A revision of the Pediacus Shuckard 1839 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) of Asia and Australasia Author Marris, John W. M. Author Ślipiński, Adam text Zootaxa 2014 2014-01-13 3754 1 32 58 journal article 46694 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.2 f435fbaf-802a-4202-92ff-6d69aa405739 1175-5326 252769 D873973D-A4F5-455F-83DD-4B3E564DB630 Pediacus bhutanicus Sen Gupta Figs. 3 A–D. Pediacus bhutanicus Sen Gupta, 1978: 221 . Diagnosis. Recognisable by the combination of the following characters: large size (length 4.5 mm ), head and pronotum densely and deeply punctured, pronotum with acute anterior, postero-medial and posterior denticles, elytra with sides broadly curved. This species is similar to Pediacus pendleburyi sp. nov. , but the sides of the pronotum are subparallel anteriorly and the anteromedial denticle is weakly produced to obsolete. Redescription. Body length 4.5 mm (n=1), moderately elongate, 2.74× longer than wide; colour red-brown, head darker; pubescence long, pale, appressed and moderately conspicuous; surface moderately dull. Head transverse, 1.91× wider than long; puncturation deeply impressed and dense medially, increasing in size and density laterally with punctures separated by less than their diameter; setae long and appressed, conspicuous; microsculpture granulate, surface dull; eyes small, moderately projecting, ocular index 0.71, finely faceted, postocular denticle absent; antennae as in Fig. 3 C, antennomere VII larger than VI and VIII. Pronotum transverse, 1.30× wider than long, widest at about anterior 1/3, sides weakly rounded; lateral margins explanate, strongly reflexed with anterior, postero-medial and posterior denticles prominent and acute, antero-medial denticle weakly produced to obsolete; disc moderately impressed with a distinct pair of anterior depressions; puncturation, setation and microsculpture as for head, impunctate median strip faintly visible in basal 1/3. Elytra elongate,1.91× longer than wide, sides broadly curved; epipleura moderately explanate; puncturation moderately dense but weakly impressed basally, becoming more dense and deeply impressed laterally, puncturation faint on disc; setation moderately long, appressed and conspicuous; microsculpture granulate. Genitalia for male as in Fig. 3 D, parameres elongate, rounded apically; internal sac with microspinules basally and lacking a sclerotized apical section. FIGURE 2. Pediacus australis sp. nov. (A, D, E, H) specimen from Philippines, Mindanao; (B, C, F, G) specimen from Australia. (A, B) Head and pronotum; (C, D) antenna; (E, F) dorsal habitus; (G, H) aedeagus. Type material. Holotype ( male ): “[ Bhutan ] km 87 von 2215 [or 22/5] Phuntsholing // Nat. - Hist. Museum Basel Bhutan Expedition 1972 // HOLOTYPE [red lettering] // Pediacus bhutanicus T. Sen Gupta ♂ [Handwritten]” ( NHMB ). Distribution. Bhutan .