A new species of the genus Mescirtes Motschulsky, 1863, (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) from Vietnam, with a species list of the world Author Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki Author Klausnitzer, Bernhard text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2016 2016-07-01 64 123 126 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5354966 2345-7600 5354966 E896CFED-E3B9-47D3-B72B-C52B490EF762 Mescirtes kojimai , new species ( Figs. 1 , 5–7 ) Type series. Holotype : Male ( TUA ), “[ Vietnam ] Mt. Lang Biang Lam Dong Prov. 17 February 2011 Hiroaki Kojima leg.” Figs. 5–7. Male genitalia of Mescirtes kojimai , new species , holotype. 5, Tegmen in ventral view; 6, 7, penis in ventral (6) and lateral (7) views. Figs. 1–4. Mescirtes spp. : 1, Mescirtes kojimai , new species , holotype; 2–4, Mescirtes wasungenensis Klausnitzer , new name: 2, 3, from Thailand, male (2) and female (3); 4, from Laos, female. Scale bar = 1.0 mm. Description. Male. Body oval, strongly convex dorsally, shiny, closely covered with yellowish-white setae. Coloration of head, pronotum, scutellar shield, elytra, and ventral part of thorax black; antennae, legs, elytral maculations, and abdominal ventrites yellowish-brown; elytral maculations consisting of two pairs of oblong spots and oblique zigzag stripe, forming semicircular. Head large, flat dorsally, finely punctate; eyes large, prominent; the distance between eyes about 2.9 times as long as the maximum diameter of an eye. Antennae (antennomeres X and XI missing in holotype ) slightly serrate in antennomeres IV–IX. Pronotum transverse, slightly convex dorsally, punctate as in head; anterior margin straight; lateral and posterior margins gently arcuate; antero- and posterolateral corners obtuse; PW / PL 2.46 . Elytra strongly convex dorsally, widest at the middle, closely and finely punctate; humeral parts slightly projecting dorso-laterally; EL/EW 1.13; EL/ PL 3.71 ; EW/ PW 1.34 ; TL/EW 1.43. Hind wings developed . Tegmen ( Fig. 5 ) oblong, with arcuate basal margin, widest at basal 1/4; parameres sparsely punctate, with obtuse apices. Penis ( Figs. 6, 7 ) long, about 0.93 times as long as tegmen; pala oblong, widest near the base, straightly tapered apically; ventral projection long, anchor-shaped; dorsal projection long, bifid in apical part. Female. Unknown. Measurement. Holotype : TL 3.30 mm ; PW 1.72 mm ; PL 0.70 mm ; EL 2.60 mm ; EW 2.30 mm . Remarks. This is species is distinct in having unique elytral maculations (unicolored or with simple spots in the elytra of the other species of this genus) and anchor-shaped ventral projection. Etymology. The species name is given for Dr. Hiroaki Kojima (TUA) who is a specialist of Curculionidae and the collector of the holotype .