov. (Figs. 1(cid:1)10, 14(cid:1)16)
author of the paper. Chou (2004) presented a picture Description. Male, length 13(cid:2)2(cid:1)14(cid:2)0 mm,
of the first specmi en buthe incorrectlymentioned this humeral width 4(cid:2)2(cid:1)4(cid:2)4 mm. Female, length 13(cid:2)8(cid:1)
specmi en asParaglenea sp. and identified itas amale. 16(cid:2)0mm, humeralwidth 4(cid:2)7(cid:1)5(cid:2)3mm. Body black,
This picture attracted more and more insect(cid:1)fans to covered by metallic blue (Figs. 1(cid:1)5) to purple blue
find this beautiful species and finally enough material ( Fig. 6) squama except some black markings.
was collected. Antennaeblack, sparsely pilosebelow. Prothoraxwith
After carefully examining the series ofmaterials, 4 black markings: two elliptical ones on the disc, a
we realized that they belong toEutetrapha Bates, 1884, rounded one on each lateral side. Whole scutellum
instead ofParaglenea Bates, 1866. These two genera covered with metallic squama. Each elytron with 4
are quite smi ilar, especially in females. But they can black markings: a small one on humeral angle ( in
be distinguished by the claws ofmales: in male of lateral view, Fig. 2); an aml ost rounded one
Paraglenea, all the claws are appendiculate (Fig. 12); obliquely located on basal 1/5; third being a quite
inmale ofEutetrapha, only anterior claws of fore and large rounded spo,t located beforemiddle of elytron;
mid tarsi are appendiculate with small teeth ( Figs. the fourth being a black arc, opening to lateral
13F, L1, L2). margin, located on middle of apical half. Ventral
2(cid:1) Materials andMethods surface densely clothed with metallic squama, with
some black spots(Fig. 1c). Legs black, coveredwith
Materials were deposited in the following
metallic blue squama. The inferior eyelobe much
institutions, museums and private collections,
longer than the gena below i.t Antennomere ratio:
abbreviations as shown in the tex.t
male: 17(cid:2)3(cid:2)20(cid:2)16(cid:2)17(cid:2)16(cid:2)16(cid:2)15(cid:2)14(cid:2)13(cid:2)14; female:
CCCC: Collection ofM r. CHEN Chang(cid:1)Chin,
18(cid:2)3(cid:2)20(cid:2)17(cid:2)18(cid:2)17(cid:2)17(cid:2)16(cid:2)15(cid:2)14(cid:2)15. Elytron with
Tianjin, China.
punctures larger and sparser than thatofE. chrysochloris
CWIC: Collection of Dr. CHOU Wen(cid:1)I,
(Figs. 17(cid:1)21), hardly emarginated apically, with a
Taiwan, China.
very small tooth at outer angle. Male claws: only
CWSL: Collection of Mr. LIN Wen(cid:1)hsin,
anterior claws of fore and mid tarsi appendiculated
Taiwan, China.
This researchwas supported bya grant(O529YX5105) from theKeyLaboratory of theZoologicalSystematics andEvolution of theChinese
AcademyofSciencesandbyNSFC program J0930004.
* Corresponding author, E(cid:1)mai:l linmeiying@ ioz. ac. cn.
Received28Oc.t 2009, accepted5 Feb. 2010. 313
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Figs. 1(cid:1)10. Eutetrapha lini sp. nov. 1(cid:1)6. Habitus. 1. Holotype, male. 1a. Dorsalview. 1c. Ventralview. 2. Paratype, male,
lateralview. 3(cid:1)6. Paratypes. 3(cid:1)6. Female. 3. Frontalview. 4. Dorsalview. 5. Ventralview. 6. Dorsalview of individualwith
purple blue colors. 7(cid:1)10. Genitalia. 7. Malegenitalia. 7a. Ventralview. 7b. Lateralview. 7c. Dorsalview. 8. Focuson lateral
lobesof tegmen and apex ofmedian lobe, in ventralview. 9. Tergite and ventrites , !. 9a. Ventralview. 9c. Dorsal
view. 10. Spermathecalcapsule. Scale bars= 1mm.
Figs. 11(cid:1)13. Clawsfigs. 11. Simple. 12. Appendiculate. 13. Specialkindofappendiculate (onlyanteriorclaw
appendiculatewith a smalltooth). F. In frontalview, L1. In lateralview, L2. In another sideof lateralview.
