Cuccodorodes weiperti, Yin, 2018

Yin, Zi-Wei, 2018, Cuccodorodes gen. nov., an apterous Batrisitae from the tropical Himalayas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 58 (2), pp. 321-330 : 328-329

Cuccodorodes weiperti sp. nov.

( Figs 2B , 3 E–F, 6 G–I, 7 )

Type material (2 ♂♂). HOLOTYPE: NEPAL: ♂ ‘ NEPAL, Prov. Mechi, südlich von Tortong vor Pass , Gesiebe , 16.iv.2003, 3100 m NN, leg.: J. Weipert’ ( MHNG). PARATYPE: NEPAL: 1 ♂, same label data as holotype ( MHNG).

Description. Male. General habitus stout ( Fig. 2B ), body reddish brown, pronotum slightly darker, mouthparts and tarsomeres lighter in color, BL 2.95–3.10 mm. Head about as long as wide, HL & HW 0.57–0.58 mm; vertexal foveae located below level of posterior margin of eyes, sulcus truncate anteriorly, more or less U-shaped ( Fig. 3E ), median carina extending anteriorly from near head base to meet sulcus; eyes small, slightly protruding laterally, each eye composed of about 10 facets; AnL 1.13–1.15 mm. Pronotum wider than long, PL 0.60–0.61 mm, PW 0.68–0.69 mm; median longitudinal sulcus extending from small median antebasal fovea to near apex, discal longitudinal sulci slightly curved, lateral longitudinal sulci strongly sinuate, broadening at basal half and densely setose. Elytra much wider than long, EL 0.71–0.76 mm, EW 0.87–0.89 mm. Abdomen widest at tergite 1 (IV), AL 1.11–1.20 mm, AW 0.93–0.97 mm; sternite 1 (IV) with narrow and thickened arched median projection ( Fig. 3D ), surface of projection with scaly microsculpture, area surrounded by projection narrowly triangular; median area of sternite 3 (V) lacking microsculpture; sternite 7 (IX) with membranous basal half broadly expanded ( Fig. 6G ). Length of aedeagus ( Figs 6 H–I) 0.64 mm; ventral lobe conspicuously protruding ventrally; two markedly elongate sclerites at apex of ventral lobe and left side.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The new species is named after Jörg Weipert (Plaue, Germany), who collected the type series.

Distribution. Nepal: Mechi Zone ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Dorsal habitus of Cuccodorodes species. A – C. koshiensis sp. nov., male; B – C. weiperti sp. nov., male.

Fig. 3. Male head and pronotum (A, C, E), and sternites 2–3 (IV–V) (B, D, F) of Cuccodorodes darjeelingensis sp. nov. (A–B), C. koshiensis sp. nov. (C–D), and C. weiperti sp. nov. (E–F).

Fig. 6. Male sternite 7 (IX) (A, D, G), and aedeagus (B–C, E–F, H–I) of Cuccodorodes darjeelingensis sp. nov. (A–C), C. koshiensis sp. nov. (D–F), and C. weiperti sp. nov. (G–I). Scale bars: 0.1 mm in A, D, G; 0.2 mm in B–C, E–F, H–I.

Fig.7. Map showing the distribution of Cuccodorodes species.