Kaszabochillus, Fouquè, 2015

Fouquè, René, 2015, A review of the genera Indostola, Tagenostola, Indochillus, Pseudethas, and Pseudochillus gen. nov. in South East Asia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenosini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 217-242 : 228

Kaszabochillus subgen. nov.

Type species. Indochillus andamanus Kaszab, 1981 , here designated.

Description. Body length 3.9–5.0 mm. Clypeus straight, without tooth. Tempora shorter than eye length. Suborbital keel reduced. Occiput very slightly flattened. Junction of interval 7 and 9 on elytra forming small obliquely directed humeral corner ( Fig. 14 ). Elytra glabrous. Antennomeres longer than wide.

Diagnosis. Kaszabochillus subgen. nov. is characterized by straight clypeus without tooth (remaining subgenera have concave clypeus with small tooth); glabrous elytra and presence of small obliquely directed humeral corners ( Micropseudochillus subgen. nov. possesses row of setae on elytral intervals 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9); elytra without humeral corner; and tempora shorter than eye length ( Pseudochillus subgen. nov. has tempora 1.5–2.0 times longer than eye length).

Etymology. The new subgenus is named in honor of Dr. Zoltán Kaszab (1915–1986), expert in Tenebrionidae , and the name is derived from his surname and genus Pseudochillus , gender masculine.

Figures

Figs 10–16. 10–12 – dorsal view:10 – Pseudochillus (Micropseudochillus) palawanus sp.nov., holotype♂, Philippines (Palawan); 11 – P.(M.) thailandicus sp. nov., holotype ♂, Thailand.; 12 – P.(M.) indochinensis sp. nov., paratype ♀, Vietnam. 13 – P.(M.) indochinensis sp. nov., tooth on clypeus; 14–15 – humeral corner: 14 – P.(Kaszabochillus) helferi sp. nov.; 15 – P.(Pseudochillus) bangaloreanus (Kaszab, 1981). 16 – P.(P.) bangaloreanus (Kaszab, 1981), punctures on epipleura. Scale bar = 4 mm (Figs 10–12).