Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) 4. Two new genera, Austrocyphon and Tasmanocyphon
Author
Zwick, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2013
3706
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1
74
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3706.1.1
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Austrocyphon aculeatus
,
sp. n.
(
Figs. 125–129
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
: ♂, Black Mtn, light trap,
ACT
,
15. 10.65
M.S.Upton.
Paratypes
:
1♂
, same data as
holotype
;
1♂
, same locality,
1.3.
68
M.S.Upton;
1♂
,
21.xi.65
E.Britton (all
ANIC
).—
NSW
:
1♂
, Bingara
NSW
x- 14-26-47
/ Pres. By J.R. Slevin collector;
1♂
, Orange N.S.W. J.Armstrong (both
ANIC
).
1♂
,
Cyphon adelaidae Blb. N.S.
Wales
8799, Tamworth N.S.
Wales
11.92 Lea /
Cyphon adelaidae Blb. N.S.
Wales
8799 (
SAMA
).—
QLD
:
1♂
, 24 ml. SW by W of Kingaroy, Q.
26.44S
151.31E
,
21.xi.1968
, at light, Britton & Misko (
ANIC
).
1♂
, Mt Mee
10-9-28
H.Hacker /
Cyphon fenestratus Blackb. Id.
by J.Armstrong colour var. (
QMSB
;
UQIC
Reg. #88683, T169577);
1♂
, Broken R, Eungella Qld.
10 Dec. 1961
McAlpine & Lossin (AMS, K249536).
1♂
, Carnarvon Gorge Q.
24.v.–2.vi. 1954
(
QMSB
, T169577; upside down on old card, together with 3 ♀ sp).—
VIC
:
1♂
, Ballarat District, Vic. /
Cyphon fenestratus Blackb. Id.
by J.Armstrong (
NMV
).
FIGURES 121–129.
Austrocyphon adelaidae
(Blackburn)
(121–124) and
A. aculeatus
sp. n.
(125–129), males. 121, penis; 122, tegmen and parameres; 123, S9; 124, T9. 121–124 to the same scale. 125, T8 and S8; 126, sclerites of T9; 127, penis; 128, apex of S9 and tegmen with parameres; 129, enlarged penis tip, not to scale. 125–128 to the same scale.
Habitus
. BL
2.2–3.2 mm
, BL/BW ~1.7. Similar to
A. adelaidae
but often bicolourous, sides of the anterior 2/ 5 of the elytra pale, the space near suture and remainder of elytra dark brown, sometimes entirely dark brown.
Male
. Resembles
A. adelaidae
but lateral rods of T9 not clubbed, ending in a simple elongate point, subterminal spine very small. S9 caudally distinctly notched.
Trigonium well defined, slender, apex with narrow claw-like centema. Parameres rather massive, common base long, apices distinctly hooked.
Female
. None of the females taken with males of
A. aculeatus
has distinctly bicolourous elytra but several are faded or in poor shape.
Note
. The Eastern sibling of
A. adelaidae
, distinguished by genitalia and often by its bicolourous elytra. According to present knowledge the two close relatives are widely disjunct.
Etymology
. From the Latin
aculeatus
, provided with a needle, in reference to the needle-like subterminal spine of T9.