Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) 4. Two new genera, Austrocyphon and Tasmanocyphon
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2013
3706
1
1
74
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3706.1.1
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1175-5326
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Austrocyphon quadridens
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 72–75
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
: ♂, Illawarra,
N. S.
Wales
G.E.Bryant
4.x.08
/ G.Bryant coll. 1919-147 /
pictus Blkb.
? Compared with
type
G. J. A. /
Cyphon pictus Blackb. Id.
by J.Armstrong (
NHML
).
Paratype
: ♂,
fenestratus Bl.
(no other labels, body in poor shape;
SAMA
).
Habitus
. BL
2.9 mm
, elongate oval, BL/BW ~1.9. Uniformly brown, pronotal margin a bit rufous. Antennae (only the base is preserved) and legs light brown.
Male
. T9 with long widely separated apodemes, disc completely transparent and soft, only two caudo-lateral spinulose tips clearly pigmented and visible. S9 short and wide, base triangular, sides widening caudad in a curve, then abruptly restricted towards the sclerotized narrow caudal margin with two sharp points separated by a shallow U-shaped notch.
Penis with narrow pala. Caudal part beyond base of trigonium much wider, forming a wide arch with narrow lateral and wide caudal sclerite strips. The membranous foramen inside this arch is much larger than the conical trigonium which carries a strong centema and some delicate apico-lateral spicules.
Parameres long slender struts originating from a transverse bar-like capulus and ending in delicate sharp tips which are medially connected to transparent membranous lobes.
Female
. Not known.
Etymology
. Before dissection, the tips of T8 and S9 were superimposed, appearing like four sharp teeth. The specific name (derived from Latin
quatuor
, four, and
dens
, tooth) is treated like a noun in apposition.