Attagenus jendeki, Háva, 2008

Háva, Jiří, 2008, Attagenus jendeki sp. n. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attagenini) from Kenya, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (2), pp. 131-134 : 131

Attagenus jendeki sp. n.

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Type material. Holotype (male): „ Kenya, Naivasha Lake-Elsamere , 0°49´S 36°20´E,

16.iv.2006, E. Jendek lgt.“ Paratypes (2 females): the same data as holotype. Type material deposited in the collection of Jiří Háva .

Description. Male. Body measurements (mm): TL 3.85 PL 0.97 PW 1.85 EL 3.05 EW 2.11; cuticle black on dorsal and ventral surfaces; generally large and elongate ( Fig. 1). Head finely punctate with long grey pubescence. Palpi entirely brown; pubescence on mentum denser. Ocellus on front present. Antennae 11-segmented, antennal club 3- segmented ( Fig. 2), segments I-VIII brown, IX-XI black. Pronotum finely punctate like head with long black pubescence on the disc and long grey-yellow pubescence on posterior parts; black disc with very small three very bad illdefined patterns with grey-yellow pubescence. Scutellum triangular finely punctatum as pronotum, with short grey-yellow pubescence. Elytra finely punctate; cuticle black, each elytron with one, transverse orange-reddish band, one transverse band divided into two spots and apical spot covered by long grey-yellow pubescence; other parts with long blck pubescence. Legs brown with yellow pubescence; tibiae with short brown thorns. Prosternal procces short and broad. Mesosternum and metasternum with short grey-yellow pubescence pubescence. Abdominal sternites with long grey-yellow pubescence. Male genitalia ( Fig. 4).

Female externaly similar to male, differes by the form of antennae ( Fig. 3).

Variability. Paratypes. Females body measurements (mm): TL 3.75-4.25 PL 0.97-1.20 PW 1.85 - 2.02 EL 3.15-3.45 EW 2.12-2.37 .

Diffrential diagnosis. The new species visually very similar to species A. luteofasciatus Pic, 1937: 4 , known from Tanzania, and to A. atripennis Pic, 1938: 9 , known from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia, but differs from them by the following characters; from other known afrotropical species differs by the characteristics coloration of pronotum and antennal structure and male genitalia.

4(1) Pronotum with entirely yellow pubescence; elytra without fasciae ..…...........…… …......................................... A. atripennis Pic, 1938

Etymology. Patronymic, dedicated to the my friend and collector of the new species Eduard Jendek ( Slovakia).