Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 74. (Budapest 1982)

Kaszab, Z.: Die papuanisch-pazifischen Arten der Gattung Lorelus Sharp, 1876 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

1 4 „Length, 2^-; breadth, j- line." „ I found one example only, quite recently, at Parua Forest, near Whangarei Harbour." Untersuchungsmaterial. Holotypus befindet sich im British Museum (BM, nicht gesehen). Aus dem typischen Fundort Parua sah ich zwei Exemplare der BROUN'S Coli. (BM), welche aber später gesammelt worden sind als der Holotypus. Eine charakteristische, verhältnismässig robuste Art, mit dicken, dicht behaarten Fühlern, grob und dicht punktierten Halsschild und Flügeldecken; bei der ersteren sind die Seiten gebogen und ziemlich grob abgesetzt und die Flügeldecken nur wenig gröber punktiert als die Halsschildscheibe. Nächstverwandte Art ist L. sternalis BROUN, bei welcher der Halsschild feiner und dichter punktiert ist, ausserdem sind die Seiten weniger gebogen und die Vorderecken breiter verrundet. 31. Lorelus tarsalis BROUN, 1910 (Tafel V, Abb. 26) Lorelus tarsalis BROUN, 1910: Bull. N. Z. Inst., 1: 43. Die Originalbeschreibung lautet : ,,Shining, castaneous, but infuscate rather than rufescent; The legs pale rufo-castaneous, with numerous slender and rather short yellowish setae." „Head moderately coarsely and closely punctured. Thorax transverse, subquadrate, slightly wider near the middle than it is elsewhere, slightly narrowed towards the front as well as the base, posterior angles sharply rectangular but not projecting; the apex feebly medially incuved, its angles not prominent ; with a transverse depression at each side of the base and a slighter impression near each side just behind the middle, its punctation is not very close, like that of the back part of the head, more finely and less closely than in L. priscus. Elytra broader than the thorax and more coarsely punctured, the intervals not quite smooth, but with minute indefinite sculpture only." ,,Differs from L. priscus in having a shorter, differently sculptured thorax, less-prominent eyes, thicker antennae, with joints 5-8 quite transverse, and thicker terminal tarsal joints." 1 3 „Length, 2T" lines; breadth, quite -f line." „Otago. A single specimen, from Mr. T. Chalmers." Untersuchungsmaterial. Die einzige Holotype (Geschlecht nicht untersucht) sah ich aus der BROUN'S Coli. (BM). Zwei weitere Exemplare aus New Zealand: North Is., Mount Hütt, 30. III. 1912, BROUN Coli. (BM), welche als „var. 3098" [ = L. marginalis var.] bezeichnet sind (çf, Ç), gehören hierher. Diese Art steht L. nigrescens BROUN sehr nahe, noch schmaler, die Schulterbeule niedriger, Flügeldecken mehr lang eiförmig und die Scheibe des Halsschildes kaum abgeflacht. 32. Lorelus Iatulus BROUN, 1910 (Tafel V, Abb. 27) Lorelus Iatulus BROUN, 1910: Bull. N. Z. Inst., 1: 43. Die Originalbeschreibung lautet : „Rufo-castaneous, moderately nitid, tarsi and palpi testaceous; clothed with numerous minute brassy setae." „Head moderately coarsely, and a little rugosely punctured. Eyes large, depressed, and strongly transverse. Antennae finely yet distinctly pubescent, rather thick; the exposed portion of the basal joint not longer than the quadrate 2nd; 3rd stout, not as long as the preceding 2 combined; 4th slightly longer than 5th, yet not longer than broad; 5-8 transverse; 9th and 10th rather broader; 11th larger than 10th. Thorax subquadrate, obviousle transverse, its sides distinctly margined and gently curvedly narrowed towards the rectangular but not at all projecting hind angles; apex very slightly incurved, so that the obtuse angles appear a little prominent; its punctation similar to that of the head, but with the central linear space smooth. Scutellum broad. Elytra evidently broader than thorax at the base, rather wider near the extremity, the suture, depressed near the base, and near the apex also, their surface more coarsely punctured than the thorax, more finely at the extre-