Eorhipidius jelineki, Batelka & Hájek, 2009

Batelka, Jan & Hájek, Jiří, 2009, A taxonomic review of the genus Eorhipidius (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae), with descriptions of three new species from Asia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 769-782 : 772

Eorhipidius jelineki sp. nov.

( Figs. 2 , 6 , 10 )

Eorhipidius januschevi: BATELKA (2007: 169) (misidentification).

Type locality. Iran, Lorestan province, Lenje Abad, 10 km SW of Dorud, ca. 33°27′N 49°01′E, 1710 m a.s.l. Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( NMPC), ‘W Iran, Prov. Lorestán, Lenje Ábad , 10 km SW Dorúd, 33°27′N 49°01′E, 8.-10.x.1998, Chvojka lgt’.

Diagnosis. Small species, body length 2.3 mm. Head including mandibles 2.1× as long as high, occiput projecting over pronotum, rounded; distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital edge in lateral view 5.7× as long as distance between anterior margin of eye and base of maxillary palpus; antennal cavity narrowly separated from eye. Antennomere length ratios as follows: 1.2-1.0-1.2-1.6-2.3-2.2-2.2-2.2-2.2-2.2-3.2. Maxillary palpomere IV 1.6× as long as palpomeres II and III combined. Elytra 3.1× as long as pronotum.

Collection circumstances. Swept from vegetation in a river valley with pastures and sparse oak wood. The type locality is situated in a karst area in the central Zagros Mts. (P. Chvojka, pers. comm. 2008).

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Josef Jelínek (Prague, Czech Republic), our teacher, friend and specialist on the Cucujoidea.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the central Zagros Mts., Lorestan province, Iran.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus, dorsal view. 1 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 2 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 3 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 4 – E. ruzickai sp. nov.

Figs. 5–8. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. 5 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 6 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 7 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 8 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.

Figs. 9–12. Head, lateral view. 9 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 10 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 11 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 12 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.