Two new species of Diastatotropis Lacordaire from protected areas in central and east Madagascar (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) Author Trýzna, Miloš 0000-0002-0426-3348 Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Forest Ecology, Zemědělská 3, CZ- 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. & Municipal Museum of Ústí nad Labem, Natural History Department, Masarykova 1000 / 3, CZ- 400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. anthribidae@gmail.com Author Blažej, Lukáš 0000-0002-0772-3426 Regional Museum and Gallery in Česká Lípa, square Osvobození 297, CZ- 470 01 Česká Lípa, Czech Republic. & Bohemian Switzerland National Park Administration, Research and Nature Conservation Department, Pražská 52, CZ- 407 46 Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic. blazalukas@gmail.com Author Rakotonirina, Jean Claude 0000-0002-0131-6301 Madagascar Biodiversity Center, BP 6257, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. & Département d’Entomologie-Cultures, Elevage et Santé, Faculté des Sciences, BP 906, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar. jcrakoto25@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-04 5536 2 291 304 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.5 1175-5326 14033739 DAE89796-6FFD-4B60-A5EA-00E391A8270A Genus Diastatotropis Lacordaire, 1865 Type species: Diastatotropis tigrina Lacordaire, 1865 (by original designation), type locality ‘Madagascar’ Placement. Anthribinae : incertae sedis (see Discussion in Trýzna & Baňař 2022 ). Diagnosis of Diastatotropis . Body oval to elongate.Rostrum extended apically, with one, two or three longitudinal carinae or lacking carinae. Eyes spherical or elliptical, not emarginate. Antennae of males usually reaching posterior margin of pronotum or beyond, antennae of females shorter, not reaching posterior margin of pronotum. Antennal funicle slender, then antennal club 3-segmented (most species) or 4-segmented, or antennomeres continuously extended. Dorsal transverse carina of pronotum distinct and antebasal. Medium- or large-sized species, from 6 mm ( D. arofaniana Trýzna & Baňař 2022 , D. lusti Trýzna, Blažej & Rakotonirina sp. nov. or small specimens of D. rubricollis (Fairmaire, 1893)) to more than 18 mm ( D. olivacea Waterhouse, 1877 ). Male and female genitalia conspicuously small compared to overall size of body (see Discussion in Trýzna & Baňař 2022 ). Female genitalia : ovipositor short and wide, hemisternites strikingly short and delicate, unarmed, without distinct toothed plates, with only numerous setae or small preapical stylus. Lateral and median rods very short, median rod reaching about half of the length of lateral rod. Transverse bar invisible. Male genitalia more diversely shaped. For depicted genitalia of Diastatotropis see Trýzna & Baňař 2017 , Trýzna &Andrianomenjanahary 2019 and Trýzna & Baňař 2022 .