Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) 4. Two new genera, Austrocyphon and Tasmanocyphon
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2013
3706
1
1
74
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3706.1.1
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1175-5326
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Austrocyphon charon
,
sp. n.
(Figs. 32–37)
Type
material
.
Holotype
♂,
3♂
paratypes
:
Australia
,
VIC
, Acheron R. at Narbethong, reared from larvae collected in late
September 1972
, P.Zwick (
ANIC
).
Additional material studied
. Three females and several larval and one pupal exuviae on slides with the same data have no
type
status (PZ).
Habitus
. BL ♂ 2.6–2.8, ♀
2.7–2.9 mm
. Oval, BL/BW 1.6–1.7. Uniformly brown or the periphery of pronotum and shoulders diffusely yellow, rest of elytra ochre (juvenile specimens).
Male
. T9 plate divided into two narrow flat spikes. The caudolateral corners are gently curved claws. S9 spatulate, barely sclerotized, soft, with sparse fine pilosity in caudal third.
Penis: pala and the widely flanged distal part of approximately equal length. The foramen almost reaches the penis tip. Trigonium wide, parallel, tip abruptly narrowed to claw-shaped centema which is below a subterminal sclerotized knob. Spinules indistinct.
Parameres (not shown) slender, straight acutely pointed struts as long as penis.
Female
. At the level of segment 8 the ovipositor shows some faint sclerotization and pigmentation in the shape of two caudally converging bands which merge and then separate again.
Pupa, larva.
See generic description, p. 11.
Etymology
. In Greek mythology
Charon
is the boatman taking the deceased into Hades, across the River Acheron. Acheron River happens to be the name of the
type
locality. A noun in apposition.