Microhoria pahlavi 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 : 143-144

Microhoria pahlavi Kejval , sp. nov.

( Figs 117, 118 )

Type locality. Iran, Kerman Province, 33 km W of Sabzevaran, on the road Sabzevaran – Esefandaqeh, 28°44′N 57°28′E, alt. 1100 m.

Type material. HOLOTYPE:, ‘E. Iran, 1100 m 33 km W Sabzvaran 6- 7.5.1973 // Loc no. 189 Exp.Nat.Mus.Praha [p]’ ( NMPC) . PARATYPES: 1, ‘E Iran Env Deh Pabid 21.4.1973 // Loc no. 172 Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha [p]’ ( NMPC).

Description. Male (holotype). Body length 3.6 mm. Head black, pronotum reddish,elytra largely dark brown, brownish- -black at base, with large, paired, vaguely outlined, yellowish spot laterally in apical third; abdomen largely brownish-black, terminal segments VII and VIII contrastingly yellowish; femora brownish, with paler base, tibiae and tarsi reddish, antennae dark reddish, slightly paler in basal third.

Head 1.3 times as long as wide including eyes, nearly evenly rounded posteriorly; eyes comparatively small, only moderately convex. Surface moderately glossy, distinctly and rather densely punctate; punctures mostly dense, sparser medially; setation short, appressed to subdecumbent. Antennae moderately enlarged for apical third; antennomeres X 1.4 times as long as wide, XI conspicuously elongate, 4.2 times as long as wide.

Pronotum 1.1 times as long as wide, evenly rounded anteriorly, moderately narrower than head including eyes; pronotal disc moderately convex, outline in dorsal view with lateral margins nearly straightly narrowing posteriorly. Surface moderately glossy; setation and punctation as on head; latero-basal margins with some longer, more raised setae.

Elytra 1.9 times as long as wide; humeri distinctly protruding; omoplates and postbasal impression slightly indicated; apices modified, somewhat bulging, channel of gland forming short tubular process. Surface slightly glossy, rather densely punctate and somewhat shagreened; punctation more delicate, shallower than on head; setation as on head, erect setae very short, inconspicuous.

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

Abdominal sternum VII moderately emarginate apically; sternum VIII forming pair of simple sclerites that are rounded and setose posteriorly; tergum VII and VIII simple. Aedeagus ( Figs 117, 118 ): tegmen moderately wide in apical half, abruptly narrowed in front of hooked and bidentate apex; endophallic armature with two pairs of long, robust and slender sclerites.

Female. Unknown.

Variation. Body length () 3.5–3.6 mm; paratype with indication of a small, yellowish posthumeral spot on the elytra. Differential diagnosis. Microhoria pahlavi sp. nov. belongs to the M. terminata species-group. It can be easily recognized by its larger size, bright colouration, extremely elongate terminal antennomeres, and the male characters.

Etymology. Named after the Pahlavi dynasty and the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; noun in the nominative case, standing in apposition.

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).