New Guinea Onthophagus: taxonomy of ten small, unicolored new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Author
Krikken, J.
Author
Huijbregts, J.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3619
5
501
525
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3619.5.1
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1175-5326
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Onthophagus mimikanus
Balthasar, 1969
(
Figs. 4
, 4044)
Type
material.
Holotype
female (NMPC), from [
Indonesia
: WNG: region:] Mimika, 1956.
Diagnosis and comment.
Clypeal border of this species evenly rounded or slightly truncate, with a nonreflexed margin; surface behind margin abundantly, finely punctate, lacking any protrusions. Frons and pronotum without any further elevations. Pronotum very shiny, sparsely micropunctate; elytral interstriae convex, shiny, virtually devoid of punctation. Puncture impressions of elytral striae enlarged on posterior half. Eye foramina large, closed behind,
i.e.
, very narrow posterior end of gena just reaching occipital side; interocular distance approximately 2 eye widths. Genal border rounded. Metasternal ventrites with row of coarse ocellate punctures along base. Pygidium simply punctate. Generally black, shiny. Relatively plump, body length approximately
6 mm
.
The unique
holotype
is a female, not a male, as suggested by the author.
Onthophagus aceroides
, coming from the same region, is quite different and most unlikely to be the male. Other males, also singletons, equally cannot be allocated to this species with certainty.