Three new minute leaf litter beetles discovered by citizen scientists in Maliau Basin, Malaysian Borneo (Coleoptera: Leiodidae, Chrysomelidae)
Author
Schilthuizen, Menno
Author
Seip, Lilian A
Author
Otani, Sean
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Suhaimi, Jadda
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Njunjic, Iva
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2017
5
21947
21947
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e21947
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e21947
1314-2828-5-21947
Colenisia Fauvel, 1903; Type species: Colenisia caledonica Fauvel, 1903
Colenisia
Fauvel, 1903; (
Fauvel 1903
,
Newton 1998
,
Daffner 1991
,
Svec
2013
)
Colenisia
Colenisia caledonica
Fauvel, 1903
Fauvel 1903
Diagnosis
Body small (0.8-2.5 mm), oval, glossy, usually uniformly brown. Head broad, occipital crest absent, at least half as wide as the pronotum, with distinct microreticulation. Antennal insertion concealed, antennal groove absent. Antennae 11-segmented, relatively compact, 8th antennomere much smaller than 9th and 10th. Labrum not emarginate; mandible with strongly developed molar surface. Elytra with transverse microreticulation. First abdominal segment without a transverse carina. Hind coxae not separated. Tarsal formula 5-4-4 in both sexes. Aedeagus with free parameres.