A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia Author Marris, John W. M. Author Ślipiński, Adam text Zootaxa 2014 2014-01-13 3754 1 32 58 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.2 f435fbaf-802a-4202-92ff-6d69aa405739 1175-5326 252769 D873973D-A4F5-455F-83DD-4B3E564DB630 Pediacus australis Marris & Ślipiński , sp. nov. Figs. 2 A–H. Diagnosis. Recognisable by the combination of the following characters: body colour pale orange-brown, eyes large and coarsely faceted, pronotum with weakly produced denticles. Description. Body length 2.6–3.4 mm (n= 7 ), elongate, 3.13 × longer than wide, colour orange-brown, legs slightly paler; pubescence long, pale, appressed and moderately conspicuous; surface moderately glossy. Head transverse, 1.78 × wider than long; puncturation moderately impressed and moderately dense medially, increasing in size and density laterally with punctures separated by about their diameter; setae long and appressed, conspicuous; microsculpture absent, surface glossy; eyes very large, strongly projecting, ocular index 0.63 , coarsely faceted, postocular denticle absent; antennae as in Figs. 2 C, D, antennomere VII larger than VI and VIII. Pronotum weakly transverse, 1.19 × wider than long, widest at about anterior 1 / 3 , sides subparallel; lateral margins moderately explanate and reflexed basally, denticles small and broadly obtuse; disc faintly impressed; puncturation, setation and microsculpture as for head, impunctate median strip faint to absent. Elytra elongate, 2.04 × longer than wide, sides subparallel, epipleura weakly explanate; puncturation moderately dense but weakly impressed basally, becoming more dense and deeply impressed laterally, puncturation faint on disc; setation long, appressed and conspicuous; microsculpture coriaceous. Genitalia for male as in Figs. 2 G, H, parameres strongly elongate, tapering apically; internal sac with tooth-like projections basally and a weakly sclerotized apical section. Type material. Holotype ( male ): “[ Australia ] N.E. QLD. Hinchinbrook Is. , Upper Gayundah Ck. 10–11 Nov 1984 G. Monteith & D.J. Cook // Q.M. BERLESATE NO. 673 18.22 S x 146.15 E Rainforest , 850m Sieved litter // Queensland Museum Loan No. 93. 27 Date: Nov. 1993 [green label] // HOLOTYPE Pediacus australis Marris & Ślipiński 2013 ”. Specimen on card point with genitalia mounted in DHMF on card below; deposited in QM . Paratypes . AUSTRALIA : Queensland: Bulburin State Forest, via Many Peaks, Qld. 17–19 .x. 1972 B.K. & J.A. Cantrell ( 1 , ANIC ); Millaa Millaa, 9 .i. 1964 , N. Qld. G. Monteith ( 1 , UQIC ); AUSTRALIA : n. Qld 7km NE of Tolga 7 .ix. 1987 Storey & De Faveri light trap ( 1 , QDPI ); Hambledon XI– 1921 Queensland, Aus. ( 1 , BPBM ). PAPUA NEW GUINEA : PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wau, 4000 ft . 1–3 .VII. 1974 H.F. Howden ( 1 , CNC ). PHILIPPINES : PHILIPPINES : MOUNTAIN PROV ., Abatan, Buguias 60km S of Bontoc, 1800–2000m , 24 .IV. 1964 , H.M. Torrevillas Collector ( 1 , BPBM ). THAILAND : NW Thailand , 19.19 N , 97.59 E Mae Hong Son, 1991 Ban Huai Po, 1600–2000m 17 .– 23.5 ., L. Dembický leg. ( 2 , NHMW ); NW THAILAND , 9 .– 16.5 . Mae Hong Son 1991 Ban Huai Po, 1600–2000m leg. J. Horak ( 1 , NHMW ); NW-THAILAND; 1 .– 5.5 . Mae Hong Son 1992 Ban Huai Po, 1600–2000m leg. J. Strnad ( 1 , NHMW ). Distribution. Australia , Papua New Guinea , Philippines , Thailand . Etymology. The species epithet refers to the southern distribution of this species within the Asian and Australasian regions. It is the only Pediacus species recorded from Australasia.