New Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from Sarawak in the spirit collection of the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Darby, Michael
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-04-04
512
1
50
journal article
27392
10.5852/ejt.2019.512
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Bambara hammondi
sp. nov.
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Fig. 3A, D
Diagnosis
Determined by the form of the spermatheca.
Etymology
Named after Peter Hammond, the collector of these specimens and of many other
Sarawak
species.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA-BORNEO •
♀
;
Sarawak
, 4
th
division,
Gunung Mulu National Park
, May–Aug.
1978
;
P
.
M
. Hammond
and
J
.
E
. Marshall
leg.,
BM
1978
-49
; comp. 5 alluvial forest litter;
BMNH
.
Paratype
MALAYSIA-BORNEO •
♀
; same data as for holotype (mounted disarticulated on the slide);
BMNH
.
Description
SIZE. Habitus (
Fig. 3A
), length
0.65 mm
.
COLOUR. Dark brown species, closely covered with very fine pale pubescence.Antennae very pale yellow almost translucent, antennomeres III–XI, length
0.23 mm
.
HEAD. Eyes small not prominent, distance across eyes
0.23 mm
.
PRONOTUM. Length
0.17 mm
, width
0.36 mm
, hind corners projected rearwards in dorsal view.
ELYTRA. Length
0.38 mm
, width
0.40 mm
.
FEMALE GENITALIA. Spermatheca simple (
Fig. 3D
).
MALE GENITALIA. Not known.