Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 4 (2): 237–247

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December 25, 2014

New Tenebrionid (Coleoptera) Beetles from Taiwan

(10) Descriptions of Four New Tenebrionidae and a Revival of Synonymized Species

Kimio MASUMOTO1), Katsumi AKITA2) and Chi-Feng LEE3)

1)
Kamesawa 3-chôme 14–13–1001, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, 130–0014 Japan
2)
Takachaya 7-chôme, 8–12–207, Tsu City, Mie Pref., 514–0819 Japan
3)
Applied Zoology Division, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wufeng, Taichung, 413, Taiwan

Abstract Taiwanese tenebrionid beetles are dealt with. Four new species are described: Amarygmus
(Pyanirygmus) suzukii sp. nov.; Plesiophthalmus hsinhuiae sp. nov.; Derispia akiyamai sp. nov.;
Derispia liyuanensis sp. nov. A revival of a synonymized species is also proposed.

As the tenth part of our series dealing with the Taiwanese tenebrionid beetles, we will describe
four new species, and propose a revival of a synonymized species.
We would like to express our cordial thanks to the authorities concerned our field surveys (the
Headquarters of Kenting National Park, the Administration of the Taroko National Park, the Dongshih
Forest District Office, Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, and the Agriculture
Bureau, Taichung City Government), and Dr. Ming-Luen JENG and Dr. Mei-Ling CHAN (the National
Museum of Natural History, Taichung) for the application arrangement of research permission. We
also thank Dr. Yen-Chiu LAN (Kang Ning University) for conducting the Kenting Research, and Mr.
Tai-Chuan WANG (Kaohsiung City), Mr. Kuo-Hung CHUANG (Taoyuan District Agricultural Research
and Extension Station, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan), Mr. Shih-Chieh HUANG (International
Flyer Pacific Corporation), Dr. Keiichi TAKAHASHI (Ushiku City) and Ms. Hsin-Hui TSENG (Xinbei
City) for assisting our ongoing field surveys. We are indebted to Dr. Wataru SUZUKI (Tokyo), and Mr.
Hideo AKIYAMA (Yokohama City), for offering materials for the present study. Thanks should be also
expressed to Dr. Jing-Fu TSAI (Hokkaido University) for giving us invaluable advice. We also thank
Dr. Kenji KOHIYAMA (Tokyo), for taking clear photographs inserted in this paper. Finally, special
thanks should be expressed to Emeritus Curator Dr. Shun-Ichi UÉNO (the National Museum of Nature
and Science, Tsukuba) for his constant guidance to our taxonomic study.
The abbreviations used herein are as follows: NMNST=National Museum of Natural Science,
Taichung; NSMT=National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba; TARI=Taiwan Agricultural
Research Institute, Wufeng.

Descriptions of New Taxa

Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Amarygmini

Amarygmus (Pyanirygmus) suzukii sp. nov.

(Figs. 1, 7–10)

M a l e: Body oblong-ovate, somewhat parallel-sided, strongly convex dorsad; head and scute-
llum nearly black, pronotum, and elytra brownish black with feeble dark greenish tinge, antennae,
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Figs. 1–6. Habitus, holotypes, ♂♂. — 1, Amarygmus (Pyanirygmus) suzukii sp. nov.; 2, Plesiophthalmus
hsinhuiae sp. nov.; 3 & 4, Derispia akiyamai sp. nov.; 5 & 6, Derispia liyuanensis sp. nov. — 1–3 & 5,
Dorsal view; 4 & 6, lateral view.

legs, and major ventral side dark brown, hairs on surfaces mostly brownish yellow; dorsal surface
strongly, rather vitreously shining, ventral surface and legs mostly, moderately shining; each surface
almost glabrous, apical parts of antennae, intero-ventral sides of tibiae, and ventral sides of tarsi
densely haired.
Head nearly vertical in repose, weakly microsculptured; clypeus transverse, weakly produced
ventrad, semicircularly depressed in basal part, scattered with finely haired punctures, transversely
convex in medial part, bent and truncate in front, fronto-clypeal sulcus roundly curved but not clearly
defined; genae obliquely raised and produced antero-laterad, finely punctate; frons somewhat quad-
rate, steeply inclined forwards, depressed in lateral parts, finely punctate; vertex sparsely punctate, the
punctures larger than those on frons. Eyes somewhat transversely comma-shaped in dorsal view, gen-
tly convex laterad, roundly inlaid into head, with diatone about 1.3 times the eye diameter. Antennae
filiform, tip of terminal segment reaching basal 2/5 of elytra, 11th the widest, length ratio from basal
to apical segments: 0.37, 0.18, 0.71, 0.30, 0.57, 0.46, 0.39, 0.36, 0.33, 0.31, 0.34.
Pronotum somewhat trapezoidal, about 1.5 times as wide as long, widest at base, weakly nar-
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Figs. 7–10. Amarygmus (Pyanirygmus) suzukii sp. nov., holotype, ♂. — 7, Antenna; 8, protibia; 9, male geni-
talia (dorsal view); 10, ditto (lateral view). Scales: 1.0 mm.

