Labidolanguria apicata ( Zia, 1959 ), 2025

Huang, Zheng-Zhong, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ge, Si-Qin, 2025, Revision of the genus Labidolanguria Fowler, 1908 (Coleoptera, Erotylidae, Languriinae), with descriptions of a new species and two new combinations, ZooKeys 1233, pp. 315-323 : 315-323

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.132046

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7FDE27BF-6B00-4166-A0D7-F19619D28B40

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15119651

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8AB0A41-1596-559F-91E1-59CC1C121E92

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scientific name

Labidolanguria apicata ( Zia, 1959 )
status

comb. nov.

Labidolanguria apicata ( Zia, 1959) comb. nov.

Fig. 1 C View Figure 1

Tetralanguria apicata Zia, 1959: 236. Type locality: China: Sichuan. Type depository: IZCAS.

Tetraphala apicata : Leschen and Wegrzynowicz 1998: 241.

Type material examined.

Holotype: Sichuan Emei mountain , 1100 m, 1955.VI.22 [In Chinese] / leg. Wu Le [In Chinese] // [in Russian] // HOLOTYPE [red label] // IOZ (E) 221361 [blue label] // Tetralanguria apicata m. / det. Zia Yonyon] 1957 [In Chinese] ; Paratype: Sichuan Emei mountain , 580–1100 m, 1955. VI. 22 [In Chinese] // leg. Huang Tian-rong [In Chinese] // [in Russian] // ALLOTYPE [green label] // IOZ (E) 221362 [blue label] .

Additional material examined.

1 ♂ 1 ♀ China: Yunnan Malipo County Xiajinchang Village Zhongzhai / 2015.VI.7 leg. Huang Z. Z. / IZCAS // N23°07.213′ / E104°49.378′ / alt. 1855 m / IZCAS GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

China (Sichuan and Yunnan).

Diagnosis.

This species is unique within the genus for its abdominal color pattern; all three ventrites from II to IV have a black or green metallic spot in the middle of the basal margin. The last ventrite has a black or green metallic luster. The abdominal coxal lines are long and parallel.

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Erotylidae

Genus

Labidolanguria

Loc

Labidolanguria apicata ( Zia, 1959 )

Huang, Zheng-Zhong, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ge, Si-Qin 2025
2025
Loc

Tetraphala apicata

Leschen RAB & Wegrzynowicz P 1998: 241
1998
Loc

Tetralanguria apicata

Zia Y 1959: 236
1959