Redescription of Ceroderma asperata Raffray, and description of Cerochusa cilioceps gen. et sp. n. from Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
Author
Nomura, Shûhei
Author
Li, Li-Zhen
text
Zootaxa
2012
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62
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.281580
2bfd0596-8431-4e0f-b1cd-9bb3075b4d50
1175-5326
281580
Ceroderma asperata
Raffray, 1890
(
Figs. 1
,
3–11
,
19–21
)
Ceroderma asperata
Raffray, 1890b
: 199
.
Type
locality: Penang Island, Malaysian Peninsula.
Type
material examined
(MNHN).
Holotype
(
Figs. 19–20
):
MALAYSIA
:
3, labeled ‘Penang // MUSÉUM PARIS / 1917 / COLL. A. RAFFRAY //
TYPE
//
C
.
asperata
/ A. Raffray det. //
Ceroderma
/
asperata
Raff
/ det. Löbl, 1970’.
Other material examined
(
NSMT
). 2 3, 1 Ƥ, labeled ‘Ulu Gombak, Selangor / (termite nest) / [MALAY- SIA] /
27.vii.2003
, M. Maruyama // Host:
Coptotermes curvi
- /
gnathus
Holmgren, 1913 / M. Maruyama det., 2003 //
FAUNA
MALAYSIA
/
Staphylinidae
,
Pselaphinae
/
Ceroderma asperata
Raffray
/ S. Nomura det., 2003’.
Diagnosis.
Head triangular; vertex largely concave; postocular margins roundly expanded laterally; triangular pronotum broadly incised at basal half; elytra evenly constricted at basal half, with three basal foveae; tergite IV slightly longer than V.
FIGURE 1–2.
Dorsal habitus of
Ceroderma asperata
(
1
) and
Cerochusa cilioceps
(
2
). Scales: 0.5 mm.
Redescription.
Male. BL 2.66. Body (
Figs. 1
,
19
) reddish brown, maxillary palpi and tarsi lighter; head, pronotum and elytra covered with dense setae, microtuberculate where setae arise. Head (
Figs. 3
,
19
) much wider than long, HL 0.48, HW 0.81; vertex with tufted setae at anterior and posterior borders of large transverse median concavity, vertexal foveae and sulcus overlapped by concavity; postocular margins largely angularly expanded laterally, with dense long lateral setae; eyes well-developed, each composed of about 60 facets; antennomeres II–VIII (
Fig. 4
) of similar width, clubs formed by enlarged antennomeres IX–XI. Pronotum much wider than long, PL 0.55, PW 0.81; with shallow longitudinal median and lateral sulci; short discal carinae at basal half; lateral spines slightly larger than antebasal spines. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.82, EW 1.03; evenly constricted at basal half. Metaventrite concave along midline. Legs with femora thickened; protibiae (
Fig. 5
) angularly expanded mesally at apical half; mesotibiae (
Fig. 5
) with tiny membranous apical projection; metatrochanters (
Fig. 7
) with large elongate ventral projection. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.81, AW 1.02; tergite IV with thick triangular lateral ridges; tergites V–VI with ridges much thinner; tergite VII (
Fig. 8
) with small lateral tubercles sharp. Sternite IV twice length of V at midline, with short median carina; sternites V–VII with short triangular basolateral ridges. Aedeagus (
Figs. 9–11
) well-sclerotized, length 0.37; broad basal bulb with large foramen, median lobe expanded apically.
FIGURE 3–11.
Ceroderma asperata
.
3.
Head and pronotum.
4.
Antenna.
5.
Protibia.
6.
Apex of mesotibia.
7.
Metatrochanter.
8.
Right half of tergite VII.
9.
Aedeagus, in dorsal view.
10.
Same, in lateral view.
11.
Same, in ventral view. Scales: a, b=0.5 mm; c=0.3 mm; d=0.05 mm; e–i=0.2 mm.
Female. Similar to male in general. Measurements: BL 2.62, HL 0.47, HW 0.74, PL 0.55, PW 0.78, EL 0.78, EW 1.04, AL 0.82, AW 0.98. Vertex lacking setose concavity, widely separated foveae connected by shallow triangular sulcus in large impressed area; postocular margins less expanded than in male, lacking long lateral setae. Each eye composed of about 55 facets. Protibiae lacking mesal expansion at apical half; mesotibiae lacking apical tubercle.
Distribution.
Malaysia
: Penang, Selangor.
Host termite.
Coptotermes curvignathus
Holmgren
(det. M. Maruyama).