New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. XXIV. Nine new taxa of Paratesba from Danum Valley, Sabah, and dichotomic key of the bornean species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 221 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
Author
Bordoni, A.
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Linzer biologische Beiträge
2011
2011-07-25
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10101507
0253-116X
10101507
Paratesba sabahensis
nov.sp.
(
Figs 6
,
21-22
,
39-41
)
H o l o t y p e:
Malaysia
,
Sabah
, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama For. Res., Danum Valley Forest Centre,
04° 57.9'N-
117° 48.1'E
, 200 mt,
XI.2005
, 1° Forest, FIT, coll. Mann, Slade & Villanueva, OUMNH-2006-051 (OUMNH).
D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length
21,5 mm
; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra
9,5 mm
.
Narrow body. Head, pronotum and abdomen blacks; scutellum blak with red elytra; reddish genital segment. Labrum brown. Head with carinae arranged as in
Fig. 21
. Puntuation medium-sized, deep, larger on the sides; ther are some striolae on the clypeus. Labrum as in
Fig. 6
. Pronotum much longer and the width of the head; anterior margin as in
Fig. 22
. Puntuation dense and large at both the anterior and posterior angles; dorsal series of 4-5 spots in front and 3-4 spots behind. Elytra similar in structure and puntuation to that
danum
but wider. Abdomen with transerse very fine and dense microstriation and with thick subtriangular punctuation, arranged in regular series.
Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in
Figs 40-41
. Aedeagus (
Fig. 39
).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: It is known only from the
type
locality.
E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to
Sabah
.