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)

8 (9) Elytra subparallel-sided. Metasternum of male with blunt median protrusion; middle and hind tibiae of male with denticulation as figured (Figs 45-46) E. grandis (GYLLENHAL, 1817) 9 (8) Elytra distinctly dilated posteriorly. Metasternum of male with acute median protrusion; middle and hind tibiae of male with denticulation as figured (Figs 47-48) E. rufescens (BOISDUVAL, 1835) 10 (7) Size smaller, elytra yellowish brown with golden or olivaceous tinge or tricoloured (blue-golden-violaceous). Females cannot be identified with certainty. 11 (12) Hind tibiae of male with a large prominent tooth (Fig. 50). Metasternum and abdominal sterna I and ÏI of male with distinct outgrowths. Elytra most often tricoloured E. aurofasciata (BORCHMANN, 1915) 12 (11) Hind tibiae of male without large prominent tooth (Figs 52, 54). Metasternum and abdominal sterna of male without outgrowths. Elytra rarely tricoloured. 13 (14) Male much more slender than female. Hind tibiae of male with indistinct denticulation (Fig. 52). Male antennae with segment VIII strongly asymmetrical (Fig. 38) E. tomentosa (FABRICIUS, 1775) 14(13) Male nearly as wide as female. Hind tibiae of male with distinct denticulation (Fig. 54). Male antennae with segment VIII feebly asymmetrical (Fig. 39) E. monteithi sp. m Ecnolagria aeneoviolacea (CHAMPION, 1895) (Figs 34, 43-44, 55-56, 87, 110-111) Lagria aeneoviolacea CHAMPION, 1895, p. 228. — Lagria aeneoviolacea: BORCHMANN, 1910, p. 6. — — Ecnolagria aeneoviolacea: BORCHMANN, 1915, p. 141, 142; BORCHMANN, 1936, p. 141, 142; ARMSTRONG, 1948, p. 292. Body elongate, nearly parallel-sided (çf) er much broader (Ç). Head, pronotum and scutellum brownish green, elytra metallic green, with more or less expressed violescent tinge to variable extent; often with a vague golden transverse strip anterior to middle. Ventral surface reddish. Antennae black, basal segments brownish at base. Legs rufo-piceous with femoral base much paler. Dorsal pubescence rather long and sparse; erect on head and pronotum; elytra with shorter semierect to nearly decumbent and much longer erect hairs. — Length 10.0-12.5 mm. (/.Head coarsely and densely punctate. Frons shallowly impressed between eyes. Interocular distance distinctly narrower than eye diameter (101 = 86.9). — Antennae rather thick (Fig. 34), segment I hardly longer than interantennal distance (IAI = 10.6). Relative lengths of segments VI to XI are 17: 15: 15 : 13 : 12: 36, i.e. last segment a little shorter than 3 preceding combined. Segment IX barely lobiform on inner side. — Pronotum distinctly transverse (PNI = 89.3), flattened, widest anterior to middle, lateral impressions totally indistinct. Surface rough, punctation very coarse, interspaces raised, plicate, smooth and shining. —-Elytra feebly dilated posteriorly, flattened. Apex truncate, epipleura turning out preapically at inner edge. Punctation very coarse, interspaces strongly raised, transversally and obliquely plicate, coriaceous; surface smooth and shining. — Metasternum with rounded median protrusion, blunt. Abdominal sternite I with a median keel, II with an indistinct protuberance. Last abdominal segment broadly rounded at apex. — Legs robust, femora distinctly clavate. Fore tibiae finely serrate at apical 2/3. Middle and hind tibiae rather curved; middle tibiae slightly widening toward apex, apical half with small denticles (Fig. 43); hind tibiae with a row of small denticles at apical 2/3, without considerably longer tooth (Fig. 44). — Aedeagus as figured (Figs 55-56). — Habitus : Fig. 110. 9. A little larger and much broader. Interocular space broader than eye diameter (101 = 120). Antennái segment I much shorter than interantennal distance (IAI = 57.8); relative lengths of segments VII to XI are 15 : 14: 13 : 12: 32, i.e. last segment a little shorter than 3 preceding combined. Apical segments simple. Pronotum more transverse (PNI =81). Elytra convex, rounded at apex. Surface of metasternum and abdominal sterna even. Last abdominal segment less broadly rounded. Legs slenderer, tibiae unarmed. Habitus: Fig. 111. Type material — Champion's syntype series censists of 9 specimens, of which I have selected a female as lectotype from Fremantle, the type locality. It is labelled as follows : Syntype [cir-