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 chiangmaiensis
sp. n.
(
Figs. 26
B, 32)
Type
material
.
Holotype
(
NMW
), male, “
THAILAND
, Mae Ping
24.–25. 6. 1991
leg, Malicky (Licht)”.
Paratypes
(
NMW
,
NSMT
,
EUMJ
,
BLKU
):
1 male
, “
THAILAND
Chieng Mai
June 16, 1965
K. Morimoto leg.”, s. no. HY 793;
13 males
, 45 exs., “N-THAILAND,
1.-8. 5.
18
º49’N
98 º57’E
Chiang Mai, Zoo (Licht) leg. Chantaramongkol & Malicky 1989”; 5 exs., “NW-THAILAND Chiang Mai (Zoo) 23.
5
. -1. 6. 1988 leg. Malicky (Licht)”; 12 exs., “N-THAILAND,
10. -17. 4.
18
º49’N
98 º57’E
Chiang Mai, Zoo (Licht) leg. Chantaramongkol & Malicky 1989”; 2 exs., “N-THAILAND,
18. -25. 4.
18
º49’N
98 º57’E
Chiang Mai, Zoo (Licht) leg. Chantaramongkol & Malicky 1988”;
1 male
, “NW-THAIL.: Chiang
Mai
98
º57’E
18 º49’N
, Zoo 14.
21
. II. 1988 Malicky & Chantaramongkol LF”; 1 ex., “N-THAILAND,
16. -23. 5.
18
º49’N
98 º57’E
Chiang Mai, Zoo (Licht) leg. Chantaramongkol & Malicky 1988”; 1 ex., “NW-THAIL.: Chiang
Mai
98
º57’E
18 º49’N
, Zoo
24. -31. 10. 1988
Malicky & Chantaramongkol LF”; 4 exs., “NW-THAILAND Chiang Mai (Zoo)
9. -16. 5. 1988
leg. Malicky (Licht)”.
FIGURE 32
.
Ypsiloncyphon chiangmaiensis
sp. n.
, holotype, male. A) sternites V–VII, B) tergite VIII, C) tergite IX, D) sternite IX, E) tegmen, F) penis in ventral view.
Description.
Male. Body (
Fig. 26
B) oblong, gently convex dorsally, slightly shining, closely covered with yellowish-white setae throughout. Coloration of body blackish-brown, but anterior part of head paler; mouthparts, antennae and legs yellowish brown.
Head moderate in size, flat dorsally, granulate, with front margin straight. Eyes moderate in size, prominent; the distance between eyes about 1.8 times as long as the maximum diameter of an eye. Antennae short and slender, reaching about proximal 1/4 of elytra. Pronotum granulate like head; front and lateral margins almost straight; antero-lateral corners obtuse; posterior margin bisinuous; PW/PL 2.00–2.29 (2.12). Scutellar shield small, finely punctate, equilaterally triangular. Elytra oval, widest at middle, densely punctate; apices rectangular; humeral parts slightly projecting; EL/EW 1.25–1.35 (1.29); EL/PL 3.63–4.43 (3.98); EW/PW 1.38–1.54 (1.46); TL/EW 1.54–1.68 (1.61).
Caudal margin of sternite VII (
Fig. 32
A) gently arcuate. Tergite VIII (
Fig. 32
B) well sclerotized, with two pairs of large projections, each laterally and caudally, with a pair of long apodemes; tergite IX (
Fig. 32
C) lightly sclerotized, with a pair of long apodemes; sternite VIII (
Fig. 32
D) lightly sclerotized, oblong. Tegmen (
Fig. 32
E) long, well sclerotized, Y-shaped, bifid in apical 1/3 (parameres), pointed at apices; proximal part slightly expanded antero-laterally. Penis (
Fig. 32
F) long, moderately sclerotized, about 1.5 times as long as tegmen, subparallel-sided near base to apical 1/3; parameroids slightly expanded laterally in apical 1/3, punctate in apical part, with a pair of lines of serrations on ventral surface, obtuse at apex; two pairs of long projections protruding from near base and basal 1/3 of lateral margins, basal ones longer, pointed at apices, with two pairs of small denticles in apical part, apical ones obtuse at apices; trigonium indistinct.
Female. Not examined.
Measurements.
Male (n = 5): TL 1.85–1.90 (1.87) mm; PW 0.78–0.80 (0.80) mm; PL 0.35–0.40 (0.38) mm; EW 1.10–1.20 (1.16) mm; EL 1.45–1.55 (1.49) mm.
Distribution.
Thailand
.
Remarks.
This is a remarkable species in having a strangely shaped penis which is large, an indistinct trigonium and two pairs of long projections extending from the basal part. Related species are unknown.
Etymology.
The species is named after the
type
locality.