Promanus subcostatus Broun, 1909

Kolibáč, Jiří, Schmied, Heiko, Wappler, Torsten & Kubisz, Daniel, 2010, A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae), Zootaxa 2620 (1), pp. 29-44 : 36

Promanus subcostatus Broun, 1909

( Figs 10–12 , 24, 27, 31 , 34, 36 )

Material examined. Female: “ Type ” [in red circle], “2761.” [handwritten], “ Southland ”, “ New Zealand./ Broun coll./ Brit. Mus./ 1922-482.”, “ Promanus subcostatus .” [handwritten]. The specimen deposited in The Natural History Museum, London ( British Museum Natural History).

Diagnosis. Largest of the species: body length 8.8 mm; dorsal surface reddish; elytra and pronotum nearly bare, head with pale pubescence; head dorsal surface very coarsely and densely sculptured; antenna 11- segmented, with distinct 3-segmented club; eyes distinctly elevated; gular area transversely wrinkled, with fine punctation along gular sutures only; elytra with four distinct carinae; anterior margin of mesosternum sharply incised; coxitae of ovipositor with distinct pubescence and coxitae smaller than those in P. auripilis ; female tergite VIII (pygidium) with evenly rounded emargination of base; sternite VIII shown in Fig. 11 .

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 11. 7 – 9 Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov.: (7) body ventrally, partial reconstruction; (8) radial cell area of wing; (9) mouth parts ventrally. 10 – 11 Promanus subcostatus Broun: (10) female tergite VIII; (11) female sternite VIII. (J. Kolibáċ del.).

FIGURES 12 – 16. (12) Promanus subcostatus Broun: ovipositor, transparent view. 13 – 16 P. auripilis Broun: (13) female copulatory organs; (14) female tergite VIII; (15) female sternite VIII; (16) apical part of ovipositor, transparent view. (J. Kolibáċ del.).

FIGURES 23 – 32. Habitus photo: (23) Promanus auripilis Sharp; (24) P. subcostatus Broun; (25) P. depressus Sharp. Apex of elytra: (26) P. auripilis Sharp; (27) P. subcostatus Broun; (28) P. depressus Sharp. Antenna: (29) P. auripilis Sharp. Head dorsally: (30) P. auripilis Sharp; (31) P. subcostatus Broun; (32) P. depressus Sharp. (Photo J. Kolibáċ).

FIGURES 33 – 36. Head ventrally: (33) P. auripilis Sharp; (34) P. subcostatus Broun. Pro- and mesothorax ventrally: (35) P. auripilis Sharp; (36) P. subcostatus Broun. (Photo J. Kolibáċ).