rowed anteriad in basal 3/5, and then rather strongly narrowed apicad; apex nearly straight, clearly
bordered and rimmed; base weakly produced in middle, truncate opposite of scutellum, weakly sinu-
ous and bordered by a row of small punctures on each side; sides steeply declined to lateral margins,
which are finely rimmed, the rims visible from above in basal halves; front angles subrectangular with
rounded corners, hind angles angular and slightly produced in dorsal view; disc strongly convex,
smooth, rather sparsely scattered with minute punctures. Scutellum triangular, weakly depressed, no-
ticeably covered with isodiametric microsculpture, sparsely scattered with small punctures.
Elytra rather subparallel-sided, weakly constricted at basal 1/3, about 1.5 times as long as wide,
3.83 times the length and 1.47 times the width of pronotum, widest at apical 4/9; dorsum strongly
convex, highest at basal 2/9, weakly, obliquely depressed in areas behind scutellum; disc with rows of
punctures, those of 1st and 2nd rows small, irregularly, rather closely set, those of 3rd to 8th becom-
ing larger and coarser, often forming foveae, and sparsely set, and those in apical portions becoming
smaller; intervals very slightly convex, partly undulate in medial portion, very weakly microsculp-
tured, very sparsely, minutely punctate; humeri moderately swollen; apices slightly explanate and
roundly rimmed.
Terminal segment of maxillary palpus rather large and subsecuriform, curved exterior side about
twice the length of the nearly straight interior, slightly longer than the weakly curved apex. Mentum
sublinguiform, weakly microsculptured, sparsely and minutely punctate, raised medio-anteriad, weak-
ly depressed in lateral parts, with lateral margins slightly reflexed. Gula triangular, slightly concave in
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medial part, with the borders finely impressed in apical parts, major medial and basal parts concealed
under prosternum and invisible.
Prosternum short; apex rather widely V-shaped and rimmed; area between procoxae strongly
raised, longitudinally depressed and minutely punctate in medial part, raised and rugulose in lateral
parts; prosternal process triangular and strongly depressed, sparsely granular, with apex rather sharply
pointing. Mesoventrite short; anterior portion strongly depressed, rather closely punctate; medial por-
tion steeply, triangularly raised, forming coarse V-shape ridge; posterior portion in area between me-
socoxae with a fine longitudinal ridge on midline, and also with curved ridges along the borders of
coxae, areas between those ridges longitudinally grooved. Metaventrite rather short, rather strongly
depressed along mesocoxae, with a longitudinal medial impression in basal 1/4, which is traceable to
apical 1/4; major medial portion weakly convex, almost smooth, sparsely punctulate, minutely haired
and weakly wrinkled; lateral portions microsculptured and shallowly punctate. Abdomen wide, weak-
ly microsculptured, scattered with microscopic punctures, each with a minute hair; anal ventrite less
strongly microsculptured, sparsely pubescent in lateral parts near apex, with apex very weakly bent in
middle.
Profemur with anterior face produced at apical 1/3; protibia gently prolonged and curved, with in-
terior face gouged in basal 3/7 and rather densely haired in apical 4/7; length ratios of pro-, meso- and
metatarsal segments: 0.28, 0.19, 0.20, 0.17, 0.60; 0.34, 0.23, 0.21, 0.15, 0.59; 0.67, 0.27, 0.21, 0.68.
Genitalia 2.18 mm in length, 0.47 mm in width, weakly curved in lateral view; basale elongated
ovate, though the apex is truncate; apicale nearly triangular, 0.68 mm in length, microscopically punc-
tate, with apices somewhat nib-shaped.
Body length: 7.6 mm.
F e m a l e: Unknown.
Holotype: ♂, Taiwan, Nantou, / Meifeng, FIT. / 15–16, VII, 2012 / W. Suzuki leg. (NSMT).
Notes. This new species resembles Amarygmus (Pyanirygmus) chujoi (MASUMOTO), originally
described from Fushan Botanical Garden, Ilan Hsien, and also from Szuling, Nantou Hsien (MASUMO-
TO, 2005), but can be distinguished from the latter by the smaller body, the head and pronotum more
finely and sparsely punctate, the elytra not striate but with rows of punctures which are more irregu-
larly set and often form foveae in antero-lateral portions, and the male genitalia with the obviously
smaller apicale.
Etymology. The specific epithet of the present new species is given in honor of Dr. Wataru
SUZUKI who collected the holotype.

