Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) rotundimaculata, Li, Jing, Zhao, Yan-Chen, Ren, Guo-Dong & Cheng, Zhiqiang, 2017

Li, Jing, Zhao, Yan-Chen, Ren, Guo-Dong & Cheng, Zhiqiang, 2017, Taxonomic study on specimens of the genus Micrencaustes deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (Coleoptera, Erotylidae), ZooKeys 645, pp. 27-35 : 29-32

Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) rotundimaculata sp. n.

Type material.

Holotype. male, PHILIPPINES: Camarines Sur, Mt. Iriga, 13.4158°N, 123.4211°E, alt. 500-600m, 22 April 1962, H.M. Torrevillas leg. Paratype. 1 female, PHILIPPINES: Queznn, Queznn Park Tayahas[Note: The spelling on the label is wrong. Quezon, Quezon Park Tayabas is correct.], 14.6509°N, 121.0443°E, alt. 305m. 5 June 1932, F.C. Hadden leg.

Diagnosis.

Body elongated, widest at base of elytra, general color dark. Each elytron with two orange marks; anterior mark almost reaching lateral and basal margins, quadrate; the posterior one placed before the apex, rounded. Clypeus with the anterior border shaped like a concave “V”. Antennomere III approx. 1.4 times as long as IV; relative lengths of antennomeres II–XI: 11: 25: 18: 18: 18: 17: 16: 19: 12: 16. The terminal segment of maxillary palpus triangular, with sides rounded, nearly 2.9 times as wide as long. The elytron with strong striae, intervals finely and sparsely punctured. Mesoventrite with a median transverse rectangular depression.

Description.

Body (Fig. 1) elongate, moderately convex, length: 15.0-16.0mm, width: 5.0-5.2mm; widest at base of elytra, general color dark, moderately shining. Each elytron with two orange marks; anterior mark almost reaching lateral and basal margins, quadrate; the posterior one placed before the apex, rounded, not touching either margin.

Head (Fig. 2) strongly and sparsely punctured, densely punctured behind the eyes, with ocular lines. Clypeus strongly and rather densely punctured, with anterior border “V” concave, with a fovea on each side of the base. Eyes large, moderately prominent and coarsely faceted. Antennae (Fig. 3) extending to posterior border of pronotum; antennomere III nearly 1.4 times as long as IV; antennomere VIII slightly shorter than VII; antennomere IX triangular; antennomere X crescent-shaped; antennomere XI almost fan-shaped; relative lengths of antennomeres II–XI: 11: 25: 18: 18: 18: 17: 16: 19: 12: 16. The terminal segment of maxillary palpus triangular, with sides rounded, nearly 2.9 times as wide as long. Mentum (Fig. 4) triangular, with long golden setae, both sides concave; submentum (Fig. 4) depressed on each side of front area, without puncture, with long golden setae.

Pronotum (Fig. 5) widest at basal third (pl/pw = 0.76-0.77); sides almost parallel on posterior third, and slightly narrowing toward apex. Pronotum finely and densely punctured; with a group of coarse punctures on each side of base. Anterior angles projected; posterior angles nearly rectangular. Pronotal anterior margin concave and basal margin weakly sinuate.

Prosternum (Fig. 6) with shallow and oblique rugulae on lateral areas.

Prosternal process triangular, produced into a blunt point at apex, emarginate at posterior border, finely punctured at front, with a rounded depression in the middle of base, covered longitudinal wrinkles. Prosternal femoral lines almost straight, converging anteriorly and slightly exceeding the front edge of coxae.

Scutellum pentagonal, with fine and sparse punctures.

Elytra widest near base, then gradually narrowing to apex. Each elytron with nine striae, the outside stria short; strial punctures stronger at base, gradually weakened apically and disappearing before extremity; intervals finely punctured and wrinkled.

Mesoventrite (Fig. 7) broad, with a median transverse rectangular depression, coxal lines short, sternum with fine and sparse punctures.

Metaventrite finely and sparsely punctured, with a longitudinal depression in the middle of basal seven eighths.

Abdomen densely punctured, covered with short golden hairs.

Male genitalia (Fig. 8) with median lobe weakly curved, truncated at apex in lateral view; median strut 1.73 times as long as median lobe.

Female genitalia (Fig. 9) with narrow styli at apex of coxite, covered with setae at apex. Female spermatheca kidney-shaped (Fig. 10).

Distribution.

Philippines (Camarines Sur and Quezon).

Remarks.

Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) rotundimaculata is most similar to Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) dajaca Heller, 1918, due to the similar form and pattern of the elytron. The new species can be distinguished from it by: the elytron with an anterior quadrate mark, and a rounded posterior mark; clypeus with the anterior border shaped like a concave “V”; mesoventrite with a median transverse rectangular depression; and the elytron with strong striae, intervals finely and sparsely punctured. In contrast, Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) dajaca has two elongate rounded marks on each elytron; clypeus with anterior border feebly emarginated; mesoventrite with a transverse arched depression in the middle; elytron with weak striae, intervals finely and densely punctured.

Etymology.

The species is named for having the posterior band of the elytron rounded.