Ptomaphaginus kurbatovi, 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 : 201

Ptomaphaginus kurbatovi spec. nov.

( figs 9-10 ).

Type material.— Holotype ♂: Indonesia: Java, W Java, Mt. Gede , 1400-1500 m, 24-28. V. 97, leg. S. Kurbatov. Paratypes: same collection data data: 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ ( MHNG, CMPR); Indonesia: Java: W Java, Cibodas , 50 km E of Bogor, 1400 m. 3-6.xi.1989: 8 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ ( MHNG, CMPR) .

Diagnosis.— Habitus ovoid, size quite small. Male with a large flat plate extended on the central part of all the visible abdominal sternites, regularly widened from the front part towards the apex of the 6 th sternite, and not bordered with hairs. The place where the apical edge of the 6 th visible sternite meets this plate (the central third of its width) resembles a straight line, the apical edge is curved only on the two lateral third. This flat plate is similar to that of Ptomaphaginus agostii , but extends on all visible abdominal sternites, and is not limited to the third to 6 th visible sternite as in agostii .

Description.— Habitus ovoid. Dark brown, the head and the pronotum darker than the elytra, the legs reddish brown. The first six articles of the antennae and the tip of the 11 th yellow, the other dark brown. Length: 1.90-2.25 mm (n = 6). Antennae 1.1 times as long as the width of the head. Male protarsus 0.7 times as wide as the protibia. Pronotum 1.9 times wider than long, the apical corners not drawn out. Elytra slender, 1.4 times longer than their combined width. Male with a large flat plate extended on the central part of all the visible abdominal sternites (see above). Aedeagus ( figs 9-10 ) broad, the apex as wide as the base, not thinner at the apex as in the other species described in this work, the sides nearly parallel.

Distribution.— Presently known only from two places on Java: Mt. Gede and Cibodas.

Etymology.— dedicated to one of the first collectors of this species: Serguei Kurbatov.

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.