Mulsanteus sabatinellii, Platia, 2015

Platia, Giuseppe, 2015, New species and records of Elateridae from North Pakistan, mostly collected by Guido Sabatinelli in 2011 - 2012 (Coleoptera)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 13, pp. 3-52 : 19-20

Mulsanteus sabatinellii n. sp.

( Figs. 28, 28a , 86 , 122 , 158 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ - Pakistan: Islamabad , Sect. 7 (33°43'N, 73°03'E), 600 m, 20.VI.- 20.VII.2011, G. Sabatinelli leg., at light ( CPG).

Diagnosis. A species allied to M. pokharanus Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2007 from Nepal for the general shape and colour, it can be separated by the shorter antennae.

Description.

Male. Moderately shiny; entirely dark-brown with antennae and legs ferruginous; covered with dense, long, erect on the antennal articles, semierect on elytra, fulvous pubescence.

Frons convex on vertex, flat before the anterior margin, this complete, straight, touching the clypeus; punctures coarse, umbilicate, with very short, shiny intervals.

Antennae exceeding by one article the apices of posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; the second and third article extremely small, subequal in length, the second just wider than long, the third obliquely truncate; fourth to tenth articles triangular, the fourth a little longer than the following and twice longer than wide; fifth to seventh less elongate, eigth to tenth slenderer, the last one longer than the penultimate, subellipsoidal, asymmetrically constricted before the apex.

Pronotum as long as wide, widest just before the apices of posterior angles; very convex, abruptly sloping at sides, nearly vertically at base sides from near the base gradually and regularly tapering to apex, converging to the posterior angles before the base, posterior angles long, acuminate slightly converging at the extremities, with an apparent carina directed inside; lateral margins complete and basally visible in a dorsal view; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures umbilicate with very short, shiny intervals where are irregularly present very fine punctures.

Scutellum shield-shaped, flat, ridged at base, densely punctured.

Elytra 2.6x longer than the pronotum and a little narrower than it, very convex; sides very gradually and regularly tapering from base to the apices; striae well marked and punctured, more superficial towards the apices, interstriae flat, punctured, with rough surface.

Aedeagus as in Figs. 28, 28a (length 1.43 mm).

Female unknown.

Size. Length 11.50 mm; width 3.06 mm.

Etymology. Dedicated to the collector of the species G. Sabatinelli.

Note. The description of this species is possible because the asiatic Mulsanteus Gozis, 1875 were recently revised by Schimmel & Tarnawski (2007).

Figures

Figs. 27-32.- Male genitalia in dorsal view. 27, 27a.- Selatosomus whitei (Candèze, 1900). 28, 28a.- Mulsanteus sabatinellii n. sp. 29, 29a.- Xanthopenthes sabatinellii n. sp. 30, 30a.- Adiaphorus sabatinellii n. sp. 31, 31a.- Melanotus hirticornis (Herbst, 1806). 32, 32a.- Melanotus loebli Platia & Schimmel, 2001.

Figs. 82-88.- First or last articles of antennae. 82.-Heteroderes curtus n. sp. 83.- Heteroderes sericeus Candèze, 1859. 84, 84a.- Denticollis oculatus n. sp. 85.- Selatosomus whitei (Candèze, 1900). 86.- Mulsanteus sabatinellii n. sp. 87.- Adiaphorus sabatinellii n. sp. 88.- Melanotus gorodinskii Platia, 2005.

Figs. 120-126.- Particular of profile, base and/or posterior angles of pronotum. 120.- Drasterius brahminus Candèze, 1859. 121.- Denticollis oculatus n. sp. 122.- Mulsanteus sabatinellii n. sp. 123.- Xanthopenthes sabatinellii n. sp. 124.- Priopus vafer (Erichson, 1841). 125.- Craspedostethus ronkayi n. sp. 126.- Rismethus pistrinarius (Candèze, 1857).

Figs. 155-163.- Habitus. 155.- Heteroderes curtus n. sp. (10.6 mm). 156.- Denticollis oculatus n. sp. (18.6 mm). 157.- Selatosomus whitei (Candèze, 1900) (17.5 mm). 158.- Mulsanteus sabatinellii n. sp. (11.5 mm). 159.- Xanthopenthes sabatinellii n. sp. (9.3 mm). 160.- Adiaphorus sabatinellii n. sp. (10 mm). 161.- Melanotus gorodinskii Platia, 2005 (14.2 mm). 162.- Melanotus hirticornis (Herbst, 1806) (15.5 mm). 163.- Melanotus loebli Platia & Schimmel, 2001 (15.5 mm).