A new species of Coomanius Fleutiaux, 1924 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Macraulacinae: Nematodini) from Southeast Asia
Author
Otto, Robert L.
W 4806 Chrissie Circle Shawano, WI 54166, USA
text
Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-07-30
2021
877
1
5
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352372
1942-1354
5352372
42335434-F835-4243-B081-DF4C74CFCCE4
Coomanius badius
Otto
,
new species
Fig. 4–7
Differential diagnosis.
Chestnut or reddish-brown coloration as well as loosely moniliform antennae with antennomeres IV and V each shorter in relation to VI distinguish the new species from
C. lugubris
.
Type material. Male
holotype
:
“
SARAWAK
: 4th Division; Gn. Mulu NP.” / “Camp 2.5; on trunks” (handwritten) / “near;
Coomanius
; det. W. Lucht; 1989” (black-framed white label; “near
Coomanius
” handwritten; “1989” handwritten along right side of label) / “Diapodius; J. Muona det. 90” (“Diapodius” and “90” handwritten) / “
HOLOTYPE
:
Coomanius
;
badius
♂
; Otto; Det. R.L. Otto; 2020” (red printed label).
Holotype
is deposited in
BMNH
.
Paratypes
.
3 ♂
,
1 ♀
:
LAOS
:
1 ♂
, “Umgeb. Paklay” / “Laos 1963” / “
PARATYPE
:
Coomanius
;
badius
♂
; Otto; det.
R.L. Otto
; 2020” (yellow printed label) (
JMC
)
;
PHILIPPINES
:
1 ♀
, “
PHILIPPINES
:
Mindanao;
Lanao del Sur
; Wao;
January 2020
; Ismael Lumawig” / “Collection of the Global; Eucnemid Research Project; (
Robert L. Otto
)” (green-framed white label) / “
PARATYPE
:
Coomanius
;
badius
♀
; Otto; det. R.L. Otto;
2020” (yellow printed label) (
GERP
);
2 ♂♂
, “
PHILIPPINES
:
Central Visayas
;
Negros Oriental
;
Don Salvador Benedicto
;
February 2020
;
Ismael Lumawig
” / “
Collection
of the
Global
;
Eucnemid Research Project
; (
Robert L. Otto
)” (green-framed white label) / “
PARATYPE
:
Coomanius
;
badius
♂
; Otto; det. R.L. Otto; 2020” (yellow printed label) (
GERP
).
Paratypes
are deposited in
GERP
and
JMC
.
Description. Male
holotype
:
Length 10.0 mm. Width
2.5 mm
. Body cylindrical, elongate and tapering towards elytral apex; uniformly dark reddish-brown; antennae dark reddish, except pedicel; pedicel dark reddish-brown; legs dark reddish-brown; head, pronotum and elytra clothed with very short, yellowish, recumbent setae (
Fig. 4
).
Head:
Very closely punctate to confluently rugose, subspherical; frons convex, with median groove; surface dull; apical margin of frontoclypeal region feebly trilobed, 2.0 times wider than base; mandibles stout, bidentate, densely punctate and rugose.
Antennae
(
Fig. 5
): loosely moniliform to weakly serrate, reaching to hind angles of pronotum; antennomere III shorter than combined lengths of IV and V; antennomeres IV–V each shorter than VI, slightly longer than wide; antennomere VI slightly shorter than VII, slightly longer than wide; antennomeres VII–X subequal, slightly longer than wide; antennomere XI asymmetrically elongate, longer than X.
Pronotum:
granulose; surface dull; longer than wide, with moderately sharp hind angles; sides gradually wider toward front, apical 1/4 strongly arcuate, hooded over vertex; disc convex, without circular foveae; median groove extends from base to middle; base sinuous.
Scutellar shield:
dull, rugose, rectangular and distally bifid with median groove.
Elytra:
striate; interstices slightly elevated; surfaces transversely rugose.
Legs:
first tarsomere as long as combined lengths of remaining four on mesothoracic and metathoracic tarsi; tibiae rounded in cross section; metathoracic tarsomeres I–III simple; metathoracic tarsomere IV excavate-emarginate; metathoracic tarsomere V elongate, with basally toothed claws.
Venter
(
Fig. 6
): finely punctate to rugose, with very short, yellowish recumbent setae; hypomeron simple, without antennal grooves; metathoracic episternum parallel-sided; metathoracic coxal plates medially 3.0–6.0 times wider than laterally.
Aedeagus
(
Fig. 7
): basal piece obscured, inserted inside abdomen; remaining genitalia elongate, without secondary lateral lobes; lateral lobes strongly sinuous, constricted at anterior 1/4; lateral tooth present at anterior 1/4; apices of lateral lobe rounded, divergent anterolaterally; median lobe as long as lateral lobe, narrowly bifid.
Variations.
Three male and
one female
paratypes
were examined, including one Laotian male communicated from J. Muona. The female
paratype
is
12.5 mm
long and 3.0 mm wide, much larger and wider than the
holotype
. The
three male
paratypes
are 7.5–8.0 mm long and 2.0 mm wide, all being shorter and narrower than the
holotype
. A median groove on the frons is slightly indicated in all
paratypes
compared against the
holotype
. No other exoskeletal differences were observed between these
paratypes
and the
holotype
.
Figures 4–7.
Coomanius badius
Otto
sp. nov.
male holotype (BMNH).
4)
Dorsal habitus.
5)
Antenna.
6)
Ventral habitus.
7)
Aedeagus. (Scale: 5, 7 = 1.0 mm; 4, 6 = 5.0 mm.).
Distribution.
Coomanius badius
new species
is currently known from the
type
locality of
Sarawak
, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, a single locale in
Laos
and two locales in the
Philippine Islands
.
Biology.
One specimen was taken on the trunk of an unknown tree species. Larvae and pupae are unknown.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the chestnut or reddish-brown coloration of the new species.