Micropodabrus kresli, 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 : 81

Micropodabrus kresli sp. nov.

( Figs. 16 , 20-21 )

Type locality. Laos, Hua Phan Province, Ban Saluei, Mt. Phu Phan, 20°13′N 103°59′E.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Laos: Hua Phan prov., Ban Saluei, Mt. Phu Phan , 20°13′N 103°59′E, 6.-17.v.2004, P. Kresl lgt.’ ( NMPC) . PARATYPES: same locality data, F. & L. Kantner lgt., 1 J, J. Bezděk lgt., 1 ♀ ( NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head black, mouthparts honey yellow to chestnut brown. Antennae egg-yolk to honey yellow, gradually darkening terminally to sepia. Prothorax honey yellow, pronotum with central, trapezoid, sepia to black spot. Meso- and metasternum and ventral part of abdomen black, legs black, tarsi sooty. Scutellum black, elytra dark greenish blue.

Male. Eyes large, protruding, head across eyes almost 1.25 times as wide as pronotum, temples straight and convergent posteriorly. Antennae ( Fig. 16 ) moderately exceeding elytral midlength, antennomeres 4-10 each with longitudinal, not sharply delimited, finely punctate area. Surface of head very finely puncticulate, finely and sparsely brown pubescent, semilustrous. Pronotum slightly longer than wide, its anterior margin rounded, anterior corners obtusely rounded, lateral margins sinuate and diverging posteriorly, posterior corners obtusely rounded, posterior margin rounded. Surface of pronotum very finely and sparsely imbricatepunctate, sparsely and finely yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Elytra parallel-sided, elytral nervation only very slightly indicated, surface of elytra rugulose-lacunose, yellow pubescent, matt. Dorsal part of aedeagus very similar to that of M. kantnerorum sp. nov. ( Fig. 11 ), parameres ( Figs. 20 and 21 ) with apex not obtusely pointed but obliquely cut.

Female. Eyes smaller and less protruding than in male, head across eyes only moderately wider than pronotum, the latter as long as wide. Antennomeres very slightly triangular, elytra comparatively wider.

Length J ♀: 8.5-11.2 mm.

Differential diagnosis. In the key by WITTMER (1988), M. kresli sp. nov. falls near M. yunnanus Wittmer, 1988 from which it differs by the more protruding corners of antennomeres, absence of impression on antennomere 11 and metallic bluish-green elytra (cf. WITTMER 1988).

Etymology. Dedicated to one of its collectors, Petr Kresl (Spůle, Janovice nad Úhlavou, Czech Republic).

Distribution. Northern 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.

Figs. 18-24. 18 – Micropodabrus jendeki sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 19 – M. laosensis sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 20-21 – M. kresli sp. nov., paramere. 20 – ventral view; 21 – lateral view. 22-23 – Mimopodabrus rectiangulatus sp. nov. 22 – aedeagus, ventral view; 23 – ditto, lateral view. 24 – M. reductus sp. nov., aedeagus, lateral view. Scales a – Figs. 18-21; b – Figs. 22-24.