Leaus elusus, Matthews, Eric G. & Lawrence, John F., 2015

Matthews, Eric G. & Lawrence, John F., 2015, Trachelostenini sensu novo: redescriptions of Trachelostenus Solier, Myrmecodema Gebien and Leaus Matthews & Lawrence, based on adults and larvae, and descriptions of three new species of Leaus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Zootaxa 4020 (2), pp. 289-312 : 310

Leaus elusus sp. n.

( Figs 31 , 36 )

Description. With the characteristics of the genus. Length 3.9 mm, maximum width of prothorax 1.3 mm, width at humeri 1.3 mm. Legs uniformly castaneous. Prothorax with sides slightly unevenly convex, widest at basal third, lateral carinae crenulate, disc evenly convex. Pterothorax. Elytra with very low basal tumosities followed by very shallow depression. Abdomen. Aedeagal parameres simple. Female unknown. Larva unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in open eucalypt forest.

Type specimen: Holotype ♂: NSW: 30o29’42”S, 152o21’27” Point Lookout Rd, radar beacon, 1390m, 13–14 Nov 2008, G. Monteith. Pyrethrum, trees, open for. ( QMBA T 228902).

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 32. Leaus habitus, dorsal except 29: 27, L. tasmanicus paratype ♀ (SAMA); 28, L. tropicalis holotype ♀ (QMBA); 29, L. tropicalis paratype ♂ (ANIC); 30, L. monteithi holotype ♀ (QMBA); 31, L. elusus holotype ♂ (QMBA); 32, L. sp. ♀ (ANIC). Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 33 – 36. Leaus habitus, lateral: 33, L. tasmanicus holotype ♂ (SAMA); 34, L. monteithi sex not determined, paratype (QMBA); 35, L. tropicalis holotype ♀ (QMBA); 36, L. elusus holotype ♂ (QMBA). Scale bars 1 mm.