A rich fauna of subterranean short-range endemic Anillini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from semi-arid regions of Western Australia
Author
Giachino, Pier Mauro
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1167-5447
World Biodiversity Association onlus. Private: via della Trinita 13, I- 10010 San Martino Canavese (TO), Italy
p.maurogiachino@libero.it
Author
Eberhard, Stefan
Subterranean Ecology Pty Ltd, 227 Coningham Road, Coningham, TAS 7054, Australia
Author
Perina, Giulia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0349-3803
Collections and Research, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.58844
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.58844
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Bylibaraphanus
gen. nov.
Figs 46-48
Type species.
Gracilanillus currani
Baehr & Main, 2016
Diagnosis.
Included species strongly characterised by: longitudinal elytral grooves absent, pronotum with basal border as wide as or narrower than anterior border, and sides not or only slightly posteriorly sinuate, basal seta of pronotum present, one elytral discal seta present, 8th pore of the umbilicate series placed after the 9th pore (sensu
Giachino and Vailati 2011
), metafemora not dentate, labial tooth absent, median lobe of aedeagus long and curved, parameres long and slender.
Bylibaraphanus
differs from
Magnanillus
Baher, 2017 by elytra with a single discal seta (3 in
Magnanillus
) and smaller body size. It differs from
Hesperanillus
Baher & Main, 2016 by head narrower than pronotum, and pronotum less cordiform. It differs from
Gracilanillus
Baher & Main, 2016 by the absence of longitudinal elytral grooves.
Description.
Genus with small size species (TL mm 1.43-1.50), anophthalmous. Depigmented integument, medium sclerified, with strong microsculpture and dense pubescence.
Head
wider than pronotum base; mandibles short and simple, without hyperplasias. Maxillary palps ovoidal, swollen. Labium transverse, articulated; mentum not fused with submentum. Labial tooth absent. Antennae moniliform.
Pronotum
squared, pronotum sides smooth, not or only slightly sinuate at the basal third. Basal angles acute or obtuse, sharp or rounded; basal border as wide as, or narrower, than anterior border; basal seta present.
Elytra
convex, subrectangular, elongated, separately rounded, not truncate, apically slightly emarginated, and without longitudinal grooves. Elytral striae missing (except for the sutural stria). Lateral margin, starting from the humeral area, hardly serrulate up to the level of the 7th or 9th pore of the umbilicate series.
Scutellar pore present, large and umbilicate; umbilicate series of type B (sensu
Jeannel 1963
;
Giachino and Vailati 2011
) with the 8th pore placed after the 9th one; disc bearing one seta (posterior) in the central area of the disc.
Legs
relatively long and slender. Pro- and metafemora unarmed; metatrochanters normal; two protarsomeres slightly dilated and without adhesive phanerae in males.
Aedeagus
relatively large; median lobe relatively long, curved, not restricted before the basal bulb, basal bulb of normal size. Parameres long, slender, bearing two or three apical setae. Endophallus with sclerified phanera.
Etymology.
Combined name formed by
Bylibara
(aboriginal noun for the Pilbara region) and the suffix -
phanus
taken from
Illaphanus
genus. The gender of the name is masculine.
Species included.
The following two species belong to this genus:
Bylibaraphanus currani
(Baehr & Main, 2016)
Bylibaraphanus cundalinianus
sp. nov.
Figures 46-48.
Bylibaraphanus
gen. et spp. nov., habitus (
46, 48
) aedeagus in lateral view (
47
)
46, 47
B. currani
(Baehr and Main), ♂
48
B. cundalinianus
sp. nov., HT ♀. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.