New species of the genus Ypsiloncyphon (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae)
Author
Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki
text
Zootaxa
2015
3904
4
451
500
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3904.4.1
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1175-5326
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Ypsiloncyphon myanmarnus
sp. n.
(
Figs. 1
B, 3)
Type
material.
Holotype
(
NMW
): male, “
MYANMAR
: Sagaing Division Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary
23º31.324’N
95º38.417’E
ca.
210m
,
9. 10. 1998
leg. Schillhammer (11)”, genit. s. no. HY 883.
Description.
Male. Body (
Fig. 1
B) oblong-oval, slightly convex dorsally, shining, closely covered with yellowish-white setae. Coloration of body brown, but antennae and legs pale brown.
Head large, slightly convex dorsally, minutely granulate. Eyes large, weakly prominent; the distance between eyes about 2.5 times as long as the maximum diameter of an eye. Pronotum granulate as on head; front and lateral margins straight; antero- and postero-lateral corners about 120º, slightly projecting anteriorly in anterior corners; posterior margin bisinuous; PW/PL 2.11. Scutellar shield small, equilaterally triangular, densely punctate. Elytra oblong, widest at the middle, densely punctate; each elytron furnished with three indistinct costae; humeral parts lightly projecting; apices right-angled; EL/EW 1.60; EL/PL 4.21; EW/PW 1.25; TL/EW 1.98.
Caudal margin of sternite VII (
Fig. 3
A) gently arcuate. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 3
B) well sclerotized, trapezoidal, with long apodemes; two pairs of projections protruding from basal part, outer one pointed at apices, inner one longer, obtuse at apices. Tergite IX (
Fig. 3
C) moderately sclerotized, H-shaped; apices pointed, with large clawlike projections. Tegmen (
Fig. 3
D) moderately sclerotized, long, Y-shaped; parameres long, apical 2/5 of length of tegmen, pointed at apices. Penis (
Fig. 3
E) moderately sclerotized, about 0.73 times as long as tegmen; pala arcuate in basal margin, widest just before the base; parameroid obtuse and widened at apex, densely punctate in apical part, with some nipple-like setae in apical 1/3 of dorsal surface; trigonium pointed at apex, gently curved ventrally.
Female. Unknown.
Measurements.
Male (n = 1): TL
1.98 mm
; PW
0.80 mm
; PL
0.38 mm
; EW 1.00 mm; EL
1.60 mm
.
Distribution.
Myanmar
.
Remarks.
This is a remarkable species in having the following characters: 1) tergite VIII with two pairs of long projections on lateral margin, 2) tergite IX pointed and with claw-like apical projections, and 3) trigonium of penis pointed at apex. Related species are unknown.
Etymology.
The species is named after the
type
locality.