A description of the second species of the genus Platybolium Blair, 1938 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) collected from a nest of Pheidole singaporensis Özdikmen, 2010 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand
Author
Maruyama, Munetoshi
The Kyushu University Museum, Hakozaki 6 - 10 - 1, Fukuoka 812 - 8581, Japan.
Author
Sasitorn, Hasin
0000-0003-0704-2724
Innovation of Environmental Management, Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 13180, Thailand. hansinasi @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0704 - 2724
hansinasi@gmail.com
Author
Ando, Kiyoshi
Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Tarumi 3 - 5 - 7, Matsuyama, 790 - 8566, Japan. cnodalonini @ kbe. biglobe. ne. jp; https: / orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1794 - 2718
cnodalonini@kbe.biglobe.ne.jp
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-20
5256
3
289
294
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.5
cae91021-0f85-428d-9cae-d154cea531cc
1175-5326
7751638
C07C4514-D970-4629-91DE-74AB190BA3F3
Key to the species of the genus
Platybolium
1. Body dorsally rugose-punctate, matte; canthus as wide as lateral length of eye; frons densely rugose-punctate, raised in a small elevation above each eye; 3
rd
antennomere scarcely longer than its apical width; pronotum rugosely punctate throughout; elytra narrowly margined, carinate on each interval, 8
th
and 9
th
carinae abbreviated about the level of the base of last abdominal ventrite..........................................................................
P. alvearium
Blair, 1938
- Body dorsally not rugose-punctate, shining; canthus wider than lateral length of eye; frons not rugose-punctate, overhanging like eaves on eyes; 3
rd
antennomere distinctly shorter than its apical width (5:7); pronotum densely punctate throughout, not rugose; elytra with wide and flattened margins, carinate only 8th interval; the carina terminated before apical declivity of elytron...............................................................................
P. watanai
sp. nov.