Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 80. (Budapest 1988)

Merkl, O.: Notes on Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1886, with description of Lagria gressitti sp. n. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini)

Type material — Lectotype, $, pinned specimen, labelled as follows: K 30 844 ! Lagria azureipennis Mcleay [handwritten] SYNTYPE [red] J Lectotypus Q Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1886 des. O. Merkl, 1988 [red]. — Paralectotype, Q > fragmented specimen, the parts of body being mounted on a card, labelled as follows: K 30 948 j Lagria azureipennis Mcleay [handwritten] | SYNTYPE [red] | Paralectotypus Q Lagria azureipennis Macleay, 1886 des O. Merkl, 1988 [yellow. — Both lectotype and paralectotype are deposited in the AMSA. Type locality: Fly River, Papua New Guinea. Remarks — Both type specimens are females and this fact is especially unfortunate in this case. The females of many species belonging to Lagria and other genera are hardly or not at all discernible from one another. I have seen several undescribed Lagria-species from New Guinea that have well-distinguishable males, while the females are exactly alike and completely similar to the female of L. azureipennis — thus, at the moment I cannot decide which males are to be co-ordinated with the type. Lagria gressitti sp. n. (Figs 1-2, 4-5) Lagria azureipennis : MERKL 1987: 123, 128, 132, 160, 161 (misidentification). Body typical for Lagria, elongate, rather slender; head and pronotum metallic blackish-green to blue; scutellum blackish ; elytra blue to bluish-violet; ventral surface dark reddish brown; antennái segments I to VIII yellow, segment IX darkling, segments X and XI black; legs black with femoral base reddish; dorsal surface shining; pubescence silvery white. — Length 8.0-12.4 mm. Fig. 1. Lagria gressitti sp. n., rf.