Lanurgus pubescens ( Schedl, 1941 )

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2021, The mainly South African genus Lanurgus revised (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5027 (1), pp. 87-106 : 95-96

Lanurgus pubescens ( Schedl, 1941)

( Figs 15, 18, 22 )

Traglostus pubescens Schedl, 1941 , orig. spelling (new comb. by Jordal 2021) Type material. Holotype, male: [ Botswana] Sud Afrika, D. Betschuanaland, Serule [GIS: -21.90, 27.33], Seiner [NHMW].

Diagnosis, male. Length 2.4 mm, 2.4 × as long as wide. Antennal scapus short, round, about twice the width of the pedicel, with few setae not longer than scapus; antennal club with two procurved sutures distinctly marked by short setae, basal segment subglabrous; scutellum with bristle-like setae; elytral interstriae with mixed narrowly spatulate and bristle-like setae, in most interstriae confused, on declivity twice as long compared to disc; protibiae with 4 apical denticles. Female not known.

Distribution. Botswana, South Africa.

Remarks. The holotype is a male as judged by the narrow scapus and the modest tuft of setae on its dorsal side. The frons is largely concealed by the pronotum.

Figures

FIGURES 13–22. Dorsal, lateral and frontal view of Lanurgus barbatus female (13, 16, 9), Lanurgus jubatus sp. nov. female holotype (4, 17, 20) and allotype male (21), Lanurgus pubescens male holotype (15, 18, 22).