Micropodabrus laosensis, Švihla, 2005

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 79-80

Micropodabrus laosensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 15, 19 )

Type locality. Laos, Bolikhamsai Province, Ban Nape, Kaew Nua pass, 500-700 m a.s.l., 18°23.3′N 105°09.1′E.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Laos centr., Bolikhamsai prov., Ban Nape - Kaew Nua Pass , alt. 600 ± 100 m, N 18°23.3′ E 105°09.1′ ( GPS), 18.iv.-1.v.1998, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.’ ( NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head black, mouthparts honey yellow to chestnut brown, antennomeres 1-2 entirely honey yellow, antennomeres 3-4 honey yelow with dark inner corner, antennomeres 5-7 honey yellow ventrally and laterally, rest of them sepia, antennomere 8 sepia, narrowly honey yellow laterally, antennomeres 9-11 sepia. Prothorax and mesosternum terracotta, metasternum and ventral part of abdomen sooty. Legs black, bases of femora and coxae honey yellow. Scutellum black, elytra indigo.

Male. Eyes of moderate size, protruding, head across eyes ca 1.2 times as wide as pronotum, temples straight and convergent posteriorly. Antennae ( Fig. 15 ) slightly exceeding elytral midlength, antennomeres 3-8 each with longitudinal, not sharply delimited, very finely punctate area. Surface of head very finely puncticulate, sparsely and finely brown pubescent, semilustrous. Pronotum moderately longer than wide, its anterior margin rounded, anterior corners obtusely rounded, lateral margins sinuate and diverging posteriorly, posterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior margin widely rounded. Surface of pronotum very finely puncticulate, finely and sparsely yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Elytra parallel-sided, elytral nervation very slight but visible, surface of elytra rugulose-lacunose, finely yellow pubescent, matt. Parameres very similar to that of M. kantnerorum sp. nov. ( Fig. 10 ); dorsal part of aedeagus as in Fig. 19 . Female unknown.

Length J: 9.1 mm.

Differential diagnosis. In the key by WITTMER (1988), M. laosensis sp. nov. falls in the vicinity of M. multiexcavatus Wittmer, 1988 from Guangxi and northern Vietnam and M. longi- ceps (Pic, 1908) from Yunnan. It differs from the former species by the much less emarginate lateral margins of antennomeres and from the latter species by the entirely terra cotta-coloured pronotum and sharper corners of antennomeres (cf. WITTMER 1988).

Etymology. Named after the country of its origin.

Distribution. Central Laos.

Figures

Figs. 1-5. 1-3 – Rhagonycha bimucronata sp. nov. 1 – aedeagus, ventral view; 2 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 3 – aedeagus, lateral view. 4 – Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 5 – M. fissiformis sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus.

Figs. 6-11. 6-8 – Micropodabrus kopetzi sp. nov. 6 – aedeagus, ventral view; 7 – ditto, lateral view; 8 – dorsal part of aedeagus. 9-11 – M. kantnerorum sp. nov. 9 – aedeagus, ventral view; 10 – ditto, lateral view; 11 – dorsal part of aedeagus.