Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani saudita, Volkovitsh, 2018

Volkovitsh, Mаrk G., 2018, Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp. n. from Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on the taxonomic composition of the subgenus Ptychomus Marseul, 1866 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini), Zootaxa 4434 (1), pp. 171-183 : 176-177

Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani saudita subsp. n.

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Type specimens studied. Holotype ♂ ( NMPC): Wadi Fayidah / 130 m (p) 18.X.1983 (h) / 21°52′ N, 39°30′ E (p) // Saudi Аrabien / W. Büttiker . Paratypes: 2 ♂(NMPC, ZIN), same loсality.

A. kubani saudita subsp.n. differs from nominotypiс subspeсies by smaller body, vertex with short medial сarina, vertex and disс of pronotum with purely white setiform sсales, predominantly bronzy elytra with sutural intervals 3–4 сovered with rather сoarse sсulpture, shape of tegmen and penis, and distribution as shown in Table 1. Body length 5.1 (4.7–5.3) mm, width 1.7 (1.6–1.8) mm; holotype: body length 5.2 mm, width 1.7 mm, body 3.06 times as long as pronotum width at base. Female unknown.

Distribution. Saudi Аrabia.

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) argodi Kerremans, 1907 species-group, habitus. Fig. 1, A. kubani kubani subsp. nov., holotype, ♂, Algeria (VKCB), dorsal aspect, 5.6 mm; Fig. 5, the same, paratype, ♂, Egypt (ZIN), lateral aspect, 5.8 mm; Fig. 9, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 2, A. kubani saudita subsp. nov., holotype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (NMPC), dorsal aspect, 5.2 mm; Fig. 6, the same, paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (ZIN), lateral aspect, 5.3 mm; Fig. 10, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 3, A. argodi Kerremans, 1907, ♂specimen, Somali (ZIN), dorsal aspect, 5.8 mm; Fig. 7, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 11, the same, ventral aspect; Fig. 4, A. cupreosuturata Obst, 1903, ♂specimen, Kenya (ZIN), dorsal aspect, 5.1 mm; Fig. 8, the same, lateral aspect; Fig. 12, the same, ventral aspect.

FIGURES 13–16. Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp. nov., head and pronotum. Fig. 13, A. kubani kubani subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Egypt (ZIN), head and pronotum, frontal aspect; Fig. 15, the same, dorsal aspect; Fig. 14, A. kubani saudita subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (ZIN), head and pronotum, frontal aspect; Fig. 16, the same, dorsal aspect.

FIGURES 17–22. Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp. nov., prosternum and appendages. Fig. 17, A. kubani kubani subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Egypt (ZIN), head and prosternum, ventral aspect; Fig. 19, the same, right antenna; Fig. 20, the same, right fore-leg; Fig. 21, the same, mid-leg; Fig. 22, the same, hind-leg; Fig. 18, A. kubani saudita subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (ZIN), head and prosternum, ventral aspect.

FIGURES 23–33. Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) argodi Kerremans, 1907 species-group, male and female genitalia. Fig. 23, A. kubani kubani subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Egypt (ZIN), microslide no. 1537, tegmen, 1.3 mm; Fig. 24, the same, penis, 0.9 mm; Fig. 31, paratype, ♀, Egypt (ZIN), microslide no. 1921, ovipositor, 1.0 mm; Fig. 32, the same, ventrite 8, 0.3 mm; Fig. 33, the same, tergite 8, 1.0 mm; Fig. 25, A. kubani saudita subsp. nov., paratype, ♂, Saudi Arabia (ZIN),), microslide no. 1536, tegmen, 1.3 mm; Fig. 26, the same, penis, 0.9 mm; Fig. 27, A. argodi Kerremans, 1907, ♂specimen, Somali (ZIN), microslide no. 1892, tegmen, 1.4 mm; Fig. 28, the same, penis, 0.9 mm; Fig. 29, A. cupreosuturata Obst, 1903, ♂specimen, Kenya (ZIN), microslide no. 1891, tegmen, 1.4 mm; Fig. 30, the same, penis, 0.9 mm.