Plesiophthalmus hsinhuiae sp. nov.

(Figs. 2, 11–14)

M a l e: Body subovate, strongly convex dorsad; head, ventral side and femora almost black,
tibiae and tarsi mostly brownish black, antennae with apical parts of the 1st, 3rd, 4th and terminal seg-
ments, and the whole of 2nd segment dark reddish brown; head and legs moderately, slightly seri-
ceously shining, pronotum, scutellum and elytra metallically shining, ventral side rather weakly,
somewhat sericeously shining; each surface mostly glabrous, antennae finely haired, intero-ventral
faces of tibiae with setiferous hairs in apical parts, tarsi beneath densely tufted.
Head almost vertical in repose; clypeus somewhat transversely elliptical, weakly convex in mid-
dle, pubescent in apical part, closely scattered with small punctures, each with a minute hair; genae
rather strongly dilated and weakly raised antero-laterad, minutely, irregularly punctate, with external
margins weakly roundly produced; frons somewhat wide-T-shaped, hardly punctate in antero-medial
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Figs. 11–14. Plesiophthalmus hsinhuiae sp. nov., holotype, ♂. — 11, Antenna; 12, protibia; 13, male genitalia
(dorsal view); 14, ditto (lateral view). Scales: 1.0 mm.

part, rather sparsely punctulate in lateral and posterior parts; vertex closely, finely punctate. Eyes
somewhat comma-shaped in fronto-dorsal view, convex laterad, rather obliquely, widely inlaid into
head, with diatone about 0.7 times the width of eye diameter. Antennae subfiliform, apex of terminal
segment reaching basal 1/4 of elytra, length ratio of basal to apical segments: 0.62, 0.19, 0.82, 0.47,
0.63, 0.60, 0.50, 0.48, 0.47, 0.46, 0.59.
Pronotum subtrapezoidal with rounded sides, wider than long (5 : 3), widest at middle; apex very
slightly emarginate in middle, entirely grooved and rimmed; base weakly produced, sinuous on each
side, not bordered; sides convex laterad, and then rather steeply declined to lateral margins, which are
grooved and rimmed, the rims in anterior halves hardly visible from above; front angles rectangular,
and hardly visible from above, hind angles obtusely angular; disc strongly, rather transversely convex,
steeply inclined apicad, sparsely scattered with microscopic punctures, which are obviously smaller
and sparser than on the head, and each with a minute, subdecumbent hair. Scutellum short-triangular
with rounded sides, depressed, very weakly convex in medial part, sparsely scattered with microscop-
ic punctures.
Elytra subovate, though the basal portion is truncate, 1.29 times as long as wide, 3.19 times the
length and 1.45 times the width of pronotum, widest at basal 1/3; dorsum strongly convex, highest at
basal 1/3; disc very weakly, finely aciculate, with rows of punctures, which are small but clear, often
connected with one another by fine striae, and become much smaller and closer apicad; intervals weak-
ly convex, scattered with microscopic punctures, which are sparser than those on pronotum; humeri
gently swollen; lateral portions weakly oppressed from sides at basal 1/5; apices slightly dehiscent.
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Maxillary palpus rather large, terminal segment subsecuriform, with weakly curved exterior side
about 1.6 times the length of the nearly straight interior, about 1.1 times the length of nearly straight
apex. Mentum short-sublinguiform, though the basal part is truncate, raised medio-anteriad, weakly
microsculptured, sparsely and minutely punctate, each puncture with a minute decumbent hair. Gula
triangular, weakly depressed, impressed along lateral borders.
Prosternum very short; apex ridged in extreme-V-shape; medial portion grooved and strongly ru-
gose in area between procoxae, interior margins of procoxae raised and forming longitudinal swell-
ings; prosternal process wide-subcordate, strongly depressed and rugose. Mesoventrite short; anterior
portion strongly depressed and concealed under prosternum; medial portion forming Y-shape ridge at
middle, rugose in lateral parts; posterior portion with a pair of depressions before the border of
metaventrite which is transversely ridged. Metaventrite rather short, weakly microsculptured and mi-
croaciculate, sparsely scattered with minute punctures, each with a decumbent minute hairs; anterior
part transversely depressed; medial and posterior parts weakly convex in middle, with a longitudinal
impression along midline traceable in basal 3/4. Abdomen wide, microsculptured, rather closely scat-
tered with microscopic punctures, each with a minute hair; 1st ventrite, lateral parts of the 2nd to 4th
somewhat longitudinally, coarsely wrinkled; anal ventrite more closely and finely punctate, each
puncture with a decumbent hair, apico-lateral parts rather noticeably pubescent, with apex obviously
emarginate.
Profemur with anterior face produced around apical 2/5; protibia gently prolonged and curved,
with interior face gouged in basal 4/7 and rather densely haired in apical 1/3; length ratios of pro-,
meso- and metatarsal segments: 0.32, 0.19, 0.16, 0.17, 0.76; 0.63, 0.29, 0.23, 0.17, 0.97; 1.13, 0.35,
0.31, 1.03.
Genitalia subfusiform in dorsal view, gently curved in lateral view, 3.39 mm in length, 0.69 mm
in width; fused lateral lobes 0.90 mm in length, obviously prolonged in apical 1/3, with lateral mar-
gins serrated, apices nib-shaped.
F e m a l e: Body slightly larger, anal ventrite not emarginate at apex, and legs, particularly in
anterior tibiae, not modified.
Body length: 11.3–12.5 mm.
Holotype: ♂, Taiwan, Pingtung Co. / Nanrenshan, / 6–8. V. 2014 / K. Takahashi leg.
(NMNST). Paratypes: 2 ♀♀, same data as for the holotype (NSMT).
Notes. This new species closely resembles Plesiophthalmus paiwanus MASUMOTO, AKITA et
LEE, originally described from Taimali, Taitung, and its neighboring areas (MASUMOTO, AKITA & LEE,
2008), but can be distinguished from the latter by the body smaller, the head with the wider diatone
(half the width of an eye diameter in P. paiwanus), the pronotum evenly convex and without impres-
sion, the elytra with lateral portions oppressed from side at basal 1/5, and the male genitalia weakly
prolonged in apical parts.
Etymology. This new species is named after the honor of Ms. Hsin-Hui TSENG, who has been
supporting our field survey for these four years.

Subfamily Diaperinae
Tribe Leiochrinini

Derispia akiyamai sp. nov.

(Figs. 3–4, 15–18)

M a l e: Body hemispherical; antennae, head, pronotum, scutellum, patches on elytra and ab-
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Figs. 15–18. Derispia akiyamai sp. nov., holotype, ♂. — 15, Left elytron; 16, antenna; 17, male genitalia (dor-
sal view); 18, ditto (right lateral view). Scales: 0.5 mm.

