Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The Tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species
Author
Darby, Michael
text
Zootaxa
2013
3718
3
239
266
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2
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1175-5326
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Dacrysoma delicatum
sp. n.
(Figs. 17, 55, 76, 79)
Habitus Fig. 17. Length
0.78 mm
. Colour dusky yellow, antennae and legs paler yellow. Antennae short, antennomeres 3–11
Fig. 55
. Pronotum
0.20 mm
long,
0.30 mm
wide, lateral margins slightly pointed,
Fig. 76
, closely punctured, +/-9 punctures between anterior and posterior margins. Elytra
0.54 mm
long,
0.44 mm
wide, more finely punctured than pronotum, pubescence as pronotum.
Female
: spermatheca
Fig. 79
.
Male
: not known.
Etymology.
This epithet is taken from the Latin adjective
delicatus
, meaning soft or tender, and refers to the delicate appearance of this species.
Remarks.
The closely punctured pronotum and form of the spermatheca should be sufficient to distinguish this species.
Type
data.
Holotype
: ♀, Andasibe N.P. border, ASB/
Nov.2011
, Feon’ny Ala Hotel surr., sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. extraction,
27.ix–3.xii
, L.S.Rahanitriniaina (BMNH).