Microhoria hazara Kejval, 2020

Kejval, Zbyněk & Chandler, Donald S., 2020, Generic revision of the Microhoriini with new species and synonymies from the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 95-154 : 138

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37520/aemnp.2020.007
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7990B912-A3D4-40F7-B143-772FFDB5A119
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C8343F-AA04-1053-FED4-8DDFC2BAF7AB
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Microhoria hazara Kejval
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Microhoria hazara Kejval , sp. nov.

( Figs 101, 102 View Figs 100–104. 100 )

Type locality. Afghanistan, 170 km W of Kabul, Rabodou.

Type material. HOLOTYPE:, ‘ Afghanistan K. Lindberg [p] // Rabodou 170 km W Kaboul No A 1100. 23.7.1962. [p] // Microhoria nepticula Bonadona det. G. Uhmann 1984 [p+h]’ ( ZSMC) . PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( MZLU); 2, ‘ Afghanistan K. Lindberg [p] // Mandigak 200 km W Kaboul No A 1101. 23.7.1962. [p] // Microhoria nepticula Bonadona det. G. Uhmann 1984 [p+h]’ ( MZLU, ZKDC).

Description. Male (holotype). Body length 3.3 mm. Head black, pronotum reddish; elytra yellowish, with brownish base, transverse band at midlength, with apical spot (band connected with basal spot along lateral margins); abdomen largely dark, terminal segments VII, VIII yellowish; legs brownish, tibiae paler; antennae brownish, darkened over apical third.

Head elongate, 1.1 times as long as wide, nearly evenly rounded posteriorly; eyes small, moderately convex. Surface moderately glossy, rather distinctly and densely punctate, slightly shagreened anteriorly; punctures narrowly but distinctly spaced; setation short, subdecumbent. Antennae moderately enlarged for apical third; antennomeres X 1.25 times, XI 2.4 times as long as wide.

Pronotum 1.2 times as long as wide, moderately narrower than head including eyes, evenly rounded anteriorly, pronotal disc moderately convex, outline in dorsal view with lateral margins moderately impressed posteriorly. Surface moderately glossy, distinctly punctate; punctation and setation as on head, punctures slightly shallower.

Elytra 1.7 times as long as wide, moderately widening posteriorly, somewhat flattened medially in basal half; humeri distinctly protruding; apices modified, channel of gland forming short tubular process at apical margin. Surface moderately glossy, densely punctate; punctation shallower than on head; setation short, subdecumbent, with scattered short erect setae.

Legs simple; all tibiae with paired terminal spurs.

Abdominal sternum VII moderately produced and evenly rounded apically; sternum VIII forming paired subtriangular sclerites, bearing several longer setae apically. Aedeagus ( Figs 101, 102 View Figs 100–104. 100 ): tegmen with narrow apical portion strongly elongate, asymmetrically curved and somewhat uneven; endophallic armature with numerous tooth-like spines and peculiar spinulose scales ( Fig. 102 View Figs 100–104. 100 ).

Female. Identical with male for most external characters; elytral apices simple; sternum VII simple; tergum VII subtruncate apically.

Variation. Body length (♀) 2.8–3.6 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Microhoria hazara sp. nov. belongs to the M. terminata species-group. It differs from all Central Asian species that have patterned elytra by the strongly elongate and simple apical part of the tegmen, and the minute sclerotized structures of the endophallus (lacking larger longitudinal sclerites).

Etymology. Named after the Hazara tribe, whose members inhabit central Afghanistan (westwards from Kabul); noun in the nominative case, standing in apposition.

Distribution. Afghanistan.