A new Himalayan species of Alfieriella (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)
Author
Chen, Yan-Dong
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. & Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
0000-0001-8549-8933
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand. leschenr @ landcareresearch. co. nz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8549 - 8933
leschenr@landcareresearch.co.nz
Author
Bai, Ming
0000-0001-9197-5900
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101 & baim @ ioz. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9197 - 5900
baim@ioz.ac.cn
Author
Yang, Xing-Ke
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-24
4819
3
571
581
journal article
8910
10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.8
a5362c50-6123-4b02-b93a-2d7e47d0a8d1
1175-5326
4397160
0A029EBF-19B9-4225-80FF-19811C26C720
Genus
Alfieriella
Wittmer, 1935
Alfieriella
Wittmer 1935: 129
.
Type
species:
Alfieriella rabinovitchi
Wittmer, 1935
, by monotypy.
Cyprogenia
Baudi di Selve 1870: 54
.
Type
species:
Cyprogenia denticulata
Baudi di Selve, 1870
, by monotypy.
Obenbergerodes
Strand 1936: 168
.
Type
species:
Cyprogenia denticulata
Baudi di Selve, 1870
, by monotypy.
Chinese name:
OiaeṘmoe
(English translation: Dry-habitat cryptophagid)
Diagnosis.
Body form elongate. Conspicuous glandular ducts absent in body. Antennal club 1-segmented. Head with subgenal spines. Lateral pronotal bead absent. Mesepimeron and mesoventrite fused. Mesometaventral articulation without double knob. Hind wing absent. Tarsal formula of male 5-5-5. Parameres separate and articulated.