Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 99. (Budapest 2007)

Platia, G. ; Schimmel, R.: Click beetles of Taiwan collected by the expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the years 1955 to 2003 (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Description - Male. Shiny; entirely blackish with antennae and legs brown ferrugineous; covered with rough, yellowish, semierect, vestiture (Fig. 45). Frons flat, feebly impressed near the anterior margin, the latter regularly and moderately arcuate, slightly thickened and just pro­truding above clypeus; punctures coarse, umbilicate, contiguous. Antennae reaching the apices of posterior angles of pronotum; second antennomere subcylindrical, slightly longer than broad; third antennomere subconical, a little longer than second, and less than twice longer than broad; second and third, taken together, slightly shorter than fourth; fourth to sixth trian­gular, about twice longer than wide; seventh to tenth slender and twice longer than wide; last antennomere ellipsoidal. Pronotum slightly broader than long, widest at hind angles, moder­ately convex on disk, without any trace of midlongitudinal furrow; sides from middle or just be­hind towards regularly narrowing; subparallel in the basal third or just sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter at apex truncate, feebly converging with fine carina subparallel to lat­eral margin; punctation rather variable, on the disk with the punctures are elongate, more or less umbilicate, with variable interspaces, so giving the surface a striate appearance; at sides more ro­bust with close interspaces. Scutellum subrectangular, flat, densely punctured. Elytra 2.9-3 times longer than pronotum; sides from base to apex regularly narrowing: striae strongly punctured; interstriae flat to subconvex with dense and finer punctation. Prosternai process immediately and scarcely bent behind the procoxae, slightly emarginate at apex. Male genitalia as in Fig. 46 (length 1.62 mm). Size. Length 14 (holotype)­14.5 mm; width 3.62 (holotype)-3.68 mm. Female unknown. Etymology - This species is dedicated to Mrs. EMÍLIA JUHÁSZ, wife of Dr. ANDRÁS KUN (see Glyphonyx kuni sp. n.), who in 1999 collected together with her husband a number of bee­tles in Taiwan. Comparative remarks - The new species can be compared with Melanotus gracilipennis KlSHII et PLATIA, 1993, but it is distinguished by its blackish col­our, the second and third antennomeres, taken together, shorter than fourth, and the slender male genitalia. Melanotus (Melanotus) suzukii sp. n. (Figs 42-44) Material examined - Holotype male: Taiwan: Ilan County, Fu Shan Botanical Garden, 700 m, at light, 25-27.IX.2000, L. PAPP, L. RONKAY & L. PEREGOVITS (HNHM). Description - Male. Head, pronotum, antennae and legs dark brown; scutellum and elytra lighter, ferruginous with indefinite darker shadings; covered with short and fine fulvous vestiture (Fig. 42). Frons flat, slightly impressed at anterior margin, the latter regularly thick­ened, subarcuate and protruding above clypeus; punctures coarse, deep, more or less umbilicate with shortest interspaces, shiny to feeble shagreened. Antennae not reaching the apices of hind angles of pronotum for about one antennomere; second antennomere a little longer than broad; third just longer than second and less than twice longer than broad; second and third

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