Hovadelium elongatum Ardoin, 1976

Schawaller, Wolfgang, 2013, Revision of the genera Hovadelium Ardoin and Mimolaena Ardoin (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Laenini) from Madagascar, with remarks on tribal assignment 1, ZooKeys 326, pp. 55-67 : 60-61

Hovadelium elongatum Ardoin, 1976 Figs 6, 13

Reexamined type-material.

None, not found in MNHN.

Type locality.

SE Madagascar, Plateau Andohahelo, SE Trafonaomby, 1770-1950 m.

New material.

SE Madagascar, 3 km NW Fort Dauphin, Pic St. Louis, 150-250 m, 19.II.2004, leg. P. Bulirsch, 6 ex. CRFL, 2 ex. SMNS. - E Madagascar, 38 km ESE Betroka, Kalambatrita Forest, 3 km SSE Ambaro, 1400 m, 29.XII.1998, leg. J. Janák, 2 ex. SMNS.

Remarks.

I hope not to fail in assigning the newly collected specimens to this species, described upon a single female. Distinct differences between the description and the new specimens do not exist, and the larger part of the new material originates from the surroundings of the type locality nearby Fort Dauphin.

Diagnostic characters.

Body length 4.0-6.0 mm (holotype 5.0 mm). Pronotum cordiform, anterior margin regularly excavated, widest before the middle, with rounded anterior and posterior angles, surface slightly convex, with fine and sparse punctation, between punctation distinctly shagreened. Elytra with punctural rows in striae, intervals convex, slightly shagreened and somewhat uneven ("petit granules peu saillants" in description), interval 7 at base near shoulders with a longer seta. Aedeagus see Fig. 13.