domen except medial portion brownish black, elytra except patches mostly yellow and partly becom-
ing darker, medial portion of abdomen dark reddish brown, legs light brown, ventral side of body ex-
cept abdomen dark brownish yellow, hairs on antennae mostly black, those on legs brownish yellow;
head and anterior portion of pronotum gently, somewhat sericeously shining, posterior portion of pro-
notum, scutellum, elytra, two basal ventrites and lateral parts of the 3rd and dorsal side of legs moder-
ately shining, medial part of 3rd and two apical ventrites rather strongly shining, ventral side of body
except abdomen and legs mostly alutaceously shining; body mostly glabrous, antennae minutely
haired, tibiae and tarsi, particularly intero-ventral sides rather densely haired.
Head somewhat transversely elliptical, gently inclined apicad in repose; clypeus short and trans-
verse, weakly, transversely convex in middle, widely truncate at apex, very weakly microsculptured,
sparsely, irregularly scattered with microscopic punctures; fronto-clypeal sulcus slightly curved; ge-
nae weakly raised antero-laterad, with exterior margins undulate; frons rather broad and nearly flat,
weakly depressed in area behind fronto-clypeal border, sparsely scattered with punctures. Eyes
obliquely subovate, rather strongly convex antero-laterad, gently, roundly inlaid into head, with dia-
tone a little more than five times the width of eye diameter. Antennae compact, slightly becoming
bolder apicad, tip of the terminal segment reaching basal 1/6 of elytra, 6th the widest, length ratio
from the basal to apical: 0.08, 0.06, 0.07, 0.09, 0.08, 0.09, 0.08, 0.09, 0.12, 0.07, 0.08.
Pronotum wide and subtrapezoidal, wider than long (7 : 3), widest at apical 1/4; apex widely
emarginate and gently produced in middle, moderately sinuous and grooved in lateral parts; base
weakly, widely rounded and weakly margined, gently produced in middle, sinuous in lateral parts,
weakly truncate opposite to scutellum; sides gently declined to lateral margins, which are weakly,
obliquely rounded, slightly explanate and reflexed; front angles rounded and weakly reflexed, hind an-
gles rounded; disc strongly convex, weakly microsculptured, sparsely scattered with minute punc-
tures. Scutellum a little wide-triangular, very slightly convex, partly weakly microsculptured.
Elytra nearly round in dorsal view, though the basal portion is truncate, 2.31 times the length and
1.43 times the width of pronotum, widest at basal 1/3; dorsum strongly convex, highest at basal 1/3;
disc with rows of small punctures, which become a little stronger exteriorad; intervals nearly flattened
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to very weakly convex, sparsely scattered with small punctures, which are slightly smaller than those
in the rows; patches on disc as shown in fig. 15; sides steeply, roundly declined to lateral margins,
which are grooved, feebly explanate, and very finely rimmed, the rims visible from above in basal
5/7; humeri indistinct; apices weakly, roundly produced postero-ventrad; epipleuron very wide, taper-
ing apicad, and deeply depressed in basal part, disappeared in apical 1/6. Hind wings extremely atro-
phied.
Maxillary palpus rather short, terminal segment subovate, though the apical part is obliquely
truncate. Mentum semicircular, weakly raised apicad, depressed in basal and lateral parts, irregularly
punctate. Gula subquadrate with rounded sides, longitudinally raised along midline, weakly micro-
sculptured.
Prosternum short and somewhat T-shaped; apex weakly, widely emarginate and reflexed; medial
and posterior (area between procoxae) parts flattened and microsculptured; prosternal process truncate
and nearly lacking, with posterior margin rimmed. Mesoventrite short, weakly convex in anterior part,
irregularly punctulate, sparsely, finely haired. Metaventrite short and wide, weakly inclined laterad
and posteriad, sparsely punctulate. Abdomen rather wide, weakly depressed in lateral portions, 1st
ventrite to basal half of the 3rd weakly microsculptured, rather closely punctulate and wrinkled, apical
half of the 3rd and 4th rather smooth and sparsely punctulate; anal ventrite smooth, with basal half al-
most impunctate, apical half rather closely punctate in medial part, with apical margin noticeably
widely rounded.
Femora short, elongated subelliptical, and concealed under the body above in dorsal view; tibiae
weakly becoming bolder apicad with exterior margins very weakly rounded; tarsi weakly dilated to
each apex, length ratios of pro-, meso- and metatarsal segments: 0.08, 0.04, 0.05, 0.03, 0.15; 0.11,
0.05, 0.04, 0.03, 0.18; 0.20, 0.05, 0.04, 0.19.
Genitalia elongate, noticeably asymmetric and twisted in basal part, 1.35 mm in length and
0.20 mm in width, basale strongly curved in lateral view; apicale 0.20 mm in length, rather spatulate
in dorsal view.
F e m a l e: Head less strongly produced anteriad; pronotum narrower, with hind angles acute;
elytra less clearly punctate.
Body length: 2.6–2.7 mm.
Type series. Holotype: ♂, Taiwan, Pingtung Pref. / Shizi Township, Neiwen / Vill., 29. IV.
2013 / H. Akiyama leg. (NMNST). Paratype: 1 ♀, same data as the holotype (NSMT).
Notes. From Taiwan, three small (less than 3 mm in length) species of the genus Derispia have
ever been known, D. klapperichi KASZAB, D. nanshanchiensis MASUMOTO, and D. takahashii MASU-
MOTO, AKITA et LEE, (KASZAB, 1942; MASUMOTO, 1981; MASUMOTO, AKITA & LEE, 2013). The present
new species is also a small one, but the pattern of the elytral patches and the shape of male genitalia
(Figs. 17, 18) are quite different from other three, thus it can be easily distinguished.
Etymology. The specific epithet is given in honor of Mr. Hideo AKIYAMA, Yokohama City, who
collected the type series.

