A revision of Cissidium Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with seventy seven new species
Author
Darby, Michael
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-02
622
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188
journal article
22458
10.5852/ejt.2020.622
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Cissidium upiense
sp. nov.
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Figs 3A
,
113
Etymology
Named after Upi, the municipality in the Province of
Maguindanao
,
Philippines
, where the insect was collected.
Material examined
Holotype
PHILIPPINES
•
♂
;
Mindanao
,
Burungket
,
Upi
,
Cotobato Prov.
;
1500 ft
a.s.l.
;
1–6 Jan. 1949
;
by waving fine meshed net over forest floor in late afternoon
;
Werner
leg.;
FMNH
.
Description
SIZE. Habitus (
Fig. 113A
), length
0.54 mm
.
COLOUR. Yellow brown, pubescence, legs and antennae dusky yellow.
HEAD. With a shallow foveolate and setose linear depression behind the eyes (
Fig. 3A
), width across eyes
0.18 mm
; mentum and prementum obscured; antennomeres III–XI, length
0.29 mm
, III–IX length
0.16 mm
, X–XI length
0.13 mm
.
PRONOTUM.
0.13 mm
long,
0.23 mm
wide, sparsely pubescent with ± nine asymmetrically placed foveae in basal half, lateral margins evenly rounded to shallow concave sinuations before rectangular hind angles, strongly bordered, the borders not continuing along the posterior margin, medial emargination opposite the scutellum angulate (
Fig. 113B
).
ELYTRA.
0.39 mm
long,
0.30 mm
wide, pubescent, shallowly foveolate.
MESOVENTRITE. Medial extension of collar broadened posteriorly almost reaching lateral margins of midkeel; mid-keel sub parallel-sided, hind angles not reaching mesocoxae raised to blunt termination before keel; keel narrow with ± four setae, tapering to a point at the base of the mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins serrate in posterior half; humeri toothed (
Fig. 113C
).
METAVENTRITE. Sparsely pubescent, length
0.13 mm
, disc simple, width across spines
0.08 mm
; posterior margin of mesocoxae serrate.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Male aedeagus small, pointed when viewed dorsally. Females not known.
Remarks
The only species of
Cissidium
in
this group from the
Philippines
.