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03F0879EFFEFE659FF63FDBEFE24C27E.text	03F0879EFFEFE659FF63FDBEFE24C27E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Anthrenus (Nathrenus) peacockae Holloway 2024	<div><p>Anthrenus (Nathrenus) peacockae Holloway, new species</p><p>(Fig. 1, 2)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype male. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.285&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.795" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.285/lat 32.795)">HazaRa</a>, LoweR Kagan Valley, PaKistan (32.795°N, 74.285°E), 6 vi 1927, H.G. ChaMPion leg. NHML.</p><p>Paratypes. Eight Males, NHML, saMe data as holotyPe.</p><p>Description, external characteristics. HolotyPe Anthrenus (Nathrenus) peacockae (Fig. 1A) (BL = 4.1 MM, BW = 2.65 MM) has a single oRange ocellus on head between the eyes but below the level of the toP of the eyes. The inneR MaRgins of the eyes sMoothly cuRved with no notch, tyPical of the subgenus Nathrenus Casey, 1900 (PeacocK 1993). The head and PRothoRax aRe a veRy daRK bRown; the elytRa aRe a Pale chestnut bRown. The PRonotuM and elytRa aRe coveRed in loosely PacKed Pale cReaM and veRy daRK bRown scales. The scales aRe sliM and shaRPly Pointed at both ends. The Pale scales aRe clusteRed in the basal ¼ of each elytRon and the PosteRioR lateRal coRneRs of the PRonotuM. ElsewheRe, the Pale scales aRe scatteRed along the elytRal sutuRe and foRM a loose fascia beyond the MidPoint with Patches at the lateRal elytRal MaRgins just beyond the MidPoint and sub-aPically. The ocellus is suRRounded by daRK bRown scales and Pale cReaM scales line the inneR MaRgins of each eye. PalPs oRange (evident is soMe PaRatyPes).</p><p>The ventRites (Fig. 1B) aRe Mid-bRown and coveRed in Pale cReaM scales. The lateRal MaRgins of each ventRite caRRy laRge sPots of daRK bRown scales, laRgest on ventRite I and becoMing PRogRessively sMalleR towaRds ventRite IV. TheRe aRe two sPots of bRown scales eitheR side of the Midline on ventRites II, III, and IV. The daRK sPot of scales on ventRite I is not entiRely bounded by Pale scales along the anteRioR edge. The teRgites aRe a Pale yellowish bRown.</p><p>The 11-segMented antenna (Fig. 1C) (AL = 263 µM, AW = 107 µM) is sliM and entiRely Pale Reddish bRown. AntennoMeRes 1 and 2 aRe laRge and Round, antennoMeRes 3–8 aRe sMalleR and squaRish, and antennoMeRes 9–11 foRM a well-defined elongated club. All coMPonents of the legs aRe siMilaRly Pale Reddish bRown, contRasting with the daRK bRown of the thoRax. The anteRioR faces of the feMoRa aRe coveRed in Pale scales, the tibiae and taRsi lacK scales.</p><p>Description, internal characteristics. FiguRe 2A shows the ventRal suRface of the holotyPe Male aedeagus. The PaRaMeRes (PL = 530 µM) aRe naRRow, but deePeR doRsoventRally. The lateRal MaRgins aRe Mostly PaRallel to each otheR with only the slightest inwaRds cuRve at the aPex. The inneR MaRgins of the PaRaMeRes aRe slightly concave and coveRed in long, fine haiRs. The aPices of the PaRaMeRes aRe adoRned with long, fine, stRaight haiRs.</p><p>The Median lobe is veRy bRoad, PaRallel sided fRoM the base to the Midway Point, aPically the lateRal MaRgins conveRge to a Rounded, blunt aPex that falls shoRt of the tiPs of the PaRaMeRes. Along the ventRal suRface of the Median lobe and PRojecting beyond the aPex is a MeMbRanous tube.