Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa 1914
Creators: name: Jiang, Ri-Xin
name: Wang, Ji-Shen
name: Li, Bo-Yan
name: Lin, Ye-Jie
name: Liu, Ling
name: Wang, Shuo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Ziaelas
Ziaelas formosanus

description: Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914
(Figs 31–37, 41)
Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914: 484, pl. VI. Type locality: Kuraru, Ako District, Formosa [=Sheding (ḦLj), Hengchun Town (DZĦffi), Pingdong County (Ñḵǥ), Taiwan, China].
Material examined (33 exs). CHINA: GUANGDONG: 8 ♁♁ 9 ♀♀, labeled: ‘China: Guangdong Prov., Shenzhen City (ứNjṁ), Shenzhen Institute of Technology (ứNjHNJỸḣ), Light trap, H: 30 m, 2018.03.29, Xiao Ye-Di leg’ (4 ♁♁ 4 ♀♀ MHBU, 4 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ QUST); 5 exs, labeled: ‘Guangdong, Shaoguan City (DZẊṁ), Shixing County (AEṈǥ), 2018. 08.29, Lu Rui-Hua leg., in fungus garden of Odontotermes sp.’ (GUGC); 2 exs, labeled: ‘China: Guangdong Prov, Shenzhen City (ứNjṁ), Getian Village (Kϖ‼), 2019.05.15, Zhao-Yang Tang & Bao-Ping Huang leg., Light trap’ (TZYC). GUANGXI: 1 ex., labeled: ‘China, Guangxi A.R., Shiwandashan National Forest Park, (forested river valley; at light), 21°54.4’N, 107°54.2’E, 290–360 m, 5.–9. iv.2013, M. Fikáček, J. Hájek & J. Růžička leg.’(NMPC). YUNNAN: 6 exs, labeled: ‘Yunnan, Chuxiong (IJẘ), Yong’ren (AEḺ), 2018.07.09, collect by attractant reagent’ (YAOF). JIANGSU: 1 ex., labeled ‘China: Jiangsu, Zhenjiang City (ffiỮṁ), Jingkou District (ǙmLJ), Jiangsu University (ỮḢkỸ), H: 10 m, 2-X-2018, Quan-Yu Ji leg.’ (JQYC). TAIWAN: 1 ex., labeled: ‘China: Taiwan, Pingdong County (Ñḵǥ), Wutai Township (ṞŌø), Wu tai (ṞŌ), H: 1000 m, 6-VI-2019, Wen I Chou leg., Light trap’ (CWIC).
Supplementary description. Male. Habitus and aedeagus as shown in Figs 31‒35.
Female. Similar to males, without obvious sexual dimorphism. Sternite VIII (Fig. 36) semicircular, deeply split medially at posterior margin, with dense, long setae. Spiculum (Fig. 36) tortuous in middle. Apex of ovipositor (Fig. 37) with one long hair.
Measurements. BL 7.28–8.31 mm, HL 0.74–0.83, HW 0.98–1.07 mm, PL 1.54–1.81 mm, PW 1.55–1.85 mm, EL 5.00– 5.67 mm, EW 2.17–2.22 mm, Anl 2.84–2.89 mm.
Biology. Ziaelas formosanus Hozawa, 1914 lives in the nest of the termite Odontotermes sp. and was found in the fungus garden of Odontotermes sp. (Fig. 41). The adults can also be caught by the light trap.
Distribution. China: Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Jiangsu and Taiwan (Fig. 46).
Comments. Ziaelas formosanus was originally described from Taiwan and Mazu Island (Fujian Province), China, and is herein newly recorded from mainland China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Jiangsu Provinces). The extrenal morphology and genitalia of the above specimens correspond with those of Z. formosanus as illustrated by MATSUMOTO et al. (2016), and we hence consider the specimens from the mainland conspecific.
description: Published as part of Jiang, Ri-Xin, Wang, Ji-Shen, Li, Bo-Yan, Lin, Ye-Jie, Liu, Ling & Wang, Shuo, 2019, Discovery of termitophilous tenebrionid beetles in China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), pp. 341-349 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1) on page 346, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0027, http://zenodo.org/record/4489107