Sasajiscymnus kuriharai Kitano 2012
Creators: name: TONG, JUNBO
name: CHEN, XIAOSHENG
name: ZHANG, XIAONING
name: HUO, LIZHI
name: WU, GANG
name: PENG, ZHENGQIANG
name: WANG, XINGMIN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Coccinellidae
Sasajiscymnus
Sasajiscymnus kuriharai

description: Sasajiscymnus kuriharai Kitano, 2012
(Figs 1j, 52, 81)
Chinese name: BẆḧ瓢•
Sasajiscymnus lewisi: Yu, 2011: 124 [nec. Kamiya, 1961].
Sasajiscymnus kuriharai Kitano, 2012: 225 (type locality: Fushan, Taipei, Taiwan, China).
Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. hamatus (Yu & Pang, 1993) in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by its pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown (Figs 52a–b). In S. hamatus, pronotum is yellowish brown, sometimes with a black spot at base (Figs 51a–b).
Description. TL: 1.17–1.92 mm, TW: 0.94–1.47 mm, TH: 0.58–0.95 mm.
Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 52a–c). Head yellow to black, interocular distance distinctly closer than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with anterior margin yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces black. Legs yellow to yellowish brown. Abdominal postcoxal lines almost complete (Fig. 52d).
Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 52e). Penis guide apically hook-shaped in lateral view; parameres about 1/5 as long as penis guide, with a tuft of long setae at apex; penis guide approximately parallel sided for basal 5/ 6 in ventral view, then gradually narrowing to blunt apex (Figs 52f–g).
Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus.
Material examined. China: Guangdong: 3♂ 1♀, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou City, 26.IV.1989, Ren SX leg; 1♂, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou City, 28.IV.1989, Ren SX leg; 10♂ 5♀, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve, 16. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 4♂ 1♀, Dinghushan National Nature Reserve, 17. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 2♂, Qixingyan Scenic Spot, Zhaoqing City, 18. V.1989, Ren SX leg; 1♂, Shipai, Guangzhou City, 30.VII.1989, Ren SX leg; 7♂ 7♀, Hengshitang, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 5.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Yangqiu Mountains, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 6.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂, Huangniping, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 7.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂, Wulangzhang, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Huangdong, Shimentai National Nature Reserve, 30.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Guangxi: 1♂, Xixiangtang District, Nanning City, 24. V.1982, Pu TS leg; 1♂, Gongguang Town, Hepu County, 30.VII.1985, Pang XF leg; 1♂, Longzhou County, 1.VIII.1985, Pu TS leg; 1♂, Hepu County, 30. V.1986, Pu TS leg; 4♀, Shili Canyon, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 19.X.2004, Wang XM leg; 8♂ 8♀, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 28.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Baidu Town, Napo County, 4.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6.XI.2005, Wang XM leg. Hainan: 1♂, Limushan National Forest Park, 14.VII.2002, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Qixianling Hot Springs National Forest Park, 7. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 8. V.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Limushan National Forest Park, 14.VII.2006, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, 18.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, 20.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 24.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Nankai, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, [109°23'24.70"E 19°3'2.14"N], 300 m, 16.IV.2019, Wang XM leg. Sichuan: 2♂, Puge County, 2000 m, 15.IX.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Huanyanding–Qingyinge, E’mei Mountains, E’meishan City, [103°20'43"E 29°33'40"N], 1830 m, Zhang XN leg. Guizhou: 4♂ 1♀, Rongjiang County – Leishan County, 9.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 5♂ 5♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 800 m, 15.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 7♂ 2♀, Xiaoqikong Town, Libo County, 18.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Luodian County, 20.VIII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Xianheping Nature Reserve, 14–15.IX.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Lianhuaping, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, 8.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 19♂ 21♀, Dongtang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 730 m, 15–18.X.2008, Wang XM leg; 6♂ 4♀, Weng’ang, Maolan National Nature Reserve, 750 m, 20–23.X.2008, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 2♂, Nansan, Zhenkang County, 28.X.2000, Peng ZQ leg; 3♂, Funing County, 15.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Malipo County, 17.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Maguan County, 18.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Bulangshan Town, Menghai County, 1188 m, 12.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg. Hongkong: 1♂, Pat Sin Leng Country Park, 91 m, 13. V.2018, Wang XM leg. Taiwan: 2♂ 13♀, Ali Mountains, Chiayi County, 1800 m, 22.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 6♀, Dabang Village, Alishan Mountains, Chiayi County, 960–1600 m, 24.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Tengjhih, Kaohsiung City, 370–1450 m, 25.X.2012, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Maolin District, Kaohsiung City, 365–515 m, 26.X.2012, Wang XM leg.
Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hongkong, Taiwan).
Remarks. This specices shows sexual dimorphism in body colouration. In male, clypeus is yellow to yellowish brown, legs are uniformly yellow, and yellowish brown marks on the pronotum are much larger. In female, clypeus is dark brown, legs are yellow but with a large black marking on femur, yellowish brown marks on the pronotum are smaller.
This species closely resembles S. langsonensis (Hoàng, 1982) and S. longisiphonulus (Hoàng, 1985) from Vietnam and they are possibly conspecific, but without the examination of the type specimens of these species, we treat them as valid species in the present study.
Several individuals have complete abdominal postcoxal lines.
description: Published as part of TONG, JUNBO, CHEN, XIAOSHENG, ZHANG, XIAONING, HUO, LIZHI, WU, GANG, PENG, ZHENGQIANG & WANG, XINGMIN, 2022, A review of the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg, 2004 from China (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5207 (1) on pages 75-77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080