</p><p>SteRnite VIII (Fig. 2B) is an oRnate stRuctuRe with seveRal bRoad sPines oR sPicules eMeRging fRoM each cuRved scleRotinized Rib and Pointing obliquely anteRioR. Most sPicules with aPex obliquely flattened. The anteRioR halves of both sides of steRnite VIII consist of a lattice of scleRotinized Rods.</p><p>SteRnite IX (Fig. 2C, SL = 585 µM) is a veRy thin MeMbRanous stRuctuRe that exPands fRoM the base to about the basal 1/3 and fRoM theRe the lateRal MaRgins conveRge to the aPical 1/5, wheRe MaRgins becoMe PaRallel to a Rounded aPex. The MaRgins fRoM the aPex to about Midway aRe coveRed in Many long haiRs, which aRe longest and densest aRound the aPex; haiRs hooK inwaRds aPically. TheRe aRe a few haiRs on the centRal PaRt of steRnite IX, but the haiRs aRe concentRated on the outeR sections of the steRnite.</p><p>Morphometrics. Mean BL = 3.94±0.22 (standaRd deviation) MM, Mean BW/BL = 0.65±0.01, n = 9 in both cases. The data indicate that 95% BL of A. peacockae would lie within 3.43–4.46 MM. The sMallest individual found in the saMPle studied was 3.45 MM, the laRgest 4.2 MM.</p><p>Distribution. The location of collection of the holotyPe and all PaRatyPes is shown in Fig 3.</p><p>Etymology. Anthrenus peacockae is naMed afteR Enid PeacocK, authoR of the Royal EntoMological Society HandbooK on DeRMestidae and DeRodontidae in the UK, who noted the A. peacockae sPeciMens studied heRe weRe a new sPecies.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Initially, A. peacockae was thought to be A. narani Háva and AhMed, 2014, but the inteRnal featuRes illustRated by Háva and AhMed (2014) (Fig. 4) beaR little ReseMblance to A. peacockae . ExteRnally, A. peacockae and A. narani aRe siMilaR.</p><p>The antenna illustRated foR Anthrenus narani by Háva and AhMed (2014) (Fig. 4A) has a tRuncated aPex to the teRMinal antennoMeRe ( A. peacockae is Rounded, Fig. 1C), only antennoMeRe 1 is laRge and Rounded in A. narani (both antennoMeRes 1 and 2 aRe laRge and Rounded in A. peacockae), antennoMeRes 2–5 aRe siMilaR sized and quadRate, antennoMeRes 6–8 aRe Much bRoadeR than long (antennoMeRes 3–8 aRe all quadRate in A. peacockae).</p><p>AccoRding to Háva and AhMed (2014), the aedeagus of A. narani (Fig. 4B) has stRongly cuRved PaRaMeRes with Much sMalleR tufts of haiRs at the aPex than A. peacockae (Fig. 2A). The illustRation in Háva and AhMed (2014) suggests that only the aPex of each PaRaMeRe has haiRs. The PaRaMeRe aPices alMost touch and aRe distinctly longeR than the Median lobe. OtheRwise, the Median lobe of A. narani illustRated by Háva and AhMed (2014) is siMilaR to A. peacockae (Fig. 2A).</p><p>SteRnite IX illustRated by Háva and AhMed (2014) (Fig. 4C) has a tRuncated PosteRioR aPex ( A. peacockae is Rounded, Fig. 2C) with only shoRt haiRs ( A. peacockae steRnite IX has Many long haiRs aPically and along the sides). Háva and AhMed (2014) illustRate a steRnite IX with PosteRioR MaRgins conveRging all the way to the PosteRioR aPex (steRnite IX MaRgins foR the final 1/5 aRe PaRallel sided in A. peacockae). Háva and AhMed (2014) did not illustRate steRnite VIII.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F0879EFFEFE659FF63FDBEFE24C27E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Holloway, GRahaM J.	Holloway, GRahaM J. (2024): Anthrenus (Nathrenus) peacockae (ColeoPteRa: DeRMestidae: MegatoMinae), a new sPecies fRoM PaKistan. Insecta Mundi 2024 (59): 1-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20495282
