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
a1c49726-9afa-4be5-85ef-9d0caabac1fe
1175-5326
239899
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Ypsiloncyphon panayensis
sp. n.
(
Figs. 13
C, 16)
Type
material.
Holotype
(
NMW
): male, “PHILIPP.: Panay Isl. Libertad Fluß
21. 1. 1994
leg. Seyfert (10)”, genit. s. no. HY 975.
Paratype
(
NMW
): 1 ex., same data as for the
holotype
.
Description.
Male. Body (
Fig. 13
C) oval, strongly convex dorsally, shiny, closely covered with silver setae. Coloration of body brown, but mouthparts, antennae and legs yellowish brown.
FIGURE 15
.
Ypsiloncyphon philippinensis
sp. n.
, holotype, male. A) sternites V–VII, B) tergite VIII, C) sternite VIII, D) tergite IX, E) sternite IX, F) tegmen, G) penis in ventral view, H) penis in lateral view.
Head moderate in size, slightly convex dorsally, finely punctate; clypeus short, front margin shallowly concave. Eyes large, prominent; the distance between eyes about 2.0 times as long as the maximum diameter of an eye. Antennae short, reaching to basal margin of elytra. Pronotum punctate as on head, strongly depressed in lateral parts; anterior margin straight; antero- and postero-lateral corners obtuse; lateral and posterior margins gently arcuate; PW/PL 2.32–2.52 (2.42). Scutellar shield punctate as on head, equilaterally triangular. Elytra oval, punctate as in head, widest at the middle, gently arcuate in lateral margins; humeral parts weakly projecting; apices right-angled; EL/EW 1.28–1.31 (1.29); EL/PL 4.80–4.88 (4.84); EW/PW 1.48–1.62 (1.55); TL/EW 1.54–1.58 (1.56). Legs slender, moderate in length.
FIGURE 16
.
Ypsiloncyphon panayensis
sp. n.
, holotype, male. A) sternites V–VII, B) tergite VIII, C) tergite IX, D) sternite VIII, E) sternite IX, F) tegmen, G) penis in ventral view.
Caudal margin of sternite VII (
Fig. 16
A) arcuate. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 16
B) lightly sclerotized, trapezoidal, bearing short setae and spines along posterior margin, with a pair of long and slender apodemes; tergite IX (
Fig. 16
C) lightly sclerotized in lateral parts, almost membranous in mesal part; sternite VIII (
Fig. 16
D) moderately sclerotized, T-shaped; sternite IX (
Fig. 16
E) moderately sclerotized, long, U-shaped, covered with transverse keels in apical 2/5, pointed at apices. Tegmen (
Fig. 16
F) moderately sclerotized, Y-shaped; parameres bifid in apical 2/5, bearing short spines in apical part, pointed at apices; basal part slender, subparallel-sided. Penis (
Fig. 16
G) short, moderately sclerotized, about 0.6 times as long as tegmen; pala relatively long, expanded in basal part; parameroids relatively short, gently tapered posteriorly, obtuse at apex, densely punctate; trigonium short, protruding from apical 1/3 to near apex.
Female. Unknown.
Measurements.
Male (n = 2): TL 1.45 &
1.47 mm
; PW 0.58 &
0.63 mm
; PL
0.25 mm
; EW 0.93 &
0.94 mm
; EL 1.20 &
1.22 mm
.
Distribution.
Philippines
(Panay Isl.).
Remarks.
This species is closely related to
Ypsiloncyphon guamensis
sp. n.
and
Y
.
philippinensis
sp. n.
, but differs from them in the following characteristics: 1) apodemes of tergite VIII longer (shorter in
Y
.
philippinensis
sp. n.
), and 2) sternite IX longer, with keels in apical 2/5 (relatively short, without keels in
Y
.
philippinensis
sp. n.
; relatively long, with keels in apical 3/
5 in
Y. guamensis
sp. n.
).
Etymology.
The species is named after the
type
locality.