Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) costaricanum, Háva, 2019

Háva, Jiří, 2019, Nosodendridae deposited in the Canadian Museum of Nature, with new records and descriptions of three new species, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 19 (1), pp. 77-87 : 77-87

Nosodendron (Dendrodipnis) costaricanum

sp. nov.

( Figs. k, 4-5)

Hava J.

Type material. Holotype (female): “ COSTA RICA: 1520 m, Monteverde , FIT, 2-9.vii.1983, D.H. Lindeman ”, ( CMNC).

Description. Measurements (in mm): total length 3.4; maximum elytral width 2.1. Body convex ( Figs. 4-5). Cuticle castaneous-brown, shiny. Head finely, but clearly punctate, without setae. Eyes small, visible from above. Antennae brown, with eleven antennomeres, antennal club with three antennomeres, with yellow setae. Mentum with small punctures and grove (Fig. k), with long yellow setae. Pronotum very finely punctate; without setae. Pronotal anterior angle with very invisible small groove. Scutellum triangular, finely very punctate. Elytra without setae; each elytron with 11 striae consisting of punctures; the striae from humeri and scutellum very finely punctate in anterior 1/3 and with distinct punctures on apical part. Mesosternum finely and regularly punctate. Metasternum without longitudinal carina, punctures large in lateral margins. Legs brown, tibiae and femora finely punctate, with short yellow setation and

Hava J.

brown thorns. Abdominal visible ventrites dark castaneous-brown. Longitudinal striation of base of abdominal ventrites very short.

Male. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the testudinum group and according to the groove on the scutellum, it differs from all the other Neotropical species.

Etymology. Toponymic, named according to the country, Costa Rica.