Taxonomic revision of the Australian Notoxinae (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) Kejval, Zbyněk Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2013 suppl. 2013-11-15 53 1 98 Kejval & Cz, 2013 Kejval & Cz 2013 [464,721,218,243] Insecta Anthicidae Mecynotarsus Animalia Coleoptera 66 67 Arthropoda species parvulus sp. nov.  ( Figs 86, 87, 161, 180, 205)    Typelocality. Australia, Northern Territory, Butterfly Gorge Nature Park, Douglas River, 13°45′S 131°34′E.  Type material.  HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ 13.45S 131.34EGPS Butterfly Gorge Nature Pk Douglas River NT  19 Jul.1994, at light T. Weir, A. Roach[p] // AUST. NAT. INS. COLL. [p; green label]’ ( ANIC).  PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( ANIC);  1 ♀, ‘ 16.34S 135.41E  14 kmNW of Cape Crawford, NT.  6 Nov. 1975M. S. Upton[p] // AUST. NAT. INS. COLL.[p; green label]’( ANIC);  2♂♂, ‘ 13.03S 132.19E South Alligator River, N.T. 46 kmWSW of Mt.Cahill  20.v.73, Matthews & Upton[p] // ANIC Specimen[p; green label]’( ANIC);  2♀♀, ‘ AUSTRALIA, N.Territory Nitmiluk National Park, Edit Falls,  37 malt, 14°10′S 132°06′E,  3.12.2008, St.Jakl leg.[p]’ ( ZKDC, NMPC); 1♂, ‘ Annan Riv 3 kmW by S of Black MtQLD  27 Sept 1980 D. H. Colless[p] // AUST. NAT. INS. COLL.[p; green label]’ ( ANIC); 1 ♂, ‘ 15.41S 145.12E AnnanR. 3 kmWbyS of Black Mt.QLD  27 Sept. 1980T. Weir[p] // at light [p] // AUST. NAT. INS. COLL. [p; green label]’ ( ANIC);  1♀, ‘ 12.42S 144.30E QLD Moonlight Creek  13 Nov.1993P. Zborowski & M.Horak,at light [p] //ANIC Specimen [p; green label]’ ( ANIC);  4♀♀,‘ 13.40S 142.40EQLD Coen river, RokebyH. S.  24 Jul. 1998K. R. Pullenmargin of river [p] // AUST. NAT. INS. COLL. [p; green label]’ ( ANIC, 1 spec. ZKDC); 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀, ‘ Davies Creek, Kuranda - Mareeba Rd., N. Qld.,AUST.  X-1950 W L Brown[h]’ ( DCDC, ZKDC); 1 ♂, ‘ Qld. Greenvale 70 kmSW at light,  12-21 Apr 1995 A. J. Watts[p] // SAMA Database No.25-028960 [p]’ ( SAMA);  4 spec., same data, except database numbers: ‘25-028977, 25-028986, 25-028980 or 25-029022’ ( SAMA);  1 spec., ‘ AUSTRALIA: Queensland Townsville,  16.–22.III.1965. Exp. Dr. J. Balogh[p] // Mecynotarsus ziczac Kingdet. G. Uhmann1998[p]’ ( HNHM);  2 ♀♀, ‘ W. Normanby R., N. Qld., 40 ml.W. of Cooktown  2.i.1964. G. Monteith[p]’ ( QMBA).   Description( holotype, male). Body length 1.8 mm. Head and pronotum reddish brown, head vertex darker, nearly brown black, elytra reddish, with vague darker markings; legs and antennae reddish. Antero-lateral margins of frons simple. Gular rugules of different sizes, anteriorly larger, ordered and fused as in Fig. 139. Clypeal granules indistinct. Setation of head uniformly short and appressed, finer medially on vertex, distinctly coarser to scaly around eyes and ventrolaterally. Antennae rather moderately long; antennomeres III–V 1.7 times, X 1.2 times as long as wide; setation mostly fine, distinctly coarser to scaly on basal 2–3 antennomeres. Pronotum moderately transverse, 1.4 times as long as wide, its lateral margins somewhat unevenly shaped in dorsal view, slightly angled at widest point and nearly straight in narrowing towards base in dorsal view; posterior collar narrow but distinct. Pronotal horn robust and wide, its posterior angles indicated in dorsal view ( Fig. 161); horn margins armed with 4 lobules on each side, apical lobule distinctly bilobed; horn