Archinamaqua, Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2012

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2012, A new genus and species of Tentyriini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from sand dunes in Namaqualand, South Africa, Zootaxa 3514, pp. 79-83 : 80

Archinamaqua gen. n.

Diagnosis. Archinamaqua gen. n. shares with Archinamibia Koch, 1952 the following characters: epistoma shovel-like with carinate anterior margin, long legs and antennae (reaching middle of elytra in males, anterior third of elytra in females), antennomere 3 1.3x longer than antennomere 4, anterior tibiae externally distinctly keeled and fringed with a regular dense row of small spines, dorsal surface of pronotum and elytra without setation. These genera can be separated by non-trilobate vs. trilobate epistoma, by presence vs. absence of elytral punctural rows, by short vs. long tibial spurs, and by other characters. For these and additional characters of both genera, as well as characters separating the related genus Broomium Koch, 1950, see the following table.

Type species. Archinamaqua gen. n. lyleae sp. n

Etymology. Combination of "Archi" and "Namaqua"land, equivalent to the related genus Archinamibia.

Character Archinamaqua gen. n. Archinamibia Broomium

Body length 11–14 mm 9–10 mm 4–6 mm Wingless + + + Dorsal setation – – + Epistoma trilobate – + + Epistoma

shovel-like + + – Last palpomere large triangular triangular triangular Antennomere 3 prolonged + + – Elytral punctural rows + – – Legs and antennae long + + – Anterior tibiae with regular row of spines + + – Tibial spurs minute long long Protarsomeres 1 longer than 2–4 1 longer than 2–4 1–4 equal