New Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from Sarawak in the spirit collection of the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Darby, Michael
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD UK.
m.darby@nhm.ac.uk
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-04-04
512
1
50
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2019.512
85c6241d-5e5a-4022-945f-e207d31458ef
2118-9773
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DF89CFD-A549-4C69-8FBC-90EC8DEA9A66
Acrotrichis hanskii
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
28ADD572-CE8E-4C39-9C75-60F541DE898F
Fig. 20
Diagnosis
The form of the genitalia distinguishes this species.
Etymology
Named after the collector, Ilkka Hanski.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA-BORNEO
•
♀
;
Sarawak
, 4
th
division,
Gunung Mulu National Park
;
800–1700 m
a.s.l.
;
29 Apr. 1978
;
I. Hanski
leg.,
BM 1978-524
;
pitfall trap
fish bait, LMR forest slope 4-6;
BMNH
.
Fig. 20.
Acrotrichis hanskii
sp. nov.
A
. Habitus.
B
. Hind angle of pronotum viewed at 45°.
C
. Antennomeres III–XI.
D
. Spermatheca.
E
. Aedeagus.
F
. Meso- and metaventra ×425.
G
. Mentum and submentum ×1600.
H
. Pygidium.
Paratypes
MALAYSIA-BORNEO
•
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
(the ♂ mounted disarticulated on the slide); same data as for holotype;
BMNH
.
Description
SIZE. Habitus (
Fig. 20A
), length
0.76 mm
.
COLOUR. Dark brown, antennae, and legs yellow, dorsal surface covered with fine yellow pubescence.
HEAD. Distance across eyes
0.28 mm
; antennomeres III–XI, length
0.33 mm
; mentum anterior margin concave, angles acute (
Fig. 20G
).
PRONOTUM. Length
0.19 mm
, width
0.28 mm
, lateral margins sinuate before acute hind angles (viewed from 45°) (
Fig. 20B
).
ELYTRA. Length
0.44 mm
, width
0.44 mm
.
VENTRUM. Mesoventrum reticulate, without pubescence, sides shallowly convex, collar with a narrow raised anterior margin, keel obliterated before collar, extending posteriorly to a fine point between the mesocoxae (
Fig. 20F
). Metaventrum reticulate, pubescent throughout, posterior margin between metacoxae with two sharp points at corners, ± ¹∕₅ the width of the sclerite (
Fig. 20F
).
ABDOMEN. Pygidium with indistinct teeth and medial point, anterior border with row of setae (
Fig. 20H
).
FEMALE GENITALIA. Spermatheca (
Fig. 20D
).
MALE GENITALIA. Aedeagus (
Fig. 20E
).