Two new species of the genus Thinodromus Kraatz, 1857 from the Islands of Borneo and Sulawesi (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
Author
Gildenkov, M. Yu.
text
Russian Entomological Journal
2021
2021-03-31
30
1
43
46
http://dx.doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.30.1.06
journal article
10.15298/rusentj.30.1.06
0132-8069
10978315
FB4C8485-BEB2-43B9-B2E5-490C39156AB7
Thinodromus
(s.str.)
mamasensis
Gildenkov
,
sp.n.
Figs 4–6
.
MATERIAL.
Holotype
,
♂
,
Indonesia
,
Sulawesi
,
Mamasa County
: with labels “S Sulawesi,
8 km
W Mamasa
,
950 m
119.20.32E 2.56.13S
18.–21.Jul 1999
,
Bolm
lgt.” (
SMNS
).
DESCRIPTION (
holotype
). Length
3.5 mm
. Colouration dark-brown, legs, 1–3th, 9–11th segments of antennas and apex of elytra brown. Integument is slightly shiny, body with rather short, light-coloured seta.
Head transverse, with a wide base, ratio of its length (from posterior margin of head to anterior margin of clypeus) to maximum width is about 25:39. Neck constriction is well expressed. Eyes large, convex, occupying almost entire lateral side of head; temples almost indistinct, the head has the largest width in the eye area (
Fig. 2
). Head surface with clearly, finely and dense punctation. Diameter of punctures is about 2.0 times smaller than the eye facet. Distances between punctures much smaller than their diameter, interspaces smooth, slightly shiny (
Fig. 2
). Antennae long, with lengths of all antennal segments noticeably or significantly longer than their width (
Fig. 2
).
Pronotum heart-shaped, reaches its greatest width after 2/ 3 its length from base, then narrowed (
Fig. 2
). Ratio of pronotum length to its maximum width is about 37:46. Surface of pronotum with clearly, finely and dense punctation. Diameter of punctures is about 2.0 times smaller than the eye facet. Distances between punctures much smaller than their diameter, interspaces smooth, slightly shiny (
Fig. 2
). Base of pronotal disc with distinct horseshoe-shaped depression (
Fig. 2
); central part of disc with 2 symmetrical weakly developed oval depressions.
Ratio of length of elytra to their combined width is about 63:69. Elytra with clearly, finely and dense punctation. Diameter of punctures is about 1.5 times smaller than the eye facet. Distances between punctures much smaller than their diameter, interspaces smooth, slightly shiny (
Fig. 1
).
Abdomen with fine and dense punctation, slightly shiny.
Aedeagus of a characteristic structure (Figû 5–6).
Female. Unknown.
REMARKS. The species is similar to
Thinodromus
(s.str.)
shavrini
Gildenkov, 2020
[
Gildenkov, 2020
] described from the
Philippines
. It is distinguished by a noticeably smaller and more dense punctation of the head, pronotum, and elytra. Reliably distinguished by the structure of the aedeagus (
Figs 5–6
vs
Gildenkov, 2020
: Figs 10, 11).
DISTRIBUTION.
Sulawesi
(
Fig. 7
).
ETYMOLOGY. The species is named for its geographical distribution.