New species of the genus Ypsiloncyphon (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae)
Author
Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki
text
Zootaxa
2015
3904
4
451
500
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3904.4.1
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1175-5326
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Ypsiloncyphon bicornutus
sp. n.
(
Figs. 1
E, 6)
Type
material.
Holotype
(
EUMJ
): male, “Gn. Alab., Tambunan, Sabah, BORNEO
7.
II. 2008
H. Takizawa leg.”, “genitalia in slide No. HY 1116”.
Description.
Male. Body (
Fig. 1
E) oblong, convex dorsally, shiny, closely covered with silver setae. Coloration of body reddish-brown, but antennomeres V–XI and meso- and meta-thoraces dark brown.
Head relatively large, slightly convex dorsally, finely punctate; clypeus narrow and long, shallowly concave in front margin. Eyes large, prominent; the distance between eyes about 1.9 times as long as the maximum diameter of an eye. Antennae relatively short, reaching about proximal 1/4 of elytra. Pronotum punctate as on head, strongly depressed in lateral parts; antero-lateral corners obtuse; anterior margin bisinuous; lateral and posterior margins gently arcuate; postero-lateral corners rather pointed; PW/PL 1.88. Scutellar shield equilaterally triangular. Elytra oblong, subparallel-sided near base to apical 1/4, densely punctate; humeral parts weakly projecting; apices rightangled; EL/EW 1.63; EL/PL 4.50; EW/PW 1.47; TL/EW 2.00. Legs relatively large and slender.
FIGURE 6
.
Ypsiloncyphon bicornutus
sp. n.
, holotype, male. A) sternites V–VII, B) tergite VIII, C) tergite IX, D) sternite IX, E) tegmen, F) penis in ventral view.
Caudal margin of sternite VII (
Fig. 6
A) arcuate. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 6
B) moderately sclerotized, wide, upturned in posterior margin bearing short setae, with a pair of short and slender apodemes. Tergite IX (
Fig. 6
C) slightly sclerotized, trapezoidal, bearing short spines along posterior margin, with a pair of long and stout apodemes. Sternite IX (
Fig. 6
D) short, moderately sclerotized, Y-shaped. Tegmen (
Fig. 6
E) well sclerotized, U-shaped; parameres subparallel-sided, long, pointed at apices. Penis (
Fig. 6
F) long, about 1.3 times as long as tegmen, moderately sclerotized; pala with open basal margin; parameroids long, wide, separated, sparsely punctate; trigonium short and wide, projecting from basal 1/2, bifurcate at apex.
Female. Unknown.
Measurements.
Male (n = 1): TL
2.20 mm
; PW
0.75 mm
; PL
0.40 mm
; EL
1.80 mm
; EW
1.10 mm
.
Distribution.
Malaysia
(Borneo).
Remarks.
This species is closely related to
Ypsiloncyphon bifurcatus
sp. n.
, but is distinguished from it by the characteristics mentioned in the remarks for
Y
.
bifurcatus
sp. n.
The character state of the separated parameroids this species are also present in other species (e.g.,
Y
.
micans
,
Y.
minutulus
,
Y.
mendosus
,
Y.
disparatus
,
Y.
remotus
, and
Y
.
yayeyamanus
). These species probably evolved independently, because they belong to different species groups.
Etymology.
The species name refers to the bicornated trigonium.