Microhoria kermanica Kejval, 2020

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 141

Microhoria kermanica Kejval , sp. nov. ( Figs 112, 115 )

Type locality. Iran, Kerman Province, Kuh-e Lalehzar, plateau in north region, vicinity of Lalehzar village, 29°31′N 56°51′E, alt. 2800–3100 m. Type material. HOLOTYPE:, ‘C. Iran, 2800 m Lalehzar 24- 30.5.1977 [p] // Loc. no. 347 Exped. Nat. Mus. Praha [p]’ ( NMPC). PARATYPES: 2

2 ♀♀, ‘ IRAN prov. Kerman Sarbizhan 5.5.2010 140 km S Kerman lgt. Orszulik 2700 m [p]’ ( ZKDC).

Description. Male (holotype). Body length 2.6 mm. Body black, elytra with slight brownish tinge posteriorly; femora brownish-black, tibiae and base of tarsi reddish-brown to yellowish, antennae black, basal five antennomeres with brownish tinge.

Head round in shape, 1.1 times as long as wide, somewhat widely rounded posteriorly (posterior angles indistinct); eyes small, moderately convex. Surface moderately glossy, minutely punctate; punctures distinctly spaced; setation short, subdecumbent. Antennae moderately enlarged in apical half; antennomeres X at most 1.1 times, XI about 2.3 times as long as wide.

Pronotum as long as wide, moderately narrower than head including eyes, evenly rounded anteriorly, pronotal disc moderately convex, outline in dorsal view with lateral margins slightly narrowing posteriorly. Surface moderately glossy, minutely punctate; punctation and setation as on head, with few very short erect setae.

Elytra 1.7 times as long as wide, subparallel, somewhat impressed medially in basal half; humeri distinctly protruding; apices modified, channel of gland forming short tubular process. Surface moderately glossy, distinctly and densely punctate; punctation somewhat denser and setation as on head, with scattered, inconspicuous, short erect setae.

Legs slender, simple; all tibiae with paired terminal spurs.

Abdominal sternum VII simple; sternum VIII forming paired, subtriangular sclerites that are rounded and setose posteriorly; tergum VII and VIII simple. Aedeagus ( Figs 112, 115 ); apical portion of tegmen very long and slender, slightly sinuous and with hooked apex; endophallic armature with pair of hook-like spines that are widened basally, and bunch of delicate spinules.

Female. Identical with male for most external characters; elytral apices simple; sternum and tergum VII simple.

Variation. Body length (♀) 2.6–3.0 mm; paratypes with darker, brownish tibiae and tarsi.

Differential diagnosis. Microhoria kermanica sp. nov. belongs to the M. terminata species-group. It seem to be close to M. bacillisternum sp. nov., as suggested by the similar structure of the endophallus, but differs by its wider head, simple sclerites of male sternum VIII, and the hooked apex of the tegmen (cf. Figs 112 versus 95).

Etymology. Named after the Kerman Province of Iran, site of the type locality; adjective.

Distribution. Iran.

Figures

Figs 112–118. 112 – Microhoria kermanica sp. nov., aedeagus in lateral view; 113 – M. luristanica (Pic, 1911) comb. nov., Iran, Andimeshk, aedeagus in lateral view (ZKDC); 114 – M. ottomana (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849) comb. nov., holotype, aedeagus in lateral view; 115 – M. kermanica sp. nov., apex of tegmen, dorsal view; 116 – M. ottomana, apex of tegmen, dorsal view; 117 – M. pahlavi sp. nov., aedeagus in lateral view; 118 – same, apical portion in ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm – (Figs 112, 115), B (Figs 114, 116), C (Fig. 113), D (Figs 117, 118).