Full length articleTaxonomic study of the genus Laena from Sichuan in China, with description of four new species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
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Introduction
The genus Laena Dejean, 1821 is one of the most speciose genera in family Tenebrionidae. The species diversity of Lanea is very abundant in China. Until now, 122 Laena species were described from China (Schawaller, 2008, Schawaller and Aston, 2017, Zhao and Ren, 2011, Zhao and Ren, 2012a, Zhao and Ren, 2012b, Wei and Ren, 2019), including four new species described in this study. Most species from China were described by Schuster, 1916, Schuster, 1926, Schuster, 1940, Kaszab, 1965, Kaszab, 1970, Masumoto and Yin, 1993, Masumoto and Yin, 1994, Masumoto, 1996, Masumoto, 1998, Ren and Hua, 2006, Schawaller, 2001, Schawaller, 2008, Zhao and Ren, 2011, Zhao and Ren, 2012a, Zhao and Ren, 2012b, Schawaller and Aston, 2017, Wei and Ren, 2019. Schawaller described 79 new taxa (Schawaller, 2001, Schawaller, 2008, Schawaller and Aston, 2017) from China and provided a key to species (Schawaller, 2008) and simple biogeographic analysis (Schawaller, 2001) for the further study.
In recent years, extensive collection materials of the family Tenebrionidae in China (Xizang, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Qinghai) are housed in the Museum of Hebei University. The work of specimens identification is under way. After study the Laena specimens from Sichuan, four new species were recognized and described: L. ceratina Wei & Ren, sp. nov., L. edentata Zhao & Ren, sp. nov., L. latitarsia Wei & Ren, sp. nov., and L. sufflofemora Wei & Ren, sp. nov. In the present paper, the illustrations of habitus of Laena species from Sichuan Province are provided, without L. zogqenica Schawaller, 2001 and L. gigantea Schuster, 1940 for the specimens of these two species are not be examined.
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Material and methods
Specimens from five collections were examined and their locality data recorded. New species were illustrated, photographed and measured using a Leica M205 A stereomicroscope equipped with a drawing tube, a Leica DFC450 camera. Line drawings and photos were edited in CorelDRAW 14 SP2 and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Body length was measured from the anterior margin of clypeus to the elytral apex, body width across the widest part of elytra.
CWNU China West Normal University, Nanchong, China;
HBUM Hebei
Laena gigantea Schuster, 1940
Laena gigantea Schuster, 1940, Schawaller, 2001, Schawaller, 2008.
Material examined. None.
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
Laena haigouica Schawaller, 2001 (Fig. 8A)
Laena haigouica Schawaller, 2001, Schawaller, 2008.
Type materials examined. Holotype: ♂, China, N Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou, alt. 3100 m, 13–15.VI.1992, M. Bok leg., SMNS. Paratypes: 7 ex, SMNS, same date as the holotype.
Other materials examined. 4♂7♀, China, Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou, Zhongcha rangeland, alt. 2870 m, 27.VII.2016, Xiumin Li,
Laena zogqenica Schawaller, 2001
Laena zogqenica Schawaller, 2001, Schawaller, 2008.
Material examined. None.
Distribution. China (Sichuan).
Declaration of Competing Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr. Wolfgang Schawaller again for presenting many Laena paratypes specimens for HBUM in 2011 year. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31572309) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2015FY210300).
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