On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Author
Assing, Volker
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
1
13
111
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1904
journal article
2419
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.1.13-111
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Tetrabothrus malaysianus
PACE, 2013
Tetrabothrus malaysianus
PACE, 2013:
50
f.
Material examined
:
Malaysia
:
1 ♂
,
Borneo
,
Sabah
,
Danum Valley
,
4°58'N
,
117°47'E
,
flight interception trap
,
VI.1999
, leg.
Mendel
(
BMNH
)
.
Indonesia
:
25 exs.
,
Borneo
,
Kalimantan Tengah
, confluence of
Busang
and
Rekut
,
0°03'S
,
113°59'E
,
flight interception trap
,
VIII.2001
, leg.
Brendell
(
BMNH
, cAss)
.
Comment
: The original description is based on a unique male from “
Malaysia
, Hulu
Perak
, Bangunan, Camp c/o Kampung Semelor, E shore Lake Tasek-Temengor,
230 m
” (
PACE 2013
). The aedeagus of the above material is in agreement with that illustrated by
PACE (2013)
. It somewhat resembles that of
T. clavatus
in lateral view, from which
T. malaysianus
is readily distinguished by much darker coloration of the body, the coloration of the legs (yellowish with infuscate femoral apices), much darker antennae, a differently shaped pronotum, the presence of non-setiferous punctation in the anterior portion of tergite VII, the almost acutely pointed posterior margin of the male sternite VIII, and by the shape of the median lobe of aedeagus (particularly in ventral view).
The above material represents the first records since the original description, the first records from Borneo, and (specimens from
Kalimantan Tengah
) the first record from
Indonesia
.