crest very distinct, raised, with coarse rugules on margins; submarginal rugules rather coarse and distinctly spaced; median rugules largely fused and forming longitudinal sculpture, with single minute granule posteriorly. Setation whitish, with slight reddish tinge dorsally, largely scaly, appressed to subdecumbent, distinctly finer, hairy dorsally on pronotal horn (even here rather distinct and dense); scales on pronotal disc of two sizes, larger scales more raised and distinctly truncate apically; antebasal paired setae present laterally and absent medially, another tactile setae absent. Elytra 1.8 times as long as wide; omoplates and postbasal impression absent. Setation brownish and whitish, mixed and forming also rather vague brownish markings ( Fig. 205), scaly and appressed, evenly ordered; scales elongate, rounded to subtruncate apically, densely spaced (surface barely visible, Fig. 180); erect tactile setae absent. Male characters. Sternum VII simple. Tergum VIII and aedeagus as in Figs 86, 87.  Variation.Body length (♂ ♀) 1.8–2.1 mm. Pronotal horn with 4–5 lobules on each side. Body colouration reddish to dark brown.   Differential diagnosis.  Mecynotarsus parvulus sp. nov.can be easily recognized by combination of the following external characters: small body size; elytra rather elongate, subparallel; pronotal horn distinctly, rather finely and densely setose dorsally, apical lobule bilobed, single longitudinal median rugule; elytral scales rather contrastingly bicoloured, evenly mixed in basal half ( Fig. 180). Moreover, the presence of a small tuft of setae on the parameres ( Fig. 87) is a quite distinctive character, unique within  M. ziczacspecies-group.   Etymology.The species name is a Latin adjective,  parvulus, -a, -um(= little, slight); named in reference to the small body size.   Distribution. Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland. 3458064344 1994-07-19 at light ANIC T. Weir & A. Roach Australia -13.45 Butterfly Gorge Nature Pk Douglas River NT 774 131.34 66 67 1 1 holotype 2984775363 1994-07-19 ANIC -13.45 Butterfly Gorge Nature Pk Douglas River 774 131.34 66 67 2 2 paratype 2984775536 1975-11-06 ANIC Upton -16.34 14 km NW of Cape Crawford 769 135.41 66 67 1 1 paratype 2984775591 1973-05-20 ANIC Matthews & Upton -13.03 South Alligator River 775 132.19 66 67 2 2 paratype 2984775433 2008-03-12 ZKDC, NMPC N. Territory Nitmiluk National Park & St. Australia 37 -14.166667 Edit Falls 1289 132.1 66 67 2 2 paratype 2984775644 1980-09-27 ANIC D. H. Colless Australia Annan Riv 66 67 1 paratype 2984775629 1980-09-27 ANIC Weir Australia -15.41 Black Mt. 771 145.12 Annan 66 67 1 paratype 2984775726 1993-11-13 ANIC Zborowski & M. Horak Australia -12.42 QLD Moonlight Creek 776 144.3 66 67 1 1 paratype 2984775700 1998-07-24 ANIC, ZKDC Pullen Australia -13.4 Rokeby 774 142.4 Coen river 66 67 5 4 paratype 2984775683 1950-10 DCDC, ZKDC N. Qld. & W L Brown Australia Kuranda - Mareeba Rd. Davies Creek 66 67 1 1 paratype 2984775774 1995-04-12 1995-04-21 1995-04-12 SAMA A. J. Watts & Database No. Australia Qld. Greenvale 66 67 1 paratype 2984775544 1995-04-12 1995-04-21 1995-04-12 SAMA A. J. Watts & Database No. Australia Qld. Greenvale 66 67 4 paratype 2984775496 1965-03-16 1965-03-22 1965-03-16 HNHM Exp. Dr. J. Balogh Australia G. Uhmann Townsville 66 67 1 Queensland paratype 2984775457 [151,935,715,738] 1964-01-02 QMBA Australia Cooktown 66 67 2 2 Queensland paratype