Studies of the genus Anthelephila Hope (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) 14. Twenty-four new species from Asia and new records of A. fossicollis Kejval Kejval, Zbyněk Zootaxa 2017 4306 1 1 52 Kejval, 2017 Kejval 2017 [151,388,980,1006] Insecta Anthicidae Anthelephila Animalia Coleoptera 22 23 Arthropoda species davita sp. nov.   Description.Male ( holotype). Body length 3.9 mm. Head and pronotum reddish-brown; elytra brownish-black, with slight bluish reflection; legs and antennae reddish-brown, tibiae slightly darker basally. Head nearly as long as wide, differentiated from short neck; tempora strongly narrowing posteriad, posterior angles absent. Eyes medium-sized, rather convex. Dorsal surface moderately glossy, distinctly punctate and largely corrugated, with indication of smooth, impunctate median strip posteriorly; punctures distinctly separated. Setation short, subdecumbent; few tactile setae. Antennae moderately enlarged in terminal third; antennomere X 1.4 times, XI 2.3 times as long as wide. Pronotum 1.4 times as long as wide, distinctly narrower than head including eyes, nearly evenly rounded anteriorly, strongly narrowed and moderately impressed (constricted) postero-laterally in dorsal view; pronotal disc evenly convex in lateral view. Surface glossy; antero-lateral margins minutely and sparsely punctate, nearly impunctate near procoxal cavities; disc more distinctly and densely punctate, especially posteriorly, transversely corrugate before smooth antebasal area; postero-lateral impressions longitudinally wrinkled, adjacent dorso-lateral surface rugose. Setation as on head. Mesosternum with slight median longitudinal bulge, vaguely delimited laterally by sparse fringe of short setae, and with short median carina posteriorly, bearing some longer setae. Metasternum simple. Elytra 1.7 times as long as wide, conjointly rounded apically; humeri distinct; postscutellar impression absent. Surface glossy, distinctly punctate; punctation double, setiferous punctures rather widely separated. Setation nearly evenly developed, sparser near base, generally longer and more raised than on head, decumbent; numerous tactile setae. Metathoracic wings fully developed. Fore legs modified ( Fig. 46); profemora with short tooth-like process, rounded apically, with short fringe of stiff setae subapically; protibiae nearly simple, moderately swollen, with slight angulation on inner side at about mid-length; penultimate tarsomere widened/flattened distally, with terminal tarsomere articulated dorsally near base in all tarsi. Setation normally developed; metatibiae with conspicuously longer setae on inner side distally; tibiae with two terminal spurs, unequal in metatibiae (median spur longer and more robust).   FIGURES 46–50.  Anthelephila davita  sp. nov.