Hoplopisthius (Carcinopisthius) oberthueri Senna 1893
Creators: name: Mantilleri, Antoine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Brentidae
Hoplopisthius
Hoplopisthius oberthueri

description: Hoplopisthius (Carcinopisthius) oberthueri Senna, 1893
Hoplopisthius oberthueri Senna, 1893a: 255.
Carcinopisthius oberthueri (Senna, 1893): Senna, 1894a: 359.
Carcinopisthius felschei Kolbe, 1892: 175. Syn. Senna, 1894a: 359. Carcinopisthius maculatus Senna, 1903: 163. Syn. Damoiseau, 1966: 448. Pseudotaphroderes formosanus Bolkay, 1911: 265. Syn. Senna & Calabresi, 1919: 71.
Material examined. India. British Bootang, Maria Basti, L. Durel, 2 ex. (MNHN); British Bootang, Maria Basti, 1899, 10 ex. (MNHN); Khasia Hills, VII.94, 1 ex. (MNHN). Indonesia. North Sumatra, Kedah env., 19.iv.1998, lgt. Vit Kabourek, 1 ex. (MZUF); West Sumatra, Bukitingi env., 1000m, 7.iv.1998, lgt. Vit Kabourek, 1 ex. (MZUF); Sumatra: Aceh-Selatan, Babahrot, 100 m, 7.VIII.1983, J. Klapperich, 4 ex. (MHNG, MNHN); Sumatra, Si-Rambé, XII.1890 – III.1891, E. Modigliani, 3 holotype Carcinopisthius maculatus (MSNG). Malaysia. Borneo: Sabah, Mt Kinabalu N.P., Headquarters, 1558m, V.16 –18.87, beating foliage, D.E. Bright collector, 1 ex. (NMNH); Perak, 1100m., Gounong Boubou, W. Doherty, 1 ex. (MNHN); Perak, Maxwell's Hill, Gunung Larut/Hijau, Taiping, 1200 m, 5.II.1991, P. Schwendinger, 1 ex. (MHNG); Selangor, 2 ex. (BMNH). Myanmar. Ruby Mines, Upper Burmah, 5-7000', Doherty, 18 ex. (MNHN, BMNH); Hte Birmanie, Mines des Rubis, 1200–2300m, Doherty 1890, Ψ lectotype of H. oberthueri + 2 paralectotypes + 8 ex. (MNHN); Birmah, Ruby Mines, Doherty, 5 ex. (BMNH); Ober-Burmah, Ruby Mines, 5000–7500 Fuss, Heyne V., Ψ lectotype Carcinopisthius felschei (MNHUB). Taiwan. Taïwan, Formosa, 1 ex. (MNHN); Kaohsiung county, Shanping Forest, Recreation area, near Liukuei, 22°58'16''N – 120°41'15''E, at light, 19–21.XI.2002, L. Ronkay & O. Merkl, 1 ex. Ψ (HNHM). Thailand. Sud, Betong, Gunung Cang dun vill., Yala dist., 25.III–22.IV.1993, J. Strnad leg., 1 ex. (CAM). Viet-Nam. Hoa-Binh, Tonkin, 1 ex. (MNHN); Tonkin, Hoabinh, A. de Cooman, 1 ex. (BMNH).
Description. Total length: 6.2–10.3 mm. Width across humeral cali: 0.9–1.5 mm. Body red-brown with a darker discal area on elytra. Habitus of types: Figs 4–7.
Head broader than long, smooth or finely punctate. Metarostrum of male with a weak and hardly distinct fovea. Prorostrum 0.29–0.37 as long as head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Antennomere 3 slightly conical, almost as long as broad; following ones cylindrical as long as or slightly longer than broad; antennomere 9–10 as long as broad, 11th 1.6–1.9 as long as 10th. Venter of head and metarostrum convex; mesorostrum slightly depressed.
Pronotum slightly shiny, finely and sparsely punctate. Prosternellum more or less distinct. Brush of thick short hair under femora (Fig 50) more distinct in males. Metasternum convex, longitudinally grooved. Base of elytra almost straight, interstriae 1, 4 and 5 protruding forward and slightly raised at base. Interstriae 2 and 4 less raised than interstriae 1, 3 and 5. In females, interstria 7 abruptly interrupted at the apex, forming a tooth (Fig. 48); in males, it extends behind on the external border of apical "forceps", not forming a tooth (Fig. 49); interstria 8 beginning just before the first half of elytra and vanishing on apical declivity; interstriae 5, 6 and 7 connected forward to form a common humeral interstria, 6th interstria often weakly marked forward. Both sexes without median tooth on inner border of apical "forceps" (Figs 48–49). First metatarsal segment as long as or longer than the two following together (Fig. 51).
Sternites III–IV of abdomen convex, longitudinal groove deeper and wider in male (Fig. 53); no lateral carinae; few coarse punctures on sides and on posterior margin of sternite IV. Sternites V–VI with three small basal notches and few coarse punctures. Tergite VII of females not notched at apex (Fig. 52). Epipleurites VIII: Fig. 55. Spermatheca: Fig. 54.
Remarks. H. oberthueri has precedence over C. felschei as reprints of original work of Senna were found in MZUF with the date of September 1892, just as Kolbe's work (Luca Bartolozzi, pers. comm.), but complete volume of Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana was published only on January 28th 1893. As it is impossible to know whether Kolbe or Senna's work has priority because the difference is only about few days, as Senna (1894) says his work was published before Kolbe's, and in order of not changing nomenclature, precedence is given to H. oberthueri.
Sforzi & Bartolozzi (2004) were not able to locate the lectotype of H. oberthueri (designated by Damoiseau, 1987) in the collection of the MNHN. After careful examination of all the specimens in the collection, I finally found it (Fig. 5) with two paralectotypes. Damoiseau (1987) says lectotype is a male but it is a female.
This species is also cited from Philippines (Sforzi & Bartolozzi, 2004). Distribution map: Fig. 99.
description: Published as part of Mantilleri, Antoine, 2010, A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2516 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196132