Derispia liyuanensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 5–6, 19–22)

M a l e: Body hemispherical; basal portion of head, major medial and posterior portions of
pronotum, metaventrite and abdomen brownish black, three apical segments of antennae, major ante-
rior portion of head, and scutellum, prosternum and mesoventrite dark reddish brown, eight basal seg-
ments of antennae, elytra except patches, epipleura, ventral side of head and legs brownish yellow, el-
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Figs. 19–22. Derispia liyuanensis sp. nov., holotype, ♂. — 19, Left elytron; 20, antenna; 21, male genitalia
(dorsal view); 22, ditto (right lateral view). Scales: 0.5 mm.

ytral patches black, hairs on surfaces mostly yellow with feeble brownish tinge; dorsal surface, four
basal segments of antennae, ventral side of head, prosternum, mesoventrite and ventral sides of femo-
ra and each side of tibiae strongly shining, seven apical segments of antennae and tarsi moderately
shining; body glabrous, except antennae, apico-ventral sides of tibiae and tarsi.
Head transversely subelliptical, minutely punctate; clypeus somewhat extremely transverse-hex-
agonal and flattened, sparsely, minutely punctate, each puncture with a fine hair, the hairs becoming
longer apicad, apex truncate; fronto-clypeal sulcus widely emarginate, rather noticeably impressed in
lateral parts, with both lateral ends reaching exterior margins and notching them; genae with frontal
borders indefinite, sparsely scattered with minute punctures with nearly erect hairs, very weakly
raised antero-laterad, with exterior margins weakly rounded in major anterior and medial parts and
sinuous before eyes; frons wide, weakly convex, mostly smooth, sparsely scattered with minute punc-
tures, sparsely clothed with suberect fine hairs in lateral parts; vertex flattened, weakly inclined poste-
ro-laterad, sparsely punctulate. Eyes oblique in dorsal view, roundly convex antero-laterad, roundly
inlaid into head, with diatone about 5.3 times the width of eye diameter. Antennae rather compact,
weakly flattened, weakly becoming bolder apicad, tip of the terminal segment reaching basal 1/4 of
elytra, 4th the widest, length ratio from the basal to apical: 0.18, 0.09, 0.20, 0.16, 0.09, 0.13, 0.12,
0.11, 0.10, 0.09, 0.18.
Pronotum rather transverse, narrowed apicad, 2.47 times as wide as long, widest slightly after
middle (=hind angles); apex widely emarginate, weakly produced in middle, sinuous in lateral parts,
finely grooved and rimmed; base widely rounded, very slightly produced in middle; sides gradually
declined to lateral margins, which are obliquely, slightly roundly narrowed anteriad, wholly grooved
and finely rimmed; front angles obtuse with rounded corners, hind angles slightly obtusely angular;
disc moderately transversely convex, smooth, sparsely scattered with microscopic punctures, which
are smaller than those on the head. Scutellum widely triangular, smooth.
Elytra slightly narrower than long, 3.53 times the length and 1.32 times the width of pronotum,
widest at basal 3/8; dorsum strongly convex, highest at basal 3/7; disc with rows of small punctures,
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which often become irregular and curved or interrupted; intervals weakly convex, sparsely, irregularly
punctulate, the punctures smaller than those in the rows; patches on disc as shown in fig. 19; sides
steeply, roundly declined to lateral margins, which are grooved, feebly explanate, and very finely
rimmed, the rims visible from above in basal half; humeri indistinct; apices weakly, roundly pro-
duced; epipleuron very wide and deeply concave in basal parts, tapering posteriad, disappeared in api-
cal 1/7. Hind wings extremely atrophied.
Maxillary palpus rather short, with terminal segment bold and subovate. Mentum subhexagonal,
with apical 2/5 weakly convex medially, microsculptured, sparsely punctate and haired in lateral parts,
basal 3/5 bordered from apical part by transverse ridge, inclined posteriad, rather smooth, minutely
haired. Gula narrowly, longitudinally bordered from other parts of head, slightly convex, rather
smooth, with a pair of small, subovate impressions on the borders.
Prosternum short and somewhat widely T-shaped; apex widely emarginate and finely margined;
medial part gently, longitudinally raised and weakly microsculptured; posterior part (inter-procoxal
space) subquadrate, weakly concave and microsculuptured, with lateral parts raised; prosternal pro-
cess straightly truncate. Mesoventrite very short, sparsely, minutely punctate; anterior part weakly
raised, with frontal margin (opposite to prosternal process) noticeably straight; medial and posterior
parts gently inclined. Metaventrite short; anterior part slightly depressed, roundly produced in area be-
tween mesocoxae, microsculptured and ruguloso-punctulate; posterior part rather smooth, sparsely
scattered with large punctures laterally. Abdomen rather wide, gently depressed in lateral portions; 1st
and 2nd ventrites to basal and lateral part of 3rd microsculptured and rather transversely micro-aciculate,
and microscopically punctate; apico-medial half of 3rd to 4th smooth, sparsely scattered with small
punctures in transverse row; anal ventrite rather smooth, irregularly scattered with larger pubescent
punctures, and also more closely with smaller punctures near rounded apex.
Femora wholly concealed under the body above in dorsal view, subelongated elliptical, flattened,
sparsely microscopically punctate and very sparsely, finely haired; tibiae weakly becoming wider
apicad, rounded on exterior faces, and closely punctulate and haired, pro- and mesotibiae densely, mi-
croscopically setaceous in apical half on interior face, metatibia so in apical 2/3; tarsi rather long,
densely haired, particularly on ventral surfaces, length ratios of pro-, meso- and metatarsal segments:
0.16, 0.10, 0.08, 0.04, 0.29; 0.26, 0.15, 0.08, 0.06, 0.33; 0.41, 0.13, 0.07, 0.34.
Genitalia elongate, asymmetric, 1.75 mm in length and 0.30 mm in width; basale rather strongly
curved in lateral view, twisted in medial part; apicale 0.46 mm in length, subspatulate in dorsal view.
F e m a l e: Body slightly longer, less strongly convex; eyes smaller; antennae shorter and slen-
derer.
Body length: 4.3–4.8 mm.
Type series. Holotype: ♂, Taiwan: Taitung / Liyuan (栗園) / 19. VI. 2013, leg. / C.-F. Lee
(TARI). Paratypes: 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data as for the holotype.
Notes. The new species rather closely resembles Derispia tatachianensis MASUMOTO, AKITA et
LEE, described from Tatachia, Nantou Co. (MASUMOTO, AKITA & LEE, 2013), in having the similar el-
ytral patch pattern, but can be distinguished from the latter by the ratio of each body part different,
and the male genitalia quite different in shape and size.
Etymology. The specific name is given after the locality, Liyuan, Taitung Co., where the type
series were collected.
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Revival of Synonymized Species

Hemicera (Hemicera) nakamurai MASUMOTO, 1982, bona species

Hemicera nakamurai MASUMOTO, 1982: 56.
Hemicera kurosawai: ANDO, 2003: 389. [nec MASUMOTO, 1981].

Notes. ANDO (2003) regarded Hemicera nakamurai MASUMOTO, as a junior synonym of H.

kurosawai MASUMOTO, 1981, without any comment of the reason. On this occasion, we re-examined
both species and concluded that the former can be separated from the latter and is a good species.
Compared with the latter, the former possesses the body relatively larger, with the elytra more paral-
lel-sided and less strongly convex, the pronotum scattered with smaller and shallower punctures, and
the male genitalia obviously larger and the apicale comparatively small.

要 約
益本仁雄・秋田勝己・李 奇峰：台湾産ゴミムシダマシ科甲虫の新種．（10）4 新種の記載と 1 異名種の復
活．̶ 台湾からゴミムシダマシ亜科キマワリ族の Amarygmus (Pyanirygmus) suzukii sp. nov., Plesiophthal-
mus hsinhuiae sp. nov., キノコゴミムシダマシ亜科テントウゴミムシダマシ族の Derispia akiyamai sp. nov., D.
liyuanensis sp. nov. の計 4 種を新種と認め，命名記載した．また，ANDO (2003) によって Hemicera kurosawai
MASUMOTO, 1981 の新参異名とされた H. nakamurai MASUMOTO, 1982 は，これとは別の独立種であるので，こ
こに復活させた．

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Manuscript received 7 May 2014;

revised and accepted 12 October 2014.