Cryptophagus stephani, Esser, 2018

Esser, Jens, 2018, New Cryptophagus H, 1792 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from Arizona (United States of America), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 1067-1071 : 1070

Cryptophagus stephani nov.sp.

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♀: " Arizona: St. Catalina Mts. , elev. 8600 ft, May 31 1969 " [ FSCA]. Paratype: 1♀ with the same data as the holotype [ FSCA].

E t y m o l o g y: Named to the honour of K. STEPHAN, who collected the types and many other interesting species.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Female, 2 mm, hind wings absent, humeral callus absent, with distinct tooth. Reddish-brown with legs and antennae paler, eyes of normal size. Punctation fine and moderately dense on head and pronotum, somewhat stronger and denser on elytra (basal third). Covered with yellowish and decumbent pubescence. Pronotum elongated, nearly long as wide. Anterior callosity short but prominent, forming a strong hook. Lateral tooth in the middle, lateral margin concave before the tooth and concave behind the tooth. Rim of the margin indistinct before and distinct behind the tooth. Elytra strongly elongated. Legs more stout, antennae slender without any features, segment IX and X slightly transverse.

C o m m e n t: Very typical species with elongated body and strongly elongated pronotum. General shape resembles to C. grahammontanus nov.sp. ( fig. 5 ) but literally the pronotum is more elongated in C. stephani nov.sp.

Figures

Fig. 5-7: (5) Cryptophagus grahammontanus nov.sp. paratype, female; (6) Cryptophagus bussi ESSER, 2017, New Mexico; (7) Cryptophagus stephani nov.sp. holtype, male.