Review of the genus Hyperstoma (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Author
Janisova, Kristyna
Author
Bocakova, Milada
text
Zootaxa
2011
2975
64
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.207679
c8f99200-8b49-493b-8312-0f6857403b49
1175-5326
207679
Hyperstoma wittmeri
sp. nov.
(
Figs 2, 4
,
7, 8, 10
,
12
)
Type
material.
Holotype
:
male,
Sri Lanka
: Kandy District, Kandy,
549 m
, Peak View Motel,
15. – 24. Jan. 1970
, Davis & Rowe leg. (
NHMB
).
Paratypes
:
Sri Lanka
:
1 male
, Moneragala District, Wellawaya,
28. Sep. 1975
, D.M. Davies, S. Karunaratne, D.W. Balasooriya leg. (
NHMB
);
1 male
, Galle District, Kanneliya Jungle,
13. –16. Aug. 1972
, K.V. Krombein & P.B. Karunaratne leg. (
NHMB
).
Diagnosis.
Antennomeres 1–6 yellow to light brown, penultimate abdominal tergum basally rounded, lateral openings between terminal abdominal tergum and lateral projections of penultimate tergum circular basally, male genitalia with broadly V-shaped phallobase.
Description
. Body length
5.2-5.5 mm
, humeral width
2.4 mm
. Antennomeres 1–6 yellow to light brown. Antennomeres 7-11, elytral margins, suture, and apex of elytra dark brown. Distance between eyes 2× longer than eye diameter. Antennae (
Fig. 4
) with median lamellae about 2.7× longer than antennomere body, apical lamellae moderately shorter. Antennomeres 1-6 yellow to light brown, other antennomeres dark brown. Enlarged terminal palpomeres of maxillary palpi about 2.5× longer than its width. Terminal palpomere of labial palpi 3.3× longer than width. Elytra elongate, each elytron about 2.7× longer than width. Penultimate abdominal tergum rounded basally (
Fig. 10
), lateral longitudinal projections of penultimate tergum reniform, terminal tergum longer than paramerae, pointed distally, provided with moderately hooked thorn in 2/3. Longitudinal apertures between terminal tergum and lateral projections of penultimate tergum circular basally. Male genitalia (
Figs 7, 8
) with broadly V-shaped phallobase, parameral apices rounded. Phallus with almost circular outline in ventral view, apex rounded.
Etymology.
Named in honor of late Walter Wittmer (
Switzerland
, Basel).
Distribution.
Sri Lanka
.