Attagenus (Aethriostoma) philippinensis, Háva, 2016

Háva, Jiří, 2016, A Contribution To Knowledge Of Dermestidae (C O L E O P T E R A: B O S T R I C H If O R M I A) F R O M T H E Philippines, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 16 (2), pp. 129-134 : 130-131

Attagenus (Aethriostoma) philippinensis sp.

nov. ( Fig. 1-3 )

Type material. Holotype (♀): Philippines, Mindanao, Esperanza , Agusan del Sur, Apr.2016, native collector, ( JHAC).

Description. Male. Body measurements (mm): TL 3.2, EW 2,0; oval ( Figs. 1-2 ), convex; dorsally and ventrally unicolorous black, shiny; dorsum covered with short and recumbent, black and golden setation; thoracic underside with comparatively short and recumbent, golden setation; visible abdominal ventrites with recumbent, black setation, sparser than that on thoracic surface. Head finely punctate, covered by golden setation. Palpi brown. Frontal median ocellus present. Antennae brown with short, yellow setation, composed of 11 antennomeres, antennal club compact, black with 3 antennomeres ( Fig. 2 ). Pronotum finely punctate on the disc, coarsely punctate on lateral margins, covered by golden setation. Hypomeron very shiny, without punctures. Scutellum small and triangular, shiny, with rounded apex, without setation. Elytra unicolorous, black, without patterns or fasciae, coarsely punctate on humeri and with one small humeral bump, other parts finely punctate, covered by black, short setation. Epipleuron black, very short, with short black setae. Prosternum without “collar”, mouthparts free. Prosternal process short and narrow. Meta- and mesosternum finely punctate discally, laterally coarsely punctate, with golden,

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recumbent setation. Abdomen black, with five visible abdominal ventrites, each ventrite laterally with small depressions, covered by recumbent, black setation. Legs brown, covered with comparatively short and thick, yellow setation. Legs with small, brown thorns along shaft. Tarsi moderately long.

Male. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the subgenus Aethriostoma Motschulsky, 1858 , the subgenus contains 6 species, the new species differs from all the known species by the unicolorously, yellowish-golden setation on head and pronotum and unicolorous black cuticle and black setation on elytra. Within a group of similar oriental species, it belongs to the nominotypical subgenus including Attagenus grisescens Pic, 1937 and Attagenus arcuatefasciatus Pic, 1951 differs by above mentioned characters and structure of antennae.

Etymology. Toponymic, after the country of the type locality, the Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 1-3. Attagenus (Aethriostoma) philippinensis sp. nov.: 1- habitus, dorsal aspect; 2- head and pronotum; 3- antennae of female.