(holotype ♂). Profemur and tibia (46); abdominal sternum VII (47); sternite VIII, dorsal view (48); prong of sternite VIII, dorso-median view (49); apical portion of aedeagus (50). Scale (0.5 mm): A— Fig. 46; (0.3 mm): B—Figs 47–50. Abdominal sternum III with paired, long, submedian carinae. Sternum VII moderately emarginate, its posterolateral lobes pointed ( Fig. 47). Tergum VII simple, widely rounded posteriorly. Sternite VIII ( Figs 48, 49); paired prongs lobe-like. Tergite VIII with simple paired sclerites evenly rounded apically, narrowly connected medially. Terminal sclerite of segment IX (spiculum) membranous and inconspicuous. Aedeagus ( Fig. 50); apical portion of tegmen 0.5 times as long as basal-piece, trilobed apically. Female. Externally differing from male as follows: fore legs and abdominal sterna III, VII simple; metatibiae shortly setose, metatibial spurs subequal; tergum VII subtriangular, nearly evenly rounded apically.  Variation.Body length (♂♀) 3.6–4.5 mm.     Typematerial. Holotype, ♂: THAI,  17.–24.V.1991 CHIANG  DAO 1000m 19°25′N 98°52′ EVít Kubáň leg. [p] // Thailand′ 91 '' Thanon Thong Chai'' D. Král& V. Kubáň[p] ( NMPC).  Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, same data as holotype ( ZKDC, DCDC, BMNH, MNHN, NHMW, ZSMC);  12 ♂♂, N-THAILAND, Chiang Maiprov., SAN PAKIA, 19°19′N 98°50′E,  1400 m,  1.–15.v.1998, V. Kubáňlgt. ( ZKDC);  1 ♂, THAILAND, Nanprov. DOI PHU KHA Nat.  Park Headq., 19°13′N 101°07′E  22–26.iv.1999, D. Haucklgt. [p] ( ZKDC);  1 ♂, THAI, N, Nanpro., Doi Phu Kha N.P., Headq., 19°13′N, 101°07′E  22–26.iv.1999, M. Říhalgt. [p] ( ZKDC);  3 ♂♂, Thailand Nanprov. Doi Phuka Nat. Park,  28.IV–12.V.2002leg. Prudeke M. Obofi[= P. Průdek& M. Obořilleg.; p] // Collezzione: A. Degiovanni[p] ( ADBC);  2 ♂♂, LAOSnorth,  5–11.V.1997, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, N 21°09.2, E 101°18.7, alt. 900±  100 m, E. Jendek& O. Šausaleg. [p] ( ZKDC);  5 ♂♂, LAOS,  24–30.iv.1999, Louangphrabangpr., 20°33– 4′ N 102°14′E, BanSongCha ( 5 kmW),  1200m, Vít Kubáňleg. ( NHMB);  4 ♂♂, LAOS-N,  23.iv.1999 Louangphrabangpr., 20°42′N 102°54′E,  25kmE Muang Ngoy,  1000m, Vít Kubáňleg. [p] ( NHMB);  2 ♂♂, LaosLa Oudomxay, Lat 20°53′ N102°21′ [p] E  7–12.VI.2005 Kbovengleg. L. Jingke [p] // Collezzione: A. Degiovanni[p] ( ADCB);  1 ♂, NW LAOS, 65 kmNW of Luang Nam Tha, Nam Tha NPA,  1050m,  8.–15.iv.2010, S. Murzinlgt. ( ZKDC);  1 ♂, CHINA: S-YUNNAN ( Xishuangbanna) 37 kmNW Jinghong Guo  Men Shan( NNNR) [p] // N22 17.913, E100 38.850  1080m, KF blüh. Castanop.  26.V.2008leg. A.Weigel[p] ( NKME).   Additional specimens.  China: 1 ♀, S Yunnan( Xishuangbanna),  37 kmNW Jinghong, Guo Men Shan( NNNR), 22°17.913′N 100°38.850′E,  1080 m, flowering Castanopsis,  26.V.2008,  A.Weigelleg. ( NKME).  Laos: 2 ♀♀, Luang Nam Thaprov.,  20 kmNW of Luang Namtha, 21°09.2′N 101°18.7′E, alt. 900±  100 m,  5.–11.V.1997, E. Jendek& O. Šausaleg. ( ZKDC); 13 ♀♀, Luang Prabangprov.,  5 kmW of Ban Song Cha, 20°33–4′ N 102°14′E,  1200 m,  V. Kubáňleg. ( NHMB); 4 ♀♀, Luang Prabangprov.,  25 kmE of Muang Ngoy, 20°42′N 102°54′E,  1000 m,  V. Kubáňleg. ( NHMB).  Thailand: 1 ♀, Nanprov., Doi Phuka National Park,  28.iv.–12.v.2002, P. Průdek & M. Obořil leg. (ADBC).   Differential diagnosis.  Anthelephila davita  sp. nov.belongs to the  A. fossicollisspecies-group. It shares a similar shape of the male protibiae with  A. alamea  sp. nov.,  A. arcana  sp. nov.and  A. bannape  sp. nov., but differs clearly by the male abdominal characters. It differs from the sympatric and generally very close  A. banhuaipo  sp. nov.by the protibial angulation situated rather near mid-length (slight carina protruding more distally in  A. banhuaipo  sp. nov.), more prominent submedian carinae of male abdominal sternum III, by the pointed lateral lobes of the emargination of male sternum VII, and by detailed morphology and setation of paired prongs (cf. Figs 48 versus30).   Etymology.Dedicated to David Král and Vítězslav Kubáň (both Praha, Czech Republic), well-known entomologists, who collected this species and others in Thailand; species name composed from parts of their first names. Noun in apposition.   Distribution. Laos, Thailand. 1586033104 1991-05-17 1991-05-24 1991-05-17 THAI, CHIANG, DAO, NMPC E Vit Kuban & Thanon Thong Chai' & D. Kral & Kuban Thailand 19.416666 Thailand 1271 98.86667 24 25 DAO 1000 1 1 holotype 1586033126 1991-05-17 1991-05-24 1991-05-17 ZKDC, DCDC, BMNH, MNHN, NHMW, ZSMC E Vit Kuban & Thanon Thong Chai' & D. Kral & Kuban Thailand 19.416666 Thailand 1271 98.86667 24 25 12 12 paratype 1586033097 1998-05-01 1998-05-15 1998-05-01 SAN, PAKIA, ZKDC V. Kuban Thailand 1400 19.316668 Chiang Mai 1272 98.833336 24 25 12 12 Chiang Mai paratype 1586033106 DOI, PHU, KHA Nat Thailand Nan 24 25 1 1 Nan paratype 1586033117 [272,1103,574,599] 1999-04-22 1999-04-26 1999-04-22 ZKDC D. Hauck Thailand 19.216667 Park Headq. 1272 101.11667 24 25 1 Nan paratype 1586033120 1999-04-22 1999-04-26 1999-04-22 THAI, ZKDC Doi Phu Kha N. P. & M. Riha Thailand 19.216667 Headq. 1272 101.11667 24 25 1 1 Nan paratype 1586033137 2002-04-28 2002-05-12 2002-04-28 ADBC Prudek & Obofi & P. Prudek & M. Oboril & Collezzione & A. Degiovanni Thailand Doi Phuka Nat. Park 24 25 3 3 Nan paratype 1586033143 1997-05-05 1997-05-11 1997-05-05 ZKDC Jendek & O. Sausa Laos 100 21.153334 Louang Namtha 126 101.31167 24 25 2 2 Louang Namtha paratype 1586033145 1999-04-24 1999-04-30 1999-04-24 NHMB Vit Kuban Laos 1200 102.23333 Louangphrabang 946 102.23333 24 25 5 5 Louangphrabang paratype 1586033146 1999-04-23 LAOS-N, NHMB Vit Kuban Laos 1000 20.7 25 km E Muang Ngoy 1266 102.9 24 25 4 4 Louangphrabang paratype 1586033112 2005-06-07 2005-06-12 2005-06-07 ADCB Kboveng & Collezzione & A. Degiovanni Laos 102.35 Lat 24 25 2 2 Oudomxay paratype 1586033119 2010-04-08 2010-04-15 2010-04-08 NPA, ZKDC S. Murzin Laos 1050 Nam Tha 24 25 1 1 Luang Nam Tha paratype 1586033110 2008-05-26 NNNR, NKME Castanop. & A. Weigel China 1080 22.29855 Xishuangbanna 1 100.6475 24 25 1 1 Men Shan paratype 1586033116 2008-05-26 NNNR China & S Yunnan & Xishuangbanna China 1080 22.29855 Castanopsis 1 100.6475 Guo Men Shan 24 25 1 1 Yunnan 1586033157 1997-05-05 1997-05-11 1997-05-05 NKME A. Weigel Laos 100 21.153334 Luang Nam Tha prov. 126 101.31167 24 25 2 2 Nam Tha 1586033161 ZKDC Jendek & O. Sausa Laos 1200 102.23333 5 km W of Ban Song Cha 946 102.23333 24 25 13 13 Luang Prabang 1586033132 NHMB V. Kuban Laos 1000 20.7 25 km E of Muang Ngoy 1266 102.9 24 25 4 4 Luang Prabang 1586033121 [187,1251,1137,1162] 2002-04-28 2002-05-12 2002-04-28 NHMB V. Kuban Thailand Doi Phuka National Park 24 25 1 1 Nan