Ptomaphaginus sabahensis, Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008

Schilthuizen, Menno & Perreau, Michel, 2008, New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), Zool. Med. Leiden 82 (19), pp. 189-210 : 202

Ptomaphaginus sabahensis spec. nov.

( figs 11-12 )

Type material.— Holotype ♂: Malaysia: Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu , 1580 m, 27.iv.1987, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG).

Diagnosis.— Habitus long oval. Species elongated, the body shape parallel, light brown. Pronotum short.

Description.— Habitus ovoid. Light brown, the tarsi and antennae lighter, uniformly yellowish. Length: 2.4 mm. Antennae 1.15 times as long as the width of the head. Male protarsi dilated, 0.7 times as wide as the apex of protibia. Pronotum 2.3 times wider than long, nearly as wide as elytra, the apical corner drawn out. Elytra 1.35 times longer than their combined width. Aedeagus ( figs 11-12 ) quadrangular with a long and sinuous apical expansion. Internal stylus moderately thick, expanded outside the aedeagus at the apex.

Distribution.— Presently known only from the type locality: Mt. Kinabalu.

Etymology.— Named from the region where it has been found first.

Figures

Figs 7-12. Fig. 7, Ptomaphaginus burckhardti spec. nov., holotype; aedeagus, dorsal view. Fig. 8, P. burckhardti spec. nov., holotype; aedeagus, lateral view. Fig. 9, P. kurbatovi spec. nov., paratype (Cibodas); aedeagus, dorsal view. Fig. 10, P. kurbatovi spec. nov., paratype (Cibodas); aedeagus, lateral view. Fig. 11, P. sabahensis spec. nov., holotype; aedeagus, dorsal view. Fig. 12, P. sabahensis spec. nov., holotype; aedeagus, lateral view. All scale lines 100 µm.