Genus Examnes Pascoe

Examnes Pascoe, 1869, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., ser 3, 3 : 540 (type-species : E. longicornis Pase., 1869). - Aurivillius, 1912, Coleopt. Cat., 39 : 125. - Gressitt, 1956, Insects of Micronesia, 17 (2) : 96. - Hudepohl, 1990a, Entomofauna, 11 (3/2): 88.

Diagnostic characters : head not produced; gena very short; frons subvertical; eye moderately emarginate; upper eye lobe approximate; antennae 1.5 X longer than body in ; antennal segment 3 as long as prothorax; 3 & 5 subequal; prothorax little longer than broad; 1/3 basal of elytra coarsely granulate, 2/3 apical half punctate; apex rounded.

Key to species of Examnes in Sarawak

1.   Pronotum with pubescent spots side of middle, punctate; frons flat; pubescent  on scape decumbent - longicornis PASCOE, 1869
Pronotum without pubescent spots, irregularly rugose; frons convex; bristles  on scape erected - lumawigi HUDEPOHL, 1990

Examnes longicornis PASCOE

Head, antennae, prothorax and elytra fuscous with scattered greyish pubescence; behind upper eye lobe with 2 greyish spots of aggregated pubescence; side and latero-dorsal of prothorax with flavo-fumate pubescence; pronotum with greyish spots anterior of side of median; scutellum white; femora fuscous with reddish tinge on clavated portion; tibiae castaneous.

Head slightly raised between antennae, ridge concave; labrum bilobe at side; gena very short, base of mandible almost touching anterior of eye; gula coarsely punctate; vertex with a glabrous median stripe that bent at right angle posterior of neck, circumscribe the white patch behind eye. Antenna 1.5 X as long as body in ; scape extended beyond anterior margin of prothorax, punctulate, pubescence dense but decumbent; dorsal of 3 & 4 feebly canaliculate; 3 as long as prothorax, subequal to 5; 3 - 8 (9 - 11 missing) complanate; 4 half as long as 3; 3 - 5 punctulate. Prothorax 1.5 X as long as broad; side concave; widest at middle, as wide as elytra; disc with a glabrous median line not reaching apex or base; pronotum with 4 blunt protuberance side of middle in the anterior and posterior; 2 white pubescent spots in front of the former; remaining area punctate; antero-lateral of side with another obstuse glabrous protuberance; prosternum punctate with weak transverse striate. Elytron 5.5 X as long as broad; disc granulate at 1/4 from base; coarsely punctate nearer to 2/3 from base and gradually punctulate towards apex; punctures setaceous. Legs : fore and mid coxae raised above intercoxal process; fore femora shorter than both hind pairs, clavate, peduncle obscure; 2 & 3 femora strongly clavate at apical half, peduncle at basal half, all finely punctulate and pubescent.

Measurement : Length 15.0 - 16.0 mm (); breadth 3.5 - 4.0 mm ()

Distribution : Sarawak; Phillipines; Bouru; Dorey.

Note : Aurivillius (1912) placed this species under the synonym of E. philippensis (NEWMAN) but Hudepohl (1990a) examined both type and concluded that they are distinctively 2 good species. Examnes philippensis has dense whitish pubescence on margin of disc while E. longicornis has spots of yellowish-white pubescence in the anterior of both side of middle, it also has the median smooth line and 2 whitish pubescent spots behind the eyes.

Material examined : 2 Limbang, Limbang Div., 4.IV.1910 (SM Coll.); Balingian, Sibu Div., IX.1903 (SM Coll.).

Examnes lumawigi HUDEPOHL

Examnes lumawigi Hudepohl, 1990a, Entomofauna, 11 (3/2): 88.

Head, prothorax, base of elytra brownish-castaneous; antennae, legs including entire tibiae and apex of elytra bright castaneous; body sparsely with tawny bristles on elytra; undersurfaces very sparsely with greyish pubescence.

Head convex in front; clypeus and gena obsolete; frons very short, vertical; base of mandible and antennal condyle approximate, only separate by several omatidia of lower eye lobe; vertex flat, not pubescent. Antenna 1.5 X as long as body in ; scape coarsely punctate with long erected bristles; 1 - 5 setaceous, slender, cylindrical; 3 - 5 aciculate, subequal; 4 as long as 3. Prohtorax distinctively longer than broad; narrower than elytra; side subparallel to feebly concave; disc bare with few scattered bristles; entire pronotum irregularly and not deeply rugose; posterior o prosternum rugose, similar to those on pronotum. Elytron 5.5 X as long as broad; base distinctively granulated and shallow punctures; setaceous between granules; remaining area punctate, gradually becoming finer towards apex, punctures setaceous. Legs : femora less pubescent.

Measurement : Length 12.0 - 13.0 mm (); breadth 3.0 - 3.5 mm ()

Distribution : Sarawak; Phillipines

Material examined : 2 Mt. Merinjak (2200 ft), 29.V.1914 (SM Coll.); Kuching, Kuching Div., 10.II. 1898 (SM Coll.).