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Figs. 14(cid:1)16. Eutetrapha lini sp. nov. ( ecological pictures taken byMr. CHUNG Yi(cid:1)Ting). 14. Standing on the
upperside ofa leaf (23 Apr. 2009, 20(cid:2)55). 15. Beginning to fly ( 23 Apr. 2009, 20(cid:2)56). 16. Eating on the
underside ofa leaf (23Apr. 2009, 23(cid:2)12). All inBeijing time.
with smallteeth (Fig. 13), posterior clawsofforeand genitalia: spermathecal capsule(Fig. 10) composed of
mid tarsi and claws ofhind tarsiall smi ple. an apicalorb and a curved stalk, stalk about twice as
Male terminalia (Figs. 7(cid:1)9). Tegmen 2(cid:2)8mm in long as apical orb. Tignum longer than abdomen. In
length; lateral lobes stou,t about0(cid:2)3mm longand0(cid:2)2 our observation, tignum 9(cid:2)7mm for an adultwith a
mm wide, with one finely haired ridge basally ( in 7(cid:2)5mm abdomen in ventralview.
ventralview, Fig. 8), apex obliquely truncated, with Diagnosis. Itdiffers from Paraglenea spp. bymale
setae subequal to lateral lobes in length; basal piece with only anterior claws of fore and mid tarsi
bifurcated distally; median lobe with median struts appendiculate, remainders all smi ple ( allmales claws
slightly curved and slightly longer than tegmen (15(cid:2) inParaglenea appendiculateFig. 12). Also themetallic
14) ; median struts longer than a half of the whole squama isnotpresent inParaglenea spp.
median lobe; dorsal plate shorter than ventral plate; It is smi ilar to Eutetrapha chrysochloris ( Bates,
apex ofventralplate nearly rounded; median foramen 1879), but can be distinguished by the characters in
forming an acute triangle; internal sac more than 3 Table1.
tmi es ofwholemedian lobe in length, with 4 pieces of Etymology. Name after Mr. LIN Wen(cid:1)Hsin
basal armature, 2 bands of supporting armature, a (Taiwan, China), who discovered this new species
strongly sclerotized part ( at the apical 1/3) and 3 and offered thematerials.
subequal rods, rods slightly shorter than tegmen. Remarks. E. lini sp. nov. is a nocturnalspecies,
Tergite with apex truncated, setae longer and being attracted by light trap. The second author of the
denser attwo sides and shorter and sparser inmiddle. paperhad been observed its flying and eating atnight
Ventrite ! subequal to ringed partof tegmen. Female ( from 20(cid:2)50 to 24(cid:2)00), as showed in Figs. 14(cid:1)16. It
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Figs. 17(cid:1)25. Eutetrapha chrysochloris (Bates). 17(cid:1)21. Habitus. 17(cid:1)20. E. chrysochloris chrysochloris. 17(cid:1)18. Male, 19(cid:1)20.
Female. 18a. Dorsalview. 18c. Ventralview. 19. Frontalview. 20. Dorsalview of individualwith purple blue
colors. 21. E. chrysochloris chrysargyrea, female. 21a. Dorsalview. 21c. Ventralview. 22(cid:1)25. Genitalia. 22. Male
genitalia ofspecimen from Japan. 22a. Ventralview. 22b. Lateralview. 22c. Dorsalview. 23. Tergite and
ventrites , !. 23a. Ventralview. 23c. Dorsalview. 24. Malegenitalia of specimensfrom Shaanx,i China, in
ventralview. 25. Spermathecalcapsule, with spermathecalgland. Scale bar= 1mm.
isvery probablymonophagous. Mr. Chung found out May 2009, eg. CHUNG Y i(cid:1)Ting ( NMNST ).
thehostplantby long tmi e observation. But to avoid Paratypes: 1 female, Taitung County, Soca, 7 July
too many people going to collect specmi ens and 1999, leg. LIN Wen(cid:1)Hsin ( CWSL); 1 female,
making this species difficult to survive, we think it is TaitungCounty, Soca, Da(cid:1)Ren Hsiang ( township),
notthe tmi e to publish itshostplan.t al.t 500 m, 30 June 2006, leg. CHOU Wen(cid:1)I
Distribution. China, Taiwan. (CWIC); 3males3 females, TaitungCounty, Soca,
Type specmi ens. Holotype male, Taiwan, 16May 2009, leg. CHUNG Yi(cid:1)Ting ( 1 female in
Taitung County, Soca ( 22∀15#N, 120∀50#E), 16 CYTC, 1male 2 females in IZAS, 1male in CWIC,
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(cid:1) Table 1. The comparison of thedifference betweenE. chrysochloris andE. lini sp. nov.
Characters E. chrysochloris E. lini sp. nov.
