Macroscytus fraterculus HORVÁTH, 1919

Macroscytus fraterculus HORVÁTH , bona sp.

(Figs 121­125)

Macroscytus japonensis , not of SCOTT: SCOTT 1874: 294 [paralectotype]; JOSIFOV & KERZHNER 1978: 189 [part].

Macroscytus fraterculus HORVÁTH, 1919: 241 ; WU 1935: 269; ESAKI 1959: 75; STICHEL 1962: 775 (erroneously syn. with M. japonensis by JOSIFOV & KERZHNER 1978: 189).

Macroscytus subaeneus , not of DALLAS [part]: HSIAO et al. 1979:46.

Macroscytus confusus J.A. LIS, 1995a: 163 , syn. n.

DESCRIPTION

Body 7.10­9.22 mm in length, 4.26­5.20 mm in width, castaneous to dark castaneous, sometimes almost black.

Head dorsally impunctate or almost impunctate; clypeus without subapical setigerous punctures, each paraclypeus submarginally with a single preocular setigerous puncture (Fig. 121); ocular index 2.70­3.20; interocellar index 5.1­ 7.3; length of antennal segments (in mm): 0.34­0.42: 0.38­0.52: 0.47­0.60: 0.55­0.71: 0.61­0.76.

Pronotum without transverse discal impression behind calli; disc with an arcuate patch of punctures behind head, a broad band of many punctures behind the middle, and numerous punctures antero­laterally; lateral margins with 5­7 submarginal setigerous punctures. Propleural depression with punctures.

Scutellum densely punctate with exception of antero­lateral angles and extreme apex.

Corium conspicuously punctate; clavus with one complete and two partial rows of punctures; mesocorial disc densely punctate; exocorium with weaker puncturation; costa narrow, separated from exocorium in its anterior fourth fifths, slightly convex, bearing 2 setigerous punctures.

Male hind femora with almost indistinct subbasal tooth on dorsal margin; male hind tibia with very small subbasal tubercle; female hind legs not modified.

Abdominal sterna wrinkled laterally, punctures present only behind and sometimes lateral to spiracles.

Male genitalia as in Figs 122­125.

TYPE DATA

Lectotype male (designated by JOSIFOV & KERZHNER, 1978: 189) of Macroscytus fraterculus HORVÁTH : China, Peking ( HNHM) .

Holotype male of Macroscytus confusus J.A. LIS : Japan, Honshu, Kanagawa pref., Hayama ( ZMA) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Lectotype of Macroscytus fraterculus , Holotype of Macroscytus confusus , 7 paratypes of Macroscytus confusus , and 6 other specimens: China: Fokien [Fujian], 3 paratypes ( UO) ; Fukien, Shaowu , 1 ex. ( BMH) ; Fukien, ChungAn, Bohea Hills , 3 exx. ( BMH, UO) ; Peking [Beijing], 1 paratypes ( UO) . Japan: Honshu, Osaka, Rokkusan , 3 paratypes ( UO) ; Kobe , 1 ex. ( BMH) ; Hekinan, Gyõyõ­jinsha, Gyõyõ­chõ, Nishio city, Aichi Pref., 1 ex. ( NSMT) .

DISTRIBUTION

China (Fujian, Beijing), Japan.