Achmonia manfei, Bordoni, 2013

Bordoni, A., 2013, New data on the Xantholinini from China. 24. New genus, new species and new records of the Shanghai Normal University collection (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 244 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1745-1797 : 1751

Achmonia manfei nov.sp.

M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: Holotype: Yunnan, Manfei, Nabanhe conv., Li & Tang 10.I.2004 ( SNUC).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length of body about 13 mm; from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 6 mm. Head and pronotum black, elytra red with black scutellum; abdomen reddish black; genital segment reddish; antennae and legs brown. Head and pronotum shiny. Head and pronotum and related puncturation as in Fig. 25 . Labrum as in Fig. 26 . Elytra longer and wider than pronotum, posteriad dilated, with scarcely marked humeral angles. Surface with wide, not deep punctures (apart a median oblique serie), arranged in some series: 2-3 near the suture, 1 median, 2-3 lateral. Abdomen with traces of transverse micro-striature and fine puncturation, arranged in some series. The segments partially shiny.

Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in Figs 27-28 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 29 ) 1,3 mm long, similar to that of Thyreocephalus pseudorquini nov.sp.; longer median lobe, with less rounded apex and wider inner sac.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to the type locality, as a noun in apposition.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is known only from the type locality, in Yunnan.

Figures

Figs 25-29: head and pronoum (bar scale: 0,5 mm), labrum, tergite, sternite of the male genital segment, aedeagus (bar scale: 0,5 mm) of Achmonia manfei nov.sp.