Cosmiomorpha (Cosmiomorpha) maolanensis Qiu
Creators: name: Qiu, Jian-Yue
name: Xu, Hao
name: Hu, Chun-Lin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Cosmiomorpha
Cosmiomorpha maolanensis

description: Cosmiomorpha (Cosmiomorpha) maolanensis Qiu & Xu, new species
(Figs. 6, 31–32, 45–46, 58–59, 74, 145 –148, 156, 163, 170, 172)
Diagnosis. This species is almost entirely black and looks like black forms of C. modesta (Fig. 79), can be distinguished by: scales on dorsal surface shorter, smaller, almost white; male protibia wider, the deflexed tooth very long and slender with the tip rounded (Figs. 58–59); female tibiae and tarsi longer and thinner.
Holotype (male). TL: 22.5 mm, TW: 10.5 mm, CW/CL: 1.15; body almost entirely black. Head: flat; dorsal surface densely microsculptured; punctures small, round, or elliptical; few punctures with sparse, radially distributed, short scales. Clypeus subrectangular, anterior margin raised with a shallow central depression. Gula smooth, sides with small punctures (Fig. 32). Antenna black; anterior portion of club dark brown. Pronotum: Dorsal surface with numerous setiferous punctures; punctures sparser, larger, deeper on disc; scales small, elongate-elliptical, almost white (Fig. 74); margins smooth. Scutellum: With sparse, setiferous punctures; scales almost white. Elytra: Black with posterior portion slightly dark brown; with numerous setiferous punctures, punctures denser on postdiscal portion; scales short, elongate elliptical, almost white. Sternum: Clad with linear scales, long and dense on mesosternum and both sides of metasternum; many scales worn off. Mesometasternal process glabrous, short, oval (Fig. 6). Pygidium: Rugose, with sparse, short, yellow scales. Abdomen: Sternites dark brown; a longitudinal groove between abdominal sternites 3–5; sternites 2–6 with numerous linear scales except for medial area, medial area with sparse setiferous punctures, scales inapparent; last sternite nearly glabrous, with a few punctures and short scales on both sides. Legs: Black, with central portion of femora dark brown. Coxae densely clad with linear scales. Trochanters glabrous. Ventral surface of femora with short, sinuous striolae and sparse, tiny, yellow scales. Tibiae with numerous punctures and sparse, tiny scales. Protibia wide; three teeth along outer margin of which the middle and proximal teeth are indistinct, the distance between the middle and proximal teeth about 1.9 times the distance between the middle and distal teeth; a row of mastoid teeth on ventral surface; deflexed tooth worn down (Fig. 58); spur very short and blunt, almost invisible. Mesotibia and metatibia with an acute spine in the middle of outer margin; small setae along inner margin. Protarsus slim; basitarsus evidently clavate, ventral surface strongly swollen. Metatarsomere 5 on left side lost. Parameres: Elongate, outer margins expanded in apical view; apex obtuse, significantly broader, with a tuft of short golden setae (Figs. 156, 163).
Male paratype (1). TL: 20.0 mm (without head), TW: 11.5 mm. Body and color nearly identical to holotype. Scales on dorsal surface denser. The deflexed tooth long, slim, with round tip.
Female paratypes (2). TL: 23.5–24.0 mm, TW: 11.5–12.0 mm. Except for legs, body very similar to male (Figs. 147–148). Clypeus subrectangular. Antennal club smaller. Pronotum flatter. Mesometasternal process short and round. Abdomen convex; the last sternite protuberant with a row of stout, golden setae along posterior margin. Protibia wide and short, with three acuate teeth along outer margin. Tarsi shorter and thinner.
Type material. Holotype: CHINA: Guizhou: ♂ (SWUC, ex QCCC, No.536), 11.VIII.2012, Maolan National Nature Reserve, Libo County, alt. 870 m, Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu leg. Paratypes (3): 1♂ (QCCC, No.537), 12.VIII.2012, ibid., alt. 740 m, Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu leg. 1♀ (QCCC, No.539), 24.VII.2013, ibid., alt. 830 m, Jian-Yue Qiu & Hao Xu leg. 1♀ (SWUC, ex GUGC), VII.2011, ibid., no collector recorded.
Comments on type material. Both the holotype and the male paratype were found dead in several pieces and later reassembled. The deflexed tooth of the holotype is worn down but that of the male paratype is intact. The male paratype is incomplete: protarsi, left mesoleg, left metaleg, and right metatibia are incomplete; head and right metatarsus are lost.
Etymology. It is named for the Maolan National Nature Reserve where the type series was collected. Distribution. China: Guizhou.
Natural history. The male paratype was found under the same pear tree where C. nigripedis was collected. The female paratype were observed feeding on sap on a branch of Quercus species where C. decliva was also found (Fig. 172).
description: Published as part of Qiu, Jian-Yue, Xu, Hao & Hu, Chun-Lin, 2013, Revision of the subgenus Cosmiomorpha (Cosmiomorpha) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), pp. 401-434 in Zootaxa 3745 (4) on pages 422-424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/247366