Sasajiscymnus nepalicus
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 nepalicus

description: Sasajiscymnus nepalicus (Miyatake, 1985)
(Figs 53, 80)
Chinese name: 尼泊尔ḧ瓢•
Pseudoscymnus nepalicus Miyatake, 1985: 7 (type locality: Swinket, Nepal).— Canepari 1997: 8; Poorani 2002: 351; Kovář 2007: 582.
Sasajiscymnus nepalicus: Iqbal et al. 2020: 385.
Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. flavostictus sp. nov. in structures of the male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by its elytra black with yellowish brown apex, and abdominal postcoxal lines recurved toward the base of ventrite (Figs 53a–b, 53d). In S. flavostictus, elytra are black with two yellow spots and abdominal postcoxal lines are not recurved toward the base of ventrite (Figs 49a–b, 49d).
Description. TL: 1.49–2.11 mm, TW: 1.14–1.57 mm, TH: 0.69–0.94 mm.
Body oval, moderately convex, surfaces covered with short pubescence (Figs 53a–c). Head black with antennae and mouthparts yellow, with interocular distance slightly greater than eye width in frontal view. Pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly yellowish brown. Scutellar shield black. Elytra black with yellowish brown apices. Ventral surfaces black. Legs yellow. Abdominal postcoxal lines almost complete (Fig. 53d).
Male genitalia: Penis slender, penis capsule with long inner arm but without outer one, apex of penis pointed (Fig. 53e). 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 widest at base in ventral view, tapering towards blunt apex (Figs 53f–g).
Female genitalia: Coxites shortened; styli absent; spermatheca worm-like, with basal ramus and nodulus.
Material examined. China: Guangxi: 3♂ 2♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 6–8.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Hongqi Forest Farm, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 9–11.XI.2004, Wang XM leg; 4♂ 2♀, Pinglong Mountains, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 28.VII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Tongling Canyon, Jingxi City, 5.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hillside, Mao’ershan National Nature Reserve, 17.X.2004, Wang XM leg. Hainan: 1♂, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 1.XI.1997, Peng ZQ leg; 1♀, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, 23.XI.1997, Peng ZQ leg; 10♂ 6♀, Limushan National Forest Park, 22.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 24.VII.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Hongkan, Yinggeling National Nature Reserve, 700 m, 17.IV.2019, Wang XM leg. Yunnan: 4♂ 4♀, Nansan, Zhenkang County, 28.X.2000, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Mengpeng Town, Mengla County, 23.IV.2002, Peng ZQ leg; 1♂, Funing County, 16.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Maguan County, 18.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 3♂, Hekou County – Pingbian County, 2005.8.19, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Gongxin Village, Menglian County, 1500 m, 19.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Menglun Town, Mengla County, 21.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Ruili City, 27.VIII.2005, Wang XM leg; 1♂, National highway 213 route, Mengla County, 12–13.X.2006, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Xiaowei Mountains, Hekou County, 23.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 4♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 950 m, 26.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Menglun Town – Mengla County, 1160 m, 29.IV.2008, Wang XM leg; 3♂ 6♀, Sangyong Village–Longmen Village, Mengla County, 1. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 2♀, Lafu Village, Menglian County, 1130 m, 7. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 2♀, Longtan, Ximeng County, 900 m, 9–10. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Banlao Town, Cangyuan County, 1100 m, 16. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Tongbiguan Town, Yingjiang County, 1000m, 22–23. V.2008, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Caiyanghe National Forest Park, 4. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Dadugang Town, Jinghong City, 1050 m, 5. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Jinuoshan Town, Jinghong City, 6. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂ 2♀, Yaoqv Town, Mengla County, 700 m, 7–8. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♂ 1♀, Longmen Village, Shangyong Town, Mengla County, 1027 m, 9. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 2♂, Aini Village, Jinghong City, 11. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Jiangcheng County, 1150 m, 15. V.2009, Wang XM leg; 1♀, Yingpan Town, Jingping County, 1487 m, 5.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg; 1♀, Jinuoshan Town, 992 m, 10.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg; 2♂ 2♀, Bulangshan Town, Menghai County, 1188 m, 12.VIII.2013, Chen XS leg. Xizang: 1♂, Yarang Village, Muotuo County, 768–1030 m, 24.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Beibeng Town, Muotuo County, 600–768 m, 25.X.2007, Wang XM leg; 1♂, Zhamo Highroad 113K, Bomi County, 835 m, 30–31.X.2007, Wang XM leg.
Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Xizang); Nepal.
Remarks. This species is recorded from China for the first time. The specimens perfectly match the descriptions and illustrations of Miyatake (1985).
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 77-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5207.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7328080