Friday, December 30, 2022

[Entomology • 2022] Autocrates lini • A New Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) from Dayaoshan, S China: The Importance of Biodiversity Refugia


Autocrates lini 
Hu, Drumont & Telnov, 2022


Abstract
A new species of Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 is described and illustrated from the well-known biodiversity refugium of Dayaoshan Mountains in Guangxi Province, SE China. The new species, Autocrates lini sp. nov., appears closely related to A. vitalisi Vuillet, 1912. The type of A. vitalisi was studied, illustrated and is here re-described. An updated and supplemented species key to Autocrates is provided.


 Autocrates lini sp. nov. paratype ♂ from “GUANGXI DAYAO Shan, Jingxiu 100 km. SE LIUZHOU”, total body length 73 mm, habitus, dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view.
Images courtesy Noël Mal.

 Autocrates lini sp. nov., forebody, various views,
(A-D) paratype ♂ from "GUANGXI DAYAO Shan, Jingxiu 100 km. SE LIUZHOU", total body length 73 mm,
(E) paratype ♂, same locality, total body length 58 mm [not to scale].
Images courtesy Noël Mal.

 Autocrates lini sp. nov.,
 (A) paratype ♂ from “GUANGXI DAYAO Shan, Jingxiu 100 km. SE LIUZHOU”, total body length 58 mm, habitus, dorsal view,
(B) paratype ♀ from “Guangxi Province, Jingxiu County (金秀), Mt. Dayaoshan (大瑤山)”, total body length 77 mm, habitus, dorsal view [not to scale].
Image A courtesy Noël Mal.

Autocrates lini sp. nov.
 

Fang-Shuo Hu, Alain Drumont and Dmitry Telnov. 2022. A New Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) from Dayaoshan, S China: The Importance of Biodiversity Refugia. Annales Zoologici. 72(3); 371-388. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2022.72.3.002