New species of the genus Mimogonia and Holotrochus from South America (Coleoptera: Staphylindae: Osoriinae)
Author
Irmler, Ulrich
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2013
2013-07-15
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.3532762
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Mimogonia baloghi
sp. nov.
(
Figs 2
,
16A
)
Type
locality.
Paraguay
,
Puerto Presidente Stroessner
.
Type material.
HOLOTYPE
:, ‘
Paraguay
:
Puerto Presidente Stroessner
, Hungarian Soil-Zool. Exp.,
05.01.1966
, leg.
J. Balogh
and
L.S. Mahunka’
(
HNHM
)
.
PARATYPES
:
4 ♀♀
from the same location (
HNHM
,
UIC
)
;
1 ♀
, ‘
Puerto Presidente Stroessner
,
Hungarian Soil-Zool.Exp.
,
30.12.1965
, leg.
L.S. Mahunka’
(
HNHM
)
.
Diagnosis.
According to the head/pronotum width ratio of 0.65, this species resembles the
Mimogonia antennata
group having small eyes, and the species
M. antennata
Irmler, 1981
,
M. subopaca
Irmler, 1981
,
M brunnea
Irmler, 1981
,
M. similis
Irmler, 1981
,
M. tricolor
Irmler, 1981
,
M. pumilia
Irmler, 1981
,
M. hermani
Irmler, 2007a
and
M. huggerti
Irmler, 2007a
.
Mimogonia baloghi
sp. nov.
can be identified only by its unique aedeagus. In particular, the compact coiling of the endophallus are characteristic for this new species.
Description.
Length:
2.3 mm
. Colouration black; anterior half of head, pronotum and elytra light brown to yellow, with posterior margin of elytra darkish; legs and antennae yellow.
Head
0.29 mm
long,
0.42 mm
wide; eyes only slightly prominent; setiferous punctation deep and coriaceous close to neck; punctation apically sparser with impunctate area on disc; setae yellow; net-like microsculpture weak; surface slightly shiny.
Antennae as long as head and two thirds of pronotum combined; second antennomere oval and as long as conical third antennomere; fourth antennomere small, not wider than third; the following antennomeres increasing in width; tenth antennomere nearly twice as wide as long.
Pronotum
0.38 mm
long,
0.64 mm
wide; sides in apical two thirds more or less parallel, in posterior third deeply emarginate; setiferous punctation as deep and dense as on head; distance between punctures as wide as or slightly closer as diameter of punctures; setae yellow, pointing to the centre of posterior edge; net-like microsculpture weak; surface slightly shiny.
Elytra
0.49 mm
long,
0.50 mm
wide; setiferous punctation as deep and dense as on pronotum; interstices between punctures on average as wide as diameter of punctures; pubescence yellow, pointing to the centre of posterior edge; along suture pointing more or less parallel to suture; net-like microsculpture much deeper than on head and pronotum; thus, surface matte.
Abdomen with deep net-like microsculpture; surface matte; setiferous punctation weaker than on fore-body, but as dense; pubescence yellow, pointing posteriad.
Mesotibia of male without emargination on inner side, but with row of spines at outer apical edge.
Aedaegus with hook-like apex; endophallus with spiral structure at base and more laminar structure at apex.
Etymology.
This species is named after its collector Janos Balogh.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.