Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) kirschenhoferi, Serrano, 2024

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the tribes Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 and Rhopalomelini Alluaud, 1930 (Carabidae: Licininae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of two new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5397 (1), pp. 1-35 : 11

Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) kirschenhoferi n. sp.

Figure 1

Type material. Holotype male: “Coli (Quebo) Tombali \ G.-Bissau 12- 14.7.2006 \ Col. A. Serrano\\ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Holotype male\ Chlaenius \ ( Chlaeniostenus ) \ kirschenhoferi n. sp. \ A. Serrano det. 2023” [t] [h] [red card] ; Paratype male: “ Bissor „\ 16-17.XI.1983 \ SPEN Nº 466”\\ “ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Miss. Ent. SPEN \ à Guiné-Bissau \ 16Nov a 7Dez83 ” \\ “ Chlaeniostenus \ anthracoderus \ Laferté\ Det. A. Serrano, 1993\\ “Paratype male \ Chlaenius \ ( Chlaeniostenus ) \ kirschenhoferi n. sp. \ A. Serrano det. 2023” [t] [h] [red card] .

Differential diagnosis: Head bright metallic green, pronotum bright green-copperish laterally, coppery at centre, elytra silky green to matte copperish (except a lateral yellow band); labrum, antennae and legs (except coxae, which are dark brown) yellow-reddish; palpi and distal half of mandibles dark brown; head almost smooth, surface of pronotum smooth, slightly microreticulate in the last third, with scattered punctures; elytra microreticulate, lateral yellowish band reaching the 7 th stria, slightly broader posteriad; aedeagus ( Figs 1c, d, e )

Figures

FIGURE 1. Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) kirschenhoferi n. sp. (a) habitus, holotype male (dorsal view); (b) habitus, holotype male (ventral view); (c) and (d) median lobe of aedeagus, holotype male (lateral and dorsal views, respectively); (e) right and left parameres of aedeagus, holotype male (lateral view).