Corymbitodes auratus Fleutiaux, 1942

Qiu, Lu, 2023, New and little-known species of Corymbitodes from China (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae), Faunitaxys (Carlton, Vic.) 11 (52), pp. 1-7 : 6

Corymbitodes auratus Fleutiaux, 1942

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New material. – 6 ♂ & 3 ♀ ( MYNU), pass of Huanglianshan, Lvchun County, Honghe Prefecture , Yunnan, 1900 m, 21-23. V.2018, Hao Xu & Jian-Yue Qiu leg.

Diagnosis. – A well-recognized species with yellowish spots on elytra. Body length 7.2 -7.5 mm in male, 8.8 -9.4 mm in female. Head, pronotum and scutellar shield metallic green, slightly reddish, posterior portion of posterior angle of pronotum slightly yellow; elytra metallic coppery, slightly purple, center with a pair of large yellow spots,base of elytra with a pair of yellow spots, the size of yellow spot at base varied, sometimes diminished into small yellow area; ventral surface metallic red, with sides of hypomeron metallic green, meso- and metathoracic surface additionallywithyellowishgreenreflection;abdomenwith sides metallic green; antennae black; legs yellow, with tarsus darkened apically. Pronotum with carination on posterior angle. Elytral apices with micro process. Male with antennae just reaching posterior angle of pronotum, serrated from antennomere 3 on, while female not reaching posterior angle of pronotum by about two antennomeres.

Remarks. – C. auratus was originally described from northern Myanmar (Fleutiaux, 1942). Schimmel &Tarnawski (2015) recorded this species from Dali, northwestern Yunnan. Specimens from Huanglianshan, southern Yunnan, with diminished or indistinct yellow spots at the base of elytra, which is slightly different from the specimen illustrated by Schimmel &Tarnawski (2015) with large and distinct basal spots, are in all other respects generally identical to the illustration provided by Schimmel &Tarnawski (2015).

Distribution. – China (Yunnan); Myanmar.

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