Dacrysoma subinsulsum

Darby, Michael, 2013, Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The Tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species, Zootaxa 3718 (3), pp. 239-266 : 261

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:003A16B5-34C5-48F8-A41C-8B784F3B06CB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6154619

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/70DF784A-2AF2-46D1-8A59-0702AF1CC0BF

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:70DF784A-2AF2-46D1-8A59-0702AF1CC0BF

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dacrysoma subinsulsum
status

sp. nov.

Dacrysoma subinsulsum View in CoL sp. n

(Figs. 18, 51, 72, 89, 100)

Habitus Fig. 18. Length. 0.77 mm. Colour: yellowish brown, antennae and legs yellow. Antennomeres 3–11 Fig.51 View FIGURES 41 – 55 . Pronotum: 0.20 mm long, 0.26 mm wide, Fig.72 View FIGURES 62 – 76 , +/- 7 punctures between anterior and posterior margins, Fig. 72 View FIGURES 62 – 76 . Elytra: 0.47 mm long, 0.45 mm wide, more finely punctured than pronotum and pubescence shorter.

Male: aedeagus Fig. 100.

Female: spermatheca Fig. 89 View FIGURES 77 – 89 .

Etymology. This epithet is taken from the Latin adjective subinsulsus, meaning somewhat insipid, and refers to the overall impression given by the insect’s appearance.

Remarks. The small size of the pronotum, short antennae, and the characters of the genitalia should serve to distinquish this species.

Type data. Holotype: ♀, Ranomafana N.P., RNF/13.2011, sifting litter, S. 21˚.14’ 57.9’’ E. 47˚ 24’ 22.90’’, 1138 m, 16.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson (BMNH). Paratypes: 11 exs, Ranomafana N.P., sifting litter, Winkler app. extr., S. 21˚14’51.3’’ E.47˚24’09.1’’, 1118 m, 15.iv.2011, P. Banar & Raveloson (BMNH).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Ptiliidae

Genus

Dacrysoma

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