Cissidium petri Darby, 2015

Figs 2H, 4A, 6F, 7F, 78

Material examined

Holotype BOLIVIA • ♂; Cochabamba dep., Cristal Mayu River valley, ca 20 km W of Villa Tunari; ca 720 m a.s.l.; 24 Jun. 2013; sifting litter; Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař leg.; UASC.

Paratypes BOLIVIA • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; MMBC, BMNH .

Supplementary description

The following description amplifies the type description of Darby (2015), by adding more details of the meso- and metaventral characters, in order to conform with the entries in the present paper.

SIZE. Habitus (Fig. 78A), length 0.68 mm.

COLOUR. Light brown, antennae and legs dusky yellow.

HEAD. Antennomeres, 3–11 length 0.33 mm, III–IX length 0.19 mm, X–XI length 0.14 mm (Fig. 2 Hab); distance across eyes 0.19 mm; mentum as Fig. 4A.

PRONOTUM. 0.26 mm wide, 0.19 mm long, sparsely pubescent, sides rounded, concave to rectangular hind angles, anterior angles obtuse, bordered, the border continuing along the posterior margin to the medial emargination in front of the scutellum (Fig. 78B).

ELYTRA. 0.40 mm long, 0.35 mm wide; pubescent, foveolate contrasting with the pronotum.

MESOVENTRITE. Median extension parallel-sided; mid-keel sides concave, anterior angles slightly wider than posterior angles which are effaced before mesocoxal anterior borders, slightly raised before meeting keel; keel with ± ten setae, strongly tapering to point close to base of mesocoxae; mesoventral lateral margins effaced (Fig. 78C).

METAVENTRITE. Pubescent, disc simple, length 0.16 mm, distance between spines 0.09 mm; posterior margin of metacoxae without serrations.

GENITALIA. Male aedeagus (Fig. 6 Fa–b), terminal abdominal ventrites (Fig. 7F). Female spermatheca globular.