Studies on asiatic Apophylia. Part 5: Revisional study of type ...
Studies on asiatic Apophylia. Part 5: Revisional study of type ...
Studies on asiatic Apophylia. Part 5: Revisional study of type ...
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488 JAN BEZDÌK<br />
Macropterous.<br />
Ventral surface lustrous, finely punctured and covered by pale hairs.<br />
Basimetatarsomere 1.25 times as l<strong>on</strong>g as two following metatarsomeres combined.<br />
Body length 4.65-5.95 mm.<br />
The shape <strong>of</strong> aedeagus as in Fig. 8.<br />
Sexual dimorphism: Male: Last visible sternite with very large semicircular<br />
incisi<strong>on</strong>. Claws bifid. Antennomere 8 largely extended. Female: Last visible<br />
sternite complete. Claws appendiculate. Antennomere 8 <strong>on</strong>ly slightly extended.<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. China (Tibet).<br />
<strong>Apophylia</strong> maculicollis (JACOBY, 1895)<br />
Malaxia maculicollis JACOBY, 1895: Stett. Ent. Z., 56: 71 (<strong>type</strong> locality: New. Guinea).<br />
<strong>Apophylia</strong> maculicollis: WEISE, 1924: 183; WILCOX, 1971: 145.<br />
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED<br />
Lecto<strong>type</strong> (male), present designati<strong>on</strong>, labelled: „N. Guinea [w, h] // 2ndJacoby<br />
Coll. [w, p] // maculicollis Jac. [w, h] // Type [p] 18494 [red label, h] // Malaxia<br />
maculicollis Jacoby TYPE [w, h]“ (in MCZC). The lecto<strong>type</strong> is provided with <strong>on</strong>e<br />
red label: „LECTOTYPUS Malaxia maculicollis Jacoby, 1895, des. J. Bezdìk<br />
2003”.<br />
Aedeagus as in Fig. 11.<br />
Distributi<strong>on</strong>. New Guinea.<br />
COMMENTS<br />
JACOBY (1896) evidently described A. maculicollis from several specimens,<br />
because he menti<strong>on</strong>ed the variati<strong>on</strong> length <strong>of</strong> the body size in his descripti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
However, I had the possibilty to <strong>study</strong> <strong>on</strong>e male deposited in MCZC and designated<br />
it as the lecto<strong>type</strong>.<br />
JACOBY obviously overlooked male metasternum modified to small protuberance<br />
directed downwards (Fig. 9). Due to this character, A. maculicollis seems to<br />
be very near to A. basilana PIC, 1945. Both species differ in colorati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
pr<strong>on</strong>otum (yellow with central black spot in A. maculicollis, yellow or yellow with<br />
indistinct dark spot in A. basilana), in the structure <strong>of</strong> male metasternal protuberance<br />
(Figs 9-10) and in the structure <strong>of</strong> aedeagus (Figs 11-12).<br />
ALLARD (1889) described <strong>Apophylia</strong> maculicollis from South Africa. Later,<br />
JACOBY (1903) transferred this species into the genus Palaeoapophylia JACOBY,<br />
1903. In view <strong>of</strong> this fact, Allard´s maculicollis and JACOBY´s maculicollis are not<br />
c<strong>on</strong>generic. According to Internati<strong>on</strong>al Code <strong>of</strong> Zoological Nomenclature (59.2.),<br />
new name for JACOBY´s maculicollis is not necessary.
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