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X X X V i i I, N O J UNE:. 1 9 8 3 A New Species of nc/1otzcfm2,os from Central Honshu, Japan (Coleoptera, Carabidae) By AKINoBU HABU Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Inst i tute of A gricul tural Sciences1) Kannondai III, Ya tabe, Ibaraki Pref. -:105 T he n e w species described in this pa pe r is founded o n the specimens Mr. S. K. 、 sAHARA found in Mt. Minobu and bestowed on our laborato ry. I w ish t o e x p r e s s r l cordial grati tude to him for his k indness. 「,,zc11ofzc12,lies ( n ,zc/1oftc1lmfs) asa/1a,,az sp n o v . “ K asa ha ra -tsuya-gomokumushi” Descrtptto,1. Length 13.7-14.2 mm. Width 5.0-5.3mm. Black, faint ly reddish under spotlight, shiny, elytrair idescent ; labrum and mandibles dar k reddish brown, antennae, palpi andlegs light yellowish-reddish brown, lateral marginal a r e a s of pronotum, and posterior lateral to apical margin of elytra reddish ; ventral side dark redd ish brow n or redd ish black. Head con vex, dorsal side not punctate;microscuIpture al m ost isodiametric or forming a little transverse meshes, faint at central area, somewhat distinct at laterodorsa1areas; supr aorbital s et a e bef or e level of hind margin of eyes; eyes rather convex, WH 'WF1.3.)-1.34, mean 1.:i3, in three 1. and one 1., genuine ventral margin dist inctly distant f r om buccal fissures, disparity between genuine and apparent ventral 1 Reti red in June, 1981 2 f ron tal T margins distinct ; impressions moderately im - pressed, reaching f rontal lateral furrows; antennae extending beyond shoulder ; labrum moderately emargi- nat e at apex ; penult imate segmen t a littleshorterto a s long a s apical segment in maxillary palpi, as long as t o a l it t le longer th an apical segment in labial palpi ; toot h of m ent u m stout, well rounded at apex. Pronotum (Fig, :2) some- w h at c o n v e x , w idest at about two-fifths, o n e and one-four t h t imes as w ide as head, at leastoneand t w o - fifths times as wide as long ( WP W H 1.37-1.43, m e an 1.40, WP,'LP 140-1.411, mean 1.44 WP. W BP 1.29-1.3.), mean t 30, W BP W AP 1.09黶 1.12, m e a n 1.10) ; sur f ace densely, dist inctly punct ate except cent r al a r e a w her e punctures are almost absent Fig Trichotlchrius(Trichotich,tus) kasah(1,at and s o m e f aint t r ans verse n o v. s p ,. r ugae are present, punctures in anterior transverse impression and basal foveae more or less confluent (punctures at median apical a r e a indist inct in t w o ex ), punct ures at median basal area small and less dense, but basal punctate areanot interrupted at middle ; microsculpture rather faint at cen t ral a r e a, somewhat distinct at other areas, forming moderately transversemeshes; apex slightly emarginate, border e v a n e sc e n t a t median area; apical anglesa little protrudent, rounded; base widely, moderately emarginate at m edian area, border m o r e o r less effaced at middle; basal angles rectangular, protrudent laterally as small toothat apex; lateral margins bordered, moderately rounded anteriorly, more cont ract ed posteriorly t han in lepto1)11s, fairly sinuatebefore basal angles; lateral furrowsa little wider than in tel)toplts, dilated posteriorly; marginal setae at two- 、 3 fift hs ; median l ine fine but dist inct, effaced at apical area, reaching base; anterior tr ans ver se impression fairly deep, posterior transverse impression rathershallow to somewhat deep; basal foveae somewhat deep ; outside areas of basal foveae slight ly raised. Wings short, one-fourth a s long a s elytra. Elytra gently c o n v e x , ovate, widest at middle, at most oneand one-f our th times a s w ide as pronot um (W E: WP 121, 1.23, 1.23 in three : 1, 1.21) in one - ), one and four-sevent hs t o one andfive-eighths times a s long a s wide; surface not punctate ; microsculpture faint ; basal border a l ittle sinuate, almost level or weakly oblique outward, forming obtuse angle at shoulder; tooth of shoulder small, not distinct ; lateral margin moderately dilated towards middle,apical sinuation rather shallowor somewhat deep; apex rounded; st riae not punctate, deep ; intervals rather convex, outer intervals more c o n v e x than inner intervals, interval 3 w i t h o n e p ore a little before middle; marginal series with about twenty-five pores. Fore tib iae distinct ly su lcat e ; fore tarsi of single -- damaged ; segment 1 of mid tarsi of with abhesive hairs on ventral sideat apical half ; hind tars i a l i tt le (at most one-eighth) longer thanh ead width, segment 1 more than one and two-fifths t imes (proport ion 141- 1.45) as long as segment ), segment 5 fairly shorter (proport ion 0.8.)-0.87) than segment 1; segment 5 with four or five setae in hind tarsi, three or four in mid tarsi, three in fore tarsi, on either vent rolateral margin. Pro- and metasternum (at lateral areas), pro-, meso-and metepist erna punctate, lateral areas ofsternites1and2 rugose-carinate; sternite ) at median a r e a and sternite 3 at anter ior half of mediana r e a sparsely pubescent ; metepisterna shorter than long, L W 0.9:i, ().89 in one and o n e , . 2 3 、 、 ' / 、 、 ' ノ __ - 黶- 、 ' ( ll」 Figs. _-4. 「 rio/fofl'c加1us ( 「 ric/ioffc/tM s) /tasa1/arat sp n o v 2.Pronotum. :1. Male geni tal ia. 4. Female genitalia. T l . i 4 Aedeagus (Fig. 3) moderately bent at basal third, thencealmost strajght, more prolonged apically than in lePtoPus, somewhat reflexed n e a r apex, ventral side rather finely margined, interspacesomew hat depressedat subapical area; surface not rugose,withoutmCirosculpture; apjcal orjfjceopened laterodorsa1ly; apical lamella longer thanin ot her spp. of lej)top?s_group, oneand one-half timesas longaswideat base, sjnuately, gently cont ract ed apically, almost parallel at about apical thjrd, apex rounded, bordered on dorsal side; right Paramere as longas left paramere, rounded at apex. Basal segment of styluses (Fig 4) with onesetaat outer apicalarea, apjcal segment slender, gently curvedat about middle, with oneshort, not stout spine b efo re m iddle o n v ent ral and do rsal out er margins; hemjsternjtes with two moderately long, somewhat stout setae ando n e shorter, not stout seta at apical area. Dist ribution. Japan : Central Honshu. Type_series. Holotype: , IX 5, 1980, Mt. Minobu, YamanashiProf., S. KASAHARA :: S a m e leg., preser ved jn Natl. Inst. Agr. Sci. Paratypes : ) and o n e ,, as holo- type. Remarks.Thisnew species belongs to th e lej)toPus-group, and is the largest amongtheejght speciesof Japan, havingtheaedeagusmoreprolongedapically,with the apjcal lamel la distinct l y longer than in the other eight species;the fo「e tibiae djstinctly sulca te are also avai lable to dist inguishi t f r om the othe「s. T he aedeagus c on ta ins o n e large peg-form copulatory piece w h ich is n o t w el l vis ibl e i n the left late ral v iew. _L r Revisional Study o n Megalopodinae, Donaciinae and Clytrinae of Japan (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae) By SHINSAKU K IMOT0 Biological Laboratory, Depar tment of General Education, School of Medicine, Kurume Universi ty, Kurume 8:10 T hi s is a revisional work on Mega1opodinae, Donaciinae and Cl ytrinae of Japan, previously reported by KIMoTo (1914) under the ti tle of“ Chrysomelidae of Japanand the R yuk yu Is”. Subfamily Mega1opodinae Key to Japanese genera of Mega1opodinae Posterior femur armed withatooth near middle or apex of unde rsidein both sexes; prothoraxwith a small projection at side, just anteriorhind to angle ; poster ior femur w i th one or two subapical teeth, sometimesone on mi dd le o f un de rs ide also ; body somet imes fairl y b roa d Posterior femur without ventral tooth, but ins o m e species w i t h a sle nde r obl ique postmedian tooth in male ; prothorax with a small projection at side, justanterior tO h in d angle (LACORDAIRE, 1845; type: Mega1oj)usυ jaana GUERIN-MENEvILLE) Temnas1)is Genus Cotobasf)ts FAIRMAIRE Co1obasf)ts FArRMAiRE, 1894, Ann.