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)

typus çf lagria tenuicollis Lea, 1917 des. O. Merkl 1987 [red] I Stenolagria leai (Borchmann, 1936) ( = Lagria tenuicollis Lea, 1917, nom. preocc.) det. Merkl. 1987. It is deposited in SAMA. Distribution : It is known from a few spots of tropical rain forests in northern Queensland (Fig. 83). Non-type material examined. Total 20 specimens. — Queensland : Danbulla, 25. I. 1970, R. E. Parrott (1, CNCI); Kuranda, I. 1947, J. G. Brooks (1, ANIC); 3 mis W of Mossman, 14. III. 1964, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton (1, ANIC); Mt. Spec, 5-7. I. 1965, J. G. Brooks (2, ANIC); id., via Paluma, 17. XII. 1966, B. Cantrell (1, UQIC) ; Palmerston Nat. Pk., via Innisfail, 23. IV. 1968, G. Monteith (1, UQIC); 18.59 S 146.09 E Paluma, 2 km SE, 17.1. 1970, Britton & Misko (1, ANIC); id., 3 km W, 2900', 16. I. 1970, E. Britton (1, ANIC); 19.05 S 140.14 E, 1 ml SE of Paluma, ca 3000'. 17-18. I. 1970, Britton & Misko (1, ANIC); Star Valley, Lookout, Paluma, 13. I. 1970, J. G. Brooks (3, ANIC); Townsville, 16-22. III. 1965, J. Balosh (6, HNHM); Whitfield Heights, 21. VIII. 1969. R. E. Parrott (1, CNCI). Stenolagria matthewsi sp. n. (Figs 71-72, 74-75, 78-79, 83, 125-126) Body unicolorous black (immature specimens paler). Head and pronotum tinged with metallic green, elytra weakly purplish or greenish. Dorsal pubescence long, sparse, erect on head, pronotum and legs; semierect, mixed with longer erect hairs on elytra. — Length 7.5-10.2 mm. çf. Head coarsely and densely punctate. Interantennal swelling well-developed, narrowly divided by a punctate area (Fig. 78). Interocular distance considerably narrower than eye diameter (101 = 61.1). — Antennae with segment I distinctly longer than half of interantennal distance (IAI =78.1). Relative lengths of segments VI to XI are 11: 11 : 9 : 8 : 7 : 43, i. e. last segment longer than 4 preceding combined. Segmetn VII distinctly broader than VIII; endoapical angle of segments IX and X lobiformly expanded. — Pronotum as long as wide (PNI = 100), subcylindrical, with 4 shallow impressions. Punctation coarser but scarcer than that of head. — Elytra with punctation finer and sparser than taht of pronotum. Intérsaeces irregularly plicate, smooth and shining. — Legs with tibial denticulation well developed; distinct also on fore tibiae; middle (Fig. 71) and hind tibiae (Fig. 72) with denticulation serrate, coarse, denticles subequal in length. — Aedeagus as figured (Figs 74-75). — Habitus : Fig. 125. 9. A little longer and broader. Interocular distance narrower than eye diameter (101 = 77.8). Antennái segment I a little shorter than half of interantennal distance (IAI = 48.6). Relative lengths of segments VII to XI are 11 : 11 : 10: 9: 26, i.e. last segment much shorter than 3 preceding com89 90 91 Annls hist.-naî. Mus. natn. hung., 79, 1987