Andasibe sahondrae, Hlaváč, Peter & Baňař, Petr, 2012

Hlaváč, Peter & Baňař, Petr, 2012, The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. I. Andasibe sahondrae, a new, peculiar genus and species of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 3394, pp. 59-63 : 61

Andasibe sahondrae sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–5 )

Type material. Holotype, ♀: (p) MADACASCAR - CE: Andasibe N.P., 26.xi.2010 ‘Circuit Indri 2’, sifting, L. S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. / red label (p) HOLOTYPE Andasibe sahondrae sp. nov., P. Hlaváč & P. Baňař det., 2012. PHKS.

Description. Body shiny, dark reddish, elytra and composite tergite slightly lighter, entirely glabrous. Body length 2.0 mm, maximum width in posterior corners of elytra 0.85 mm. Head about as long as wide, width of frontal rostrum 0.7 of maximum width of head, clypeus prominent and broadly subtriangular, ventral part of head with excision in front of eyes; antennomere III six times longer than pedicel and 1.8 times as long as wide. Pronotum about as long as wide, 1.35 times as long as head. Elytra 1.2 times as long as pronotum, sutural striae reaching posterior margin of elytra, discal striae ending just before apex. Abdomen long, 1.33 times as long as elytra, anterior half of first visible paratergite (IV) dentate.

Sexual dimorphism. Male unknown.

Bionomics. The holotype specimens was sifted from leaf litter in a dense humid forest ( Fig. 2 ). The sifted sample was taken from the shallow ravine close to a small lake by the tourist path ‘Cicruit Indri 2’ in the Andasibe- Mantadia National Park (Analamazaotra forest) in Central Madagascar.

Etymology. Named after our colleague and friend Lalao Sahