A revision of Cissidium Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with seventy seven new species
Author
Darby, Michael
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-02
622
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journal article
22458
10.5852/ejt.2020.622
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Cissidium globosum
Darby, 2015
Figs 2G
,
72
Material examined
Holotype
BOLIVIA
•
♀
;
Santa Cruz
Dep.,
Espejillos
;
17°54′04″ S
,
63°26′16″ E
;
536 m
a.s.l.
;
1 Dec. 2013
; sifting under palms;
Winkler
app. extrac.;
P. Baňař
leg.;
UASC
.
Supplementary description
The following description amplifies the
type
description of
Darby (2015)
, in particular by adding more details of the meso- and metaventral characters, in order to conform with the entries in the present paper.
SIZE. Habitus (
Fig. 72A
), length
0.61 mm
.
COLOUR. Brownish yellow, legs and antennae paler.
HEAD. With a linear depression between the eyes, distance across the eyes
0.19 mm
; antennomeres III– XI
0.26 mm
long, terminal antennomeres globose (
Fig. 2G
).
PRONOTUM.
0.25 mm
wide,
0.17 mm
long (
Fig. 72B
).
ELYTRA.
0.41 mm
long,
0.35 mm
wide, foveolae deeper than those on pronotum. MESOVENTRITE. Medial extension of collar broad; mid-keel with concave lateral margins, the anterior corners wider than the posterior corners which do not reach the mesocoxal anterior borders, shallowly raised before keel with ± six setae from concave foveolae; keel short, pointed, terminating close to rear margin of mesocoxae; lateral margins of mesoventrite without serrations (
Fig. 72C
).
METAVENTRITE. Posterior margins of mesocoxae partially serrate, spines long.
GENITALIA. Female spermatheca globular. Males not known.
Remarks
Separable from the six other Bolivian
Cissidium
by its small size, the strongly arched median extension of the mesoventral collar and the parallel sided mid-keel.