Appearancecolor Metallicgreen topurplegreen Metallicblue topurpleblue
Puncturesonelytra Smalleranddenser Larger and sparser
Blackarcon theapicalhalfofelytron Quiteelongated Almostrounded
Slightly truncated, somewhat appeared
Obliquely truncated, apical tooth at the outer angle
Elytralapex rounded, apical toothatthe outer anglehardly
obviouslyseen indorsalview
seen indorsalview
Slender, about0(cid:2)4mm long and0(cid:2)1mmwide(Figs. Stouter, about0(cid:2)3mm long and0(cid:2)2mm wide
Laterallobes oftegmen
22, 24) (Figs. 7(cid:1)8)
Apexofventralplate Quitesharplypointed(Figs. 22a, 24) Nearlyrounded(Figs. 7a, 8)
Slightly projected, with dense setae in the middle Truncated, hardly with setae in the middle
Apexofmale tergite
(Figs. 23a, 23c) (Figs. 9a, 9c)
Spermathecalcapsule Stalkonlyslightlylonger thanapicalorb(Fig. 25) Stalkabouttwiceaslong asapicalorb(Fig. 10)
1male inCWSL); 2 females, same data but29 Apr. 262, pls1(cid:1)2.
2009 ( 1 female in CCCC, 1 femalein NMNST); 1 Chou, W(cid:1)I 2004. Iconography of longhorn beetles in Taiwan. Owl
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male, samedata but23Apr. 2009(CCCC); 1male,
Gressit,t J. L. 1951. LongicorniaVo.l ∃: LongicornBeetlesofChina.
same data but2 Apr. 2009 (CYTC). PaulLechevalier, Paris, France. 667pp.
Hua, L(cid:1)Z 2002, ListofChineseInsectsVo.l ∃. Zhongshan(SunYat(cid:1)
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thanks to Mr. LIN Wen(cid:1)Hsin and Mr. CHEN Lewis, G. 1879. Oncertainnew speciesofColeopterafrom Japan. The
Chang(cid:1)Chin (Taiwan), for their passion on collecting AnnalsandMagazineofNaturalHistory, London, (5) 4: 459(cid:1)467.
Lin, M(cid:1)Y, LI, W(cid:1)Z and Yang, X(cid:1)K 2006. Male description of
insects and supporting of excellent specmi ens. Special
Eutetrapha velutinofasciata Pic, with a new synonym (Coleoptera:
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台湾天牛新种林氏直脊天牛描述 (鞘翅目, 天牛科, 沟胫天牛亚科, 楔天牛族 )
周文一1, 2(cid:1) 钟奕霆3(cid:1) 林美英1*
1. 中国科学院动物研究所, 动物进化与系统学院重点实验室(cid:1) 北京(cid:1) 100101
2. 德霖技术学院休闲事业管理系(cid:1) 台湾台北(cid:1) 23654
3. 有壳氏生态社(cid:1) 屏东台湾(cid:1) 91243
摘(cid:1) 要(cid:1) 描述了台湾天牛新种林氏直脊天牛, 给出了成虫整 ~ 16)
体彩色照片和外生殖器照片, 并提供了生态照片。正模标本
(cid:1) (cid:1) 新种与粗绿直脊天牛Eutetrapha chrysochloris (Bates, 1879)
保存在台湾国立自然科学博物馆, 副模标本分批保存在中国
近似。二者的区别在于: 新种外部显示颜色为金属蓝色至紫
科学院动物研究所及数个私人收藏馆。
蓝色; 鞘翅刻点较大而稀疏; 鞘翅端半部的黑色弧形斑较
林氏直脊天牛, 新种 Eutetrapha lini sp. nov. (图 1~ 10, 14 圆; 鞘翅末端微切, 多少显示为圆形, 背面观几乎看不到端
* 通讯作者(cid:2)
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缘角突; 阳基侧突较粗短, 长宽比小于 3; 中茎腹片末端较 & &, 台东县寿垰, 2009(cid:1)05(cid:1)16, 钟奕霆采 (CYTC, IZAS,
圆钝, 不强烈尖突; 第 8背板末端横切, 中央部分稀有刚 CW IC, CWSL); 2 & &, 地点同前, 2009(cid:1)04(cid:1)29 ( CCCC,
毛; 受精囊主体柄长度约为末端球体长度的 2倍。 NMNST); 1% , 地点同前, 2009(cid:1)04(cid:1)23 (CCCC); 1% , 地点
正模 % , 台湾台东县寿垰 (22∀15#N, 120∀50#E), 2009(cid:1) 同前, 2009(cid:1)04(cid:1)02 (CYTC)。
05(cid:1)16, 钟奕霆采 (NMNST)。副模: 1&, 台湾台东县寿垰, 词源: 新种名出自标本采集人林文信先生, 以其姓氏
1999(cid:1)07(cid:1)07, 林文信采 (CWSL); 1&, 台湾台东县达仁乡寿 命名。
垰, 海拔 500m, 2006(cid:1)06(cid:1)30, 周文一采 (CWSL); 3% % , 3
关键词(cid:1) 楔天牛族, 林氏直脊天牛, 新种, 台湾.
中图分类号(cid:1) Q969(cid:2)511(cid:2)4