A revision of Cissidium Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with seventy seven new species
Author
Darby, Michael
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2020
2020-04-02
622
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journal article
22458
10.5852/ejt.2020.622
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Cissidium subangulatum
sp. nov.
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ED371CB6-DA3D-4967-B89B-96B19C80A15E
Fig. 105
Etymology
Johnson ms name.
Material examined
Holotype
PANAMA
•
♀
;
W of Finca Palo Santo
, nr
Nueva California
,
Chirique Prov.
;
9 Mar. 1959
;
Berlese floor litter in damp ravine
;
4900 ft
a.s.l.
;
H.S. Dybas
leg.;
FMNH
.
Description
SIZE. Habitus (
Fig. 105A
), length
0.64 mm
.
COLOUR. Dark brown, pubescence, legs and antennae brown.
HEAD. With a shallow foveolate linear depression behind the eyes, width across eyes
0.17 mm
; mentum as
Fig. 4A
; antennomeres III–XI, length
0.29 mm
, III–IX length
0.13 mm
, X–XI length
0.16 mm
. [one antenna missing].
PRONOTUM.
0.17 mm
long,
0.25 mm
wide, pubescent without either foveolae or foveae; lateral margins sharply angled, strongly rounded to anterior angles, concave to acute posterior angles, strongly bordered, the border not continuing along the posterior margin, posterior medial emargination opposite the scutellum clearly marked (
Fig. 105B
).
ELYTRA.
0.41 mm
long,
0.34 mm
wide, pubescent as pronotum.
MESOVENTRITE. Medial extension of collar onto the mid-keel tapering then parallel-sided terminating in a fringe of setae which fan out across the mid-keel; mid-keel with concave sides, the anterior margin slightly wider than the posterior, hind angles rounded stopping well short of the mesocoxal anterior borders and marked by some shallow radiating depressions in the mesoventrite; keel, long, narrow, parallel-sided and with ± fourteen setae terminating close to base of mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins sinuous then effaced before joining mesocoxae, without serrations; humeri toothed (
Fig. 105C
).
Fig. 105.
Cissidium subangulatum
sp. nov.
A
. Habitus.
B
. Pronotum, × 585.
C
. Mesoventrite showing median process of collar, mid-keel and keel, × 1380.
METAVENTRITE. Sparsely pubescent, length
0.13 mm
, disc simple, width across spines
0.12 mm
; posterior margin of mesocoxae not serrate.
WINGS. Macropterous.
GENITALIA. Female spermatheca globular. Males not known.
Remarks
The only species of
Cissidium
from
Panama
in this category.