Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 79. (Budapest 1987)

Merkl, O.: A review of the Australian species of the subtribe Lagriina (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae)

Nat. Pk. ; 26.50 S 151.33 E Bunya Mts (3 km from summit, on Kingaroy Rd; id., 5 km from summit, 3500'; 5 km NW of Mt. Mowbullan, 3350'); Cairns; Cawdi Rainforest; National Park, McPherson Range. (3, AMNH; 49, AMSA; 70, ANIC; 19, BMNH; 5, CASC; 3, CNCI; 1, FMNH

; 29, HNHM; 4, IFPE; 2, IRSN; 1, MCSN; 6, MCZC; 33, NMVA; 2, QMBA; 10, SAMA; 5, UQIC; 3, ZMKD), R e marks — An important overlap exists in the variability of elytral colour pattern of Ecnolagria tomentosa andis. aurofasciata. Specimens of tomentosa have elytra usually coppery yellowish brown, with basal bluish colouration, while the elytra of aurofasciata are mostly violet, with basal 1/5 blue and the two colours are separated by a golden strip. However, there are specimens of tomentosa with elytra similar to those of aurofasciata and vice versa. E. aurofasciata is usually more shining, tomentosa somewhat alutaceous, but this character is often inapplicable. E. tomentosa is much more widely distributed than aurofasciata, and the specimens with colour similar to aurofasciata are found on the common area (eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales); southwards the specimens of tomentosa are of typical colour. Males can be distinguished without difficulties by the denticulation of the hind tibiae, the absence or presence of outgrowths on the metasternum and abdominal sterna, etc., but the female specimens collected in the common are and not unequivocally associated with males cannot be determined with certainty. These specimens have thus remained unidentified and are from the following localities (total 96 specimens): Queensland : Bald Mt. Area, via Emu Vale, 3-4000' ; Brisbane ; Bunya Mts. ; Caboolture ; Cairns; Cunningham's Gap; Currumbin Ck.

; Eagle Hts.

; Gayndah; Inkermann, Townsville; Lamington; Lamington Nat. Pk. ; Mistake Mts., 3000-35000', via Laidley; Mt. Glorious; Mt. Tully, nr. Stanthorpe; National Park, McPherson Range, 3-4000'; Ravensbourne, 26 mis N. Toowoomba; Tamborine Mt.

; Toowoomba; Tully's Lookout. — New South Wales: Dorrigo, 3000'; Dorrigo Nat. Pk., via Dorrigo; Illawarra; Nowra; Toolom Range, ca 2000'; Ulong, E Dorrigo. (9, AMSA; 1, ANIC; 18, BMNH; 3, CNCI; 1, HPCW; 12, MCZC; 1, NHMW; 8, NMVA; 17, QMBA; 3, SAMA; 23, UQIC). Ecnolagria monteithi sp. n. (Figs 39, 53-54, 67-68, 88, 120-121) Body broadly oval. Head and pronotum blackish brown, Scutellum reddish. Elytra with basal 1 /4 violet, the rest yellowish to reddish brown with olivaceous tint. Ventral surface reddish. Antennae black, 4 to 5 basal segments brownish at base. Femora brownish, with femoral tip black, tibiae and tarsi black. Dorsal pubescence short, erect on head and pronotum, decumbent on elytra. — Length 10-12 mm. çf

. H e a d coarsely and densely punctate. Interocular distance much narrower than eye diameter (IOI = 75). — Antennae slender (Fig. 39), segment I a little longer than interantennal distance (IAI = 111.4). Relative lengths of segments VI to XI are 17: 15: 14: 10: 9: 40, i.e. last segment longer than 3 preceding combined. Segment VIII feebly asymmetrical, not bicuspidate; segment IX with lobiform extension; segment X barely dilated. — Pronotum transverse (PNI = = 86.3), widest at middle, almost evenly convex. Punctation coarser but sparser than that of head. Interspaces irregularly raised, plicate, smooth. — Elytra distinctly dilated posteriorly. Apex simply rounded. Punctation as coarse as that of pronotum but closer. Interspaces barely plicate, alutaceous. -— Metasternum without median protrusion. Abdominal sterna 1 and II without outgrowths. Last abdominal segment broadly rounded at apex. — Legs moderately robust, femora slightly clavate. Fore tibiae with a few (3-4) small denticles at apical half, situating far remored from one another. Middle tibiae gradually and slightly widening toward apex; apical half with a few (7-8) small but distinct denticles of variable size (Fig. 53). Hind tibiae with small but distinct denticles at apical 2/3, variable in size, with out conspicuously larger tooth (Fig. 54). — Aedeagus as figured (figs 67-68). — Habitus: Fig. 120. 9 • A little larger and broader. Interocular distance equal to eye diameter (IAI = 100). Antennái segment 1 much shorter than interantennal distance (IAI = 60). Relative lengths of segments VII to XI are 18: 17: 15: 12 : 36, i.e. last segment much shorter than 3 preceding combined. Apical segments simple. Pronotum more transverse (PNI = 81.5). Last abdominal segment acutely rounded at apex. Tibiae unarmed. Habitus: Fig. 121.