Ptomaphaginus sabahensis Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008
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Ptomaphaginus sabahensis Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008 |
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Ptomaphaginus sabahensis Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008 View in CoL Figures 5g, 7i, j, 9h
Ptomaphaginus sabahensis Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008: 202, figs 11, 12; type from Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo (in MHNG).
Description.
(adapted from Schilthuizen and Perreau (2008)). Length 2.4 mm. Habitus elongated, parallel-sided. Pronotum short, 2.3 times as wide as long, nearly as wide as the elytra. Elytra 1.35 times as long as their combined width. Aedeagus quadrangular with a sinuous apical expansion. Internal stylus short and moderately thick. Female unknown.
Differential diagnosis.
The elongated habitus combined with the rectangular and stocky aedeagus are unique features among the Bornean Ptomaphaginus .
Habitat and distribution.
Only known from the male holotype, collected on Gunung Kinabalu at 1580 m elevation.
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