Eorhipidius ruzickai, Batelka & Hájek, 2009

Batelka, Jan & Hájek, Jiří, 2009, A taxonomic review of the genus Eorhipidius (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae), with descriptions of three new species from Asia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 769-782 : 776

Eorhipidius ruzickai sp. nov.

( Figs. 4 , 8 , 12 )

Type locality. Pakistan, North-West Frontier Province, Swat. Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ( NMPC): ‘Swat, 1971’.

Diagnosis. Larger species, body length 3.0 mm. Head including mandible 2.4× as long as high, occiput projecting over pronotum, rounded. Distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital edge in lateral view 2.6× as long as distance between anterior margin of eye and base of maxillary palpus. Antennal cavity very narrowly separated from eye.Antennomere length ratios as follows: 1.1-1.0-1.5-1.5-1.9-2.0-2.2-2.0-1.8-1.6-2.3. Maxillary palpomere IV 1.2× as long as palpomeres II and III combined. Elytra 3.3× as long as pronotum.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Jan Růžička (Prague, Czech Republic), our friend and specialist on the Leiodidae and the Silphidae .

Distribution. Known only from the Swat valley in North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus, dorsal view. 1 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 2 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 3 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 4 – E. ruzickai sp. nov.

Figs. 5–8. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. 5 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 6 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 7 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 8 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.

Figs. 9–12. Head, lateral view. 9 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 10 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 11 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 12 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.