Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2015
3981
3
301
359
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.1
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1175-5326
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Nothocyphon amphora
,
n. sp.
(
Figs. 83
,
91
)
Type
material
:
1
♂
holotype
: Pierces Ck Forest
ACT
20 Jan.1989
I.McArthur IPS trap (
ANIC
).
Paratypes
:
1♂
:
38.39S
143.42E
VIC
Haines Junc.
525m
1.9km
W. on Turtons Track 809
25.Jan.–8.Feb.1987
A.Newton & M.Thayer \ wet scler. forest
FMHD
#87-213 flight interc. (window) trap [body in poor shape];
1♂
:
38.43S
145.35E
VIC
Otway NP
390m
Binn Rd
4.3 km
N of Cape Horn 808
25.Jan.–8.Feb. 1987
A.Newton & M.Thayer \ wet scler. forest
FMHD
#87/210 flight interc. (window) trap [fore body missing] (all
ANIC
).
Habitus
. BL
2.7−2.8mm
, BL/BW ~1.7. Very similar to
N. isolaeregis
in all respects.
Male.
Similar to
N. isolaeregis
, trigonium a little stouter. The parameres are longer than the parameroids and very slender. Their medial edge is nearly straight, smooth, the outer edge bears one to a few angular projections near the apex (
Fig. 83
).
Female
. Unknown.
Notes
. The
holotype
from near Canberra has a few teeth on the paramere, the specimens from the Otway ranges only one tooth (
Fig. 91
). The present gap in the range may be due to the scarcity of specimens. If correct,
N. amphora
probably coexists with
N. alces
n. sp.
Etymology.
The name is a noun in apposition describing the shape of the penis.