Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys
Author
Kolibac, Jiri
Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.366.6172
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.366.6172
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Genus
Rentonidium Crowson, 1966
Figs 9
, 17
; Map 10
Rentonidium
Crowson, R. A. 1966: 123.
Type species.
Rentonidium costiventris
Crowson, 1966 [by original designation and monotypy]
Kolibac
, J. 2005: 81.
Kolibac
, J. 2006: 116 (phylogeny)
Description
(according to
Crowson 1966
, modified). Body size: 1.3 mm. Adult: Body conglobate. General form short ovate and very convex, Byrrhid-like; length not more than 2 mm. Head strongly transverse; front margin of clypeus with a marked emargination; galea and lacinia separate; lacinia without spines or hooks; no erect setae on upper body surface; metendosternite with slender lamina. Front coxal cavities internally closed, coxae very elongate, separated by a very narrow process; first ventrite with a median keel at least in front; ventrites II-IV each with a transverse line of strong backward-projecting setae near its hind border; tegmen undivided.
Biology.
Collected in "
male flower of
Pinus insignis
" (
Crowson 1966
). Probably feeding on pollen grains as do the adults of
Australiodes
.
Distribution.
New Zealand: Northland, Waipoua State Forest.
Species:
Rentonidium costiventris
Crowson, 1966; New Zealand (RAC)
Crowson, R. A. 1966: 123.
Kolibac
, J. 2005: 81