A N N A L E S Z O O L O G I C I (Warszawa), 2014, 64(1): 1-7 CAUTIRES APTERUS, A NEW SPECIES AND THE FIRST RECORD OF WINGLESS MALE LYCIDAE (COLEOPTERA) DISCOVERED IN THE NORTH PARE MOUNTAINS, TANZANIA LADISLAV BOCAK1, VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV2, and KATERINA SKLENAROVA3 1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] 2Canadian Food Inspect Agency, Ottawa Plant Laboratory, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; e-mail: [email protected] 3Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.— We report the first know case of male hind-wing aptery among the net-winged beetles (Lycidae). Five male specimens of Cautires apterus sp. nov. were discovered by sifting forest litter in a very small (approximately 300 meters by 50 meters) Kamwala Forest within the North Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Besides being wingless, males of C. apterus sp. nov. have remarkably small body, shortened elytra and reduced pronotal and elytral costae. Generic assignment of this externally unusual new species is based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis, the structure of the male genitalia and the shape of the pronotum. We discuss biological and evolutionary significance of the discovery and suggest that the winglessness of male lycid beetles correlates with the female neoteny. Key words.— male aptery, East Arc Mountains, East Africa, neoteny, Kamwala Forest, Pleistocene refugium. INTRODUCTION fully grown larvae (Bocak et al. 2008). The female winglessness and male brachelytry appear to corre- The net-winged beetles (Lycidae) belong to a group late, since no reduction of male wings has been observ- of the elateroid families with incomplete body scleroti- ed when females are fully winged (Bocak and Bocako- zation in both sexes and with neotenic modifications in va 2008). Two other male morphological characters some females (Kundrata and Bocak 2011a). Females in also appear to correlate with the presence of larviform the soft-bodied elateroid lineages often have only ves- females: males are much smaller than females and tigial elytra and the hind wings are completely absent, males have reduced hypognathous mouthparts (Bocak as exemplified in the genera Omalisus Geoffrey, 1762 and Bocakova 2008). When females do not fly, male of Omalisidae and Lamprorhiza Mulsant, 1862 of flight ability is also limited so males remain in the low- Lampyridae (Bocak and Brlik 2008, Branham 2010). est strata of the forest (personal observation) and are Even more dramatic, in some cases mature females are collected in the leaf litter (Kazantsev 1999). Such larviform and barely distinguishable externally from the peculiar life history of these low-dispersing beetles, as PL ISSN 0003-4541 © Fundacja Natura optima dux doi: 10.3161/000345414X680500 A N N A L E S Z O O L O G I C I (Warszawa), 2014, 64(1): 9-14 KOGHICOLA KAROLINAE, NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE EUGNOMINI FROM NEW CALEDONIA (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) MIŁOSZ A. MAZUR Opole University, Department of Biosystematics, Center for Biodiversity Studies, Oleska St. 22; 45-052 Opole, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D8280B0-575F-4E93-8E3A- 81D475F4617C Abstract.— A new genus and species, Koghicola karolinae, is described from New Caledonia. Illustrations of main structures of new species, colour dorsal habitus photograph of the adult and checklist to the worldwide genera are given. Key words.— taxonomy, new genus, new species, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Eugnomini, New Caledonia, distribution. INTRODUCTION Cawthra (1966) transferred meriphine genera to Eugnominae (then treated as a subfamily) along with The Eugnomini is a small, poorly studied tribe of the some additional genera (Udeus Champion and speciose family Curculionidae. The classification, bio- Omoides Boheman) and provided revised diagnosis of geography, and biology of most species are little the Eugnominae. known. Eugnomini, currently comprising about 200 Zimmerman (1994) distinguished new genus Ancyt- known species included in 27 genera, is a primarily talia to accommodate several species then included in Old World group occurring in New Zealand (19 the genus Cyttalia Pascoe (presently Cyttalia is con- genera), Australia (five), New Caledonia (three) and sidered as a synonym of genus Eugnomus Schoenherr). New Guinea (one). Recently, Mazur (2012) extend- In recent years following additional genera were ed the known range of the tribe by describing a new included to Eugnomini: Oropterus White (Alonzo- species of the genus Pactola Pascoe from Fiji Archipel- Zarazaga 2002) (from Anthonomini). Colabotelus ago. In the New World the tribe is represented by four Broun (from Erirhinini) and Pedetinus Faust (from genera known from South America; only one genus, Derelomini) (Leschen et al. 2003). Rhopalomerus Blanchard, occurs in both the New and Macfarlane et al. (2010) mentioned Geochus Broun Old Worlds (Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999) (Table 1). (previously treated by Zimmerman (1994) as a repre- Currently, the tribe Eugnomini is divided into two sentative of a new tribe Geochini) in the eugnomine subtribes, Eugnomina Lacordaire and Meriphina Mar- subtribe Meriphina. The taxonomic position of the shall. Marshall (1937) established the subfamily genus, however, remains unclear since some of the lar- Meriphinae to accommodate three genera (Meriphus val characters indicate that it can be a peculiar mem- Erichson, Myossita Pascoe and Orpha Pascoe) based ber of Rhamphini Rafinesque (May 1992). on the characteristic exodont mandibles (Fig. 13), The paper presents a description of a new genus and mucronate tibiae in males and simple, not divaricated species of Eugnomini from New Caledonia and a check- claws. list of the worldwide genera along with their distribution. PL ISSN 0003-4541 © Fundacja Natura optima dux doi: 10.3161/000345414X680519 A N N A L E S Z O O L O G I C I (Warszawa), 2014, 64(1): 15-31 SERANGIINI AND STICHOLOTIDINI (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) FROM TIBET, CHINA XINGMIN WANG1, LIZHI HUO1 and SHUNXIANG REN1, 2 1Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; [email protected] 2Corresponding author: e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.— Thirteen species in six genera of Coccinellidae belonging to Serangiini and Sticholotidini are recorded from Tibet. Among them ten species are described as new: Microserangium rhapidophorum, Microserangium lonchiatum, Serangium bimaculatum, Serangium bomicum, Nesolotis obtusa, Nesolotis tibetana, Sticholotis brahmaputrensis, Sticholotis jiangboi, Sticholotis motuo, Sticholotis tricolor. One species, Sticholotis kumatai Miyatake, 1985 is newly recorded from China. Illustrations, keys and distribution maps to the known species of Serangiini and Sticholotidini from Tibet are given. Key words.— Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Serangiini, Sticholotidini, new species, Tibet, China. INTRODUCTION and recorded 13 genera and 19 species. Pang et al. (2004) listed 725 species of Chinese Coccinellidae, in- Tibetan region consists of the high mountains, cluding 86 species from Tibet in their catalogue. Ren et lakes and rivers lying in the southwestern part of Chi- al. (2009) described and illustrated 68 species from na. Most of Tibet sits atop a geological structure known Tibet. Li et al. (2013) and Chen et al. (2013) reviewed as the Tibetan Plateau, which is sometimes called “the the Chinese subgenera Scymnus (Scymnus) and Roof of the World” or “the Third Pole”. The variable Stethorus (Allostethorus) and recorded 16 species topography and climate have created a special insect from Tibet, including 11 new species. However, no sin- fauna in this area, especially in the region of south gle species of Serangiini or Sticholotidini from Tibet of the Himalaya Mountains and the Great Yarlung were recorded until Wang and Ren (2012) described Zangbo Canyon (Wikipedia 2013, Li 1981). Pangia lamelliforma. Foreign explorers and scientists carried early in- Our research group has made several collecting sect research and expeditions in Tibet. Later, in 1970s, trips to Tibet in 2004–2011 conducting comprehensive the Chinese Academy of Sciences organized large sci- investigations of ladybirds in Tibet. Thirteen species entific expeditions to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and the belonging to six genera of Serangiini and Sticholotidini results of insect investigations were reported in the have been collected, including ten new species and one monograph “Insects of Xizang”, listing among others species new to Chinese fauna. 30 species of Coccinellidae (Li 1981). Pang (1977) stud- ied Epilachnini from Tibet and described 18 species. Pang and Mao (1979) systematically studied Chinese MATERIAL AND METHODS Coccinellidae and described 150 species, including 10 species from Tibet. Yu (2004) studied the collection of The external morphology was observed with a dis- Coccinellidae from the Great Yarlung Zangbo Canyon secting stereo microscope (SteREO Discovery V20, PL ISSN 0003-4541 © Fundacja Natura optima dux doi: 10.3161/000345414X680528 A N N A L E S Z O O L O G I C I (Warszawa), 2014, 64(1): 33-36 A NEW SPECIES OF CYCLOTOMA MULSANT, 1851 FROM HAINAN, CHINA (COLEOPTERA: ENDOMYCHIDAE) LING-XIAO CHANG1 and GUO-DONG REN2, * College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baodin 071002, China; e-mails: [email protected], [email protected];