Chlaenius propeagilis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Genus: Chlaenius
Name
Chlaenius propeagilis Valim, Ye, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Chlaenius propeagilis Valim, Ye, 2011, ZooKeys 128: 22-26.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Antennomere 1 elongate ovoid (Fig. 54); color of antennomeres 1-3 lighter than antennomeres 4-11; intervals 1-5 almost glabrous medially, with one or two rows of pubescence at each lateral side, more evenly pubescent near apex (Fig. 82); apical lamella of aedeagus moderately triangular (Fig. 121), thick and reflexed in lateral view (Fig. 122).
Description
Description. Total length = 15.50-17.00 mm (mean = 15.71), width = 5.60-6.13 mm (mean = 5.81); HW = 2.75-2.95 mm (mean = 2.82), EYL = 1.00-1.15 mm (mean = 1.09), ratio Ant3/Ant1 = 1.73-1.93 (mean = 1.81), PL/PW = 0.78-0.85 (mean = 0.83), EL/EW = 1.62-1.79 (mean = 1.73), EL/ PL = 1.29-1.45 (mean = 1.36). Head and pronotum black with green or coppery metallic luster; elytra black; ventral surface black, with some slight metallic reflection; coxae almost black; mandibles dark brown; antennomeres 4-11, palpomere, trochanters, tibiae at both ends, and tarsomeres reddish or brown; antennomeres 1-3, femora and middle portions of tibiae yellow or yellowish-brown. Head rugose near eyes and occiput, vertex sparsely rugose; eyes prominent; antennomere 1 elongate-ovoid (Fig. 54); labrum concave at apex, with distinct microsculpture; mentum tooth emarginate apically. Pronotum cordate, moderately convex; lateral margins bordered; disk almost smooth, sparsely rugose and setose near base and lateral margins; basal foveae moderately deep. Elytra widest at mid-length; humeral angle obtuse (Fig. 68); striae deep, punctate; intervals moderately convex, intervals 1-5 almost glabrous medially, with a row of pubescence laterally, intervals more evenly pubescent near apex (Fig. 82); intervals 6-9 pubescent throughout and with intervals 7-9 more densely pubescent than 6. Abdominal sterna bordered, densely pubescent laterally; sterna IV-VI sparsely pubescent medially; sternum VII rugose-pubescent, with apex narrowly rounded or subobtuse in males (Fig. 98), more broadly rounded in female (Fig. 99). Apical lamella of aedeagus moderately triangular (Fig. 121), thick and bent ventrally (Fig. 122). Gonostylus (Figs 14-15).
Etymology
Etymology. The Latinized namepropeagilis refers to the similarity of members of this species to those of Chlaenius agilis.
Distribution
Geographical distribution. Fig. 158. Known only from southeastern Tibet and Yunnan Province, China.
Taxon Treatment
- Valim, Ye; Kavanaugh, David H.; Shi, Hongliang; Liang, Hongbin; 2011: A key to species of subgenus Lithochlaenius (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaeniini, Chlaenius), with descriptions of three new species ZooKeys, 128: 22-26. doi
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