Orphinus (Orphinus) prudeki, HávA, 2015

HávA, Jiří, 2015, Three new species of Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 from Thailand (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 13, pp. 225-229 : 227

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12714613

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAC36EB3-ED7D-4F31-B40E-259FF7B68109

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12715454

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987C2-FF82-FFAD-7DD5-FF31FDBC0521

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scientific name

Orphinus (Orphinus) prudeki
status

sp. nov.

Orphinus (Orphinus) prudeki sp. nov. ( Figs. 3-5 View Figs )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ Thailand, Nan prov., Doi Phuka Nat. Park , 28.IV.- 12.V.2002, P. Průdek leg., ( JHAC).

Description.

Male. Body parallel and oval, TL 3.1 mm, EW 2.5 mm. Head and pronotum black, shiny, each elytron black with reddish pattern ( Fig. 3 View Figs ), black on venter. Head coarsely punctate with long, erect, yellow setation. Palpi brown; setation on mentum denser. Eyes small, with yellow microsetae. Ocellus on front present. Antennae brown with yellow setae, with 11 antennomeres, antennal club with 2 antennomeres, terminal antennal segment circular ( Fig. 4 View Figs ). Pronotum black, disc finely punctate, densely foveolate posteriorly, with long, erect, yellow setae. Scutellum black, triangular, without setation. Elytra finely punctate; humerus with one small bump; elytral surface with long, erect yellow setation; cuticle black with reddish pattern ( Fig. 3 View Figs ). Epipleuron black, anteriorly broad, finely punctate, with short, yellow setation. Legs dark brown with yellow setation. Mesosternum coarsely punctate laterally, otherwise finely punctate, covered by long, recumbent, yellow setation. Abdominal visible ventrites black, with long, recumbent, yellow setation. Male genitalia ( Figs. 5 View Figs a-b)

Female. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from other known species according to its characteristical elytral pattern. According to body form is similar to O. (O.) rihai sp. nov. but differs from it by the elytral colour pattern, structure of antennae and male genitalia.

Etymology. Patronymy, dedicated to its collector, PAvel Průdek (Brno, Czech Republic).

Distribution. Thailand ¡ Nan province.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dermestidae

Genus

Orphinus

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