Review of the genera of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with descriptions of new genera and a world generic key Author Lawrence, John F. Author Escalona, Hermes E. Author Leschen, Richard A. B. Author Ślipiński, Adam text Zootaxa 2014 3826 1 195 229 journal article 45355 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.6 c83f335b-ffc1-4cc7-af45-083caed1da51 1175-5326 251844 4C7900FD-656C-4180-80DA-449C310CD2B8 Afrotyphaeola natalensis sp. n. ( Figs. 2A , 4A , D, 5K–L, 13A–L) Type specimens. Holotype , ♂: SOUTH AFRICA : Natal : Cathedral Peaks For. Sta., 75 km WSW Estcourt, 1500 m , 12.xii.1979 , Berl. 3, ravine litter with hyphae, S. & J. Peck ( NHML ). Paratypes : SOUTH AFRICA : Natal : Cathedral Peaks For. Sta., 75 km WSW Estcourt, 1500 m , podocarp forest, 10.xii.1979 , Ber. 1, sifted moss, S. & J. Peck ( 1♂ , 2♀♀, ANIC , CASC ); same locality and collectors, 12.xii.1979 , Berl. 3, ravine litter with hyphae (2♂♂, ANIC , CMNC ); same locality and collectors, 14.xii.1979 , Berl. 5, rotted wood, bark, fungi (2♂♂, 1♀, ANIC , FMNH ); same locality and collectors, 15.xii.1979 , Berl. 6, litter, mossy boulder bases ( 1♂ , 2♀♀, CMNC ); same locality and collectors, 17.xii.1979 , Berl. 8, rotted stump of Cussonia spicata (3♂♂, 1♀, ANIC , NZAC ); same locality and collectors, 19.xii.1979 , Berl. 11, rotted Boletus bait station ( 1♂ , 1♀, AMNH ); Cathedral Peaks For. Sta., 75 km WSW Estcourt, 1800 m , 27.xii.1979 , Berl. 25, catchment 10 podocarp litter, moss, hyphae (3♂♂, 5♀♀, ANIC , MCZH , NZAC ). Description. Color of pronotum and most of head reddish-brown, anterior portion of head usually lighter; elytra dark yellowish-brown; undersurfaces reddish-brown; legs, antennae and palps yellowish-brown, with antennal club somewhat darker. Vestiture of upper surfaces consisting of moderately long, decumbent, yellow setae; undersurfaces clothed with short, decumbent setae and fewer short, erect setae. Head with moderately fine and dense punctation and smooth and shiny interspaces. Ratio of antennal lengths: 1.75: 2.00: 1.75: 1.25: 1.50: 1.25: 1.22: 1.00: 1.75: 1.75: 2.00. Length/width ratios of antennomeres: 1.40, 1.78, 1.75, 1.25, 1.50, 1.25, 1.22, 0.73, 0.82, 0.78, 1.00. Pronotal punctures coarser than and about as dense as those on head and more or less longitudinally oval; elytral punctures larger than those on pronotum and more sparsely distributed, not seriate; interspaces smooth and shiny. Punctation on prosternum, hypomera and pterothorax fine and sparse. Aedeagus 2.85 times as long as wide, widest near base; phallobase about as long as parameres, each of which is 4 times as long as wide, narrowing anteriorly, with apex ventrally curved and acute; penis 0.95 times as long phallobase and parameres combined, 7.5 times as long as wide, slender and parallel-sided, with apex subacute and basal struts about 0.33 times as long as body of penis. Biology . Most specimens have been taken by sifting leaf litter, rotten wood, and moss and two were taken from rotten Boletus . Etymology . The specific epithet refers to Natal where all specimens of this new species have been collected.