{"title":"New species of Sinodima Kundrata, Sormova & Qiu, 2019 reveal the first case of strong sexual dimorphism in Dimini (Coleoptera: Elateridae)","authors":"Lu Qiu , Robin Kundrata","doi":"10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102289","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>ZooBank LSID: <span><span>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:392A0D37-258B-4662-A318-BA671654E093</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>.</p><p>Genus <em>Sinodima</em> Kundrata, Sormova & Qiu, 2019 was originally described based on a single species represented by the female holotype. In this study, we examined more than 500 specimens of <em>Sinodima</em> collected using Malaise traps. As a result, we described two new species from China: <em>Sinodima liupanshuiensis</em> sp. nov. and <em>Sinodima nanlingensis</em> sp. nov. The males of this genus are firstly reported and distinctly differentiated from the females by the elongate body and fully developed hind wings. Two new combinations are proposed for species originally described in genus <em>Penia</em> Laporte, 1838: <em>Sinodima elongata</em> (Arimoto, 2023), comb. nov. and <em>Sinodima sucinea</em> (Schimmel, 2001), comb. nov. The newly discovered <em>Sinodima</em> species provide the first report on strong sexual dimorphism in Dimini and highlight an unusual season activity of adults during autumn to early winter.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15094,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-pacific Entomology","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 102289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Asia-pacific Entomology","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226861524000943","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENTOMOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
Genus Sinodima Kundrata, Sormova & Qiu, 2019 was originally described based on a single species represented by the female holotype. In this study, we examined more than 500 specimens of Sinodima collected using Malaise traps. As a result, we described two new species from China: Sinodima liupanshuiensis sp. nov. and Sinodima nanlingensis sp. nov. The males of this genus are firstly reported and distinctly differentiated from the females by the elongate body and fully developed hind wings. Two new combinations are proposed for species originally described in genus Penia Laporte, 1838: Sinodima elongata (Arimoto, 2023), comb. nov. and Sinodima sucinea (Schimmel, 2001), comb. nov. The newly discovered Sinodima species provide the first report on strong sexual dimorphism in Dimini and highlight an unusual season activity of adults during autumn to early winter.
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The journal publishes original research papers, review articles and short communications in the basic and applied area concerning insects, mites or other arthropods and nematodes of economic importance in agriculture, forestry, industry, human and animal health, and natural resource and environment management, and is the official journal of the Korean Society of Applied Entomology and the Taiwan Entomological Society.