Rondoniella bremeri Ferrer & Moragues, 2000

Maruyama, Munetoshi & Ando, Kiyoshi, 2022, Review of the genera Rondoniella Kaszab, 1970 and Durandius Kaszab, 1970 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with description of R. hosoishii sp. nov. from an ant nest in Cambodia, Zootaxa 5209 (2), pp. 293-300 : 296

Rondoniella bremeri Ferrer & Moragues, 2000

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Rondoniella bremeri Ferrer & Moragues, 2000: 100 (original description).

Non-type specimen examined. 1 ♂ (?), " THAILAND, / Erawan N.P., / Erawam Guest House // at light, No. 96, / 15. II. 1994, / leg. S. & L. Mahunka // Rondoniella / bremeri Ferrer / det. O. Merkl, 2003" (Hungarian Natural History Museum) .

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from the other congeners by the combination of the following characteristics: the body being pale reddish brown; the pronotum being widest near the anterior margin; the outer margin of the foretibiae being sinuate owing to rounded weak tooth at middle. The head shape is similar to those of R. costata and R. hosoishii sp. nov. but the other characteristics including the body color are rather similar to those of Durandius ardoini . The foretibial shape is intermediate between R. costata (and R. hosoishi sp. nov.) and D. ardoini ; the outer margin of the former is almost straight but the that of the latter bears rounded weak tooth.

Measurements of examined specimen. BL, 4.4; HL, 0.688; HW, 1.45; PL, 0.88; PW, 1.538; EL, 2.8; FTL, 0.562; MTL, 0.623.

Comments. This species was described based on a single, old specimen collected in “ Siam, Gylden, Pak Koh (no other data).” Ferrer and Moragues (2000: 104) stated “Pak Koh” is Laos but they mapped the place of “Pak Koh” in an old map of Thailand. “Pak Koh” is apparently in Thailand. Dr. Sasitorn Hasin of Thailand checked some old maps of Siam, Thailand and the Lanna Kingdom to find Pak Koh but could not find it. She said that the position of "Pak Koh" is quite same position as "Pak Pan Railway Station" which is a minor train station and its position is close to Den Chai train station, Den Chai District, Phrae Province.

As is often the case in Ferrer's papers, the outline of the habitus figure of the species is not very accurate. The figure of the original description overemphasises the size of the foretibiae and the widening of the anterior angles of the pronotum.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. 1, Habitus of Rondoniella costata Kaszab, 1970; 2, habitus of R. hosoishii Maruyama &Ando sp. nov. (holotype male); 3, ditto (paratype female); 4, head of R. hosoishii sp. nov., ventral view; 5, habitus of R. bremeri Ferrer & Moragues, 2000; 6, habitus of Durandius ardoini Kaszab, 1970; 7, ditto, head, ventral view.