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)
rf. Head coarsely punctate; interocular distance nearly twice as wide as eye diameter; a nt e n n a e slender; segment length ratios as follows (holotype) : 11 : 7 : 14 : 13 : 12 : 11 : 10 : 10 : 10 : 10 : 38; segment I much shorter than half the distance between antennái sockets. — Pronotum a little shorter to a little longer than broad; widest anterior to middle; sides arcuate; punctation very coarse and sparse (Fig. 2); pronotal pubescence long, sparse, semi-erect, directing forwards. — E 1 y tr a slightly dilated posteriorly; punctation a little less coarse and slightly denser than that of pronotum; interspaces weakly plicate; elytral pubescence long, sparse, semi-erect, directing backwards, mixed with erect hairs. — Thoracal and abdominal sterna without modifications; ventral pubescence shorter than dorsal, semi-erect. — Legs typical; all tibiae unarmed and nearly straight. — Aedeagus: Fig. 4. — Habitus: Fig. 1. 9 . In general larger and broader; interocular distance more than twice as wide as eye diameter; antennái segment length ratios as follows: 11 : 7: 14: 13 : 11 : 11 : 10: 10: 10: 10: 23; pronotal punctation usually disturbed at middle. Type material — Holotype,-/, labelled as follows :Papua New Guinea Bisianumu , E. of Port Moresby 500 m Sept. 24, 1955 ! J. L. Gressitt Collector | Holotypus 3* Lagria gressitti Merkl, 1988 [red]. It is deposited in BPBM. Paratypes (53 specimens; if sex not indicated, it was not studied). — Papua New Guinea, Central Province: labelled as holotype (4f 0 *, 1 $, BPBM; Irfrf, HNHM ex BPBM); id., Crotalaria flowers (l-?, 1 $, BPBM) ; Bisiatabu, Port Moresby, W. N. Lock (1 1 Q , SAMA; 1 0, HNHM ex SAMA); Brown River, 20 m, 30. X. 1965, J. & J. H. Sedlacek (1$, SPCB); id., 2. III. 1966, G. Monteith(10,UQIC); id.,II. 1975, R. Hornabrook (1 $, HPCW);id., 8-11. III. 1955, lowland rainforest, E. Wilson (irf, MCZC); Laioki. II. 1910, F. Muir (1 f, BPBM); between Laioki R. and Brown R., 35 m, 16. III. 1956, J. L. Gressitt (1 9 , BPBM); Moroka, 1000 m, IX-X. 1893, Loria (1 9, MCSN); Port Moresby (19, SAMA); id., II. 1975, R. Hornabrook (1rf, HPCW); Port Moresby, Mt. Lawes, 1300 ft, 5. III-12. V. 1963, W. W. Brandt (1 9, ANIC); St. Joseph's River, Sir W. McGregor (19» SAMA, formerly identified as Lagria ?azureipennis Mad. by unknown); Yule Island, 1905. Fry (I9, BMNH, identified as Lagria azureipennis Macl. by K. G. Blair); id., VI. 1875, L. M. D'Albertis (1 9, MCSN, formerly identified as Lagria tomentosa F. by Fr. Borchmann). Northern Province: Popondetta, Sangara, 19. III. 1956, E. S. Brown (39 9. BMNH). Western Province: Lake Murray, 11. II. 1974, R. Hornabrook (2 * \ HPCW; 1 -f, HNHM ex HPCW); Mabaduan Hill, 5. X. 1972, malaise trap, Stibick (irf, 1 9, CNCD; Moorhead, 18 m, 14. VII. 1964, H. Clissold (If, BPBM); Rouku, Morehead River, 19. III-28. V. 1962, W. W. Brandt (If/, ANIC); Fly River, 1876-1877, L. M. D'Albertis (1 9, MCSN). Southern Highlands Province: Lake Kutubu, 2400 ft, 17. II. 1971, R. Hornabrook (19, HPCW). — Indonesia, Irian Jaya Province: Etna baai, 1904-05, Dr. Koch (1 Q, ZMUA); "Nieuw Guinea" [no closer locality] (1$, IFPE, formerly identified as Lagria tomentosa F. by Fr. Borchmann). Maluku Province: Aru Islands, Maikoor, Figs 2-4. 2 — pronotum of Lagria gressitti sp. n., 3*, 3 = pronotum of Lagria cyanea MACLEAY, rf, 4 = aedeagus of Lagria gressitti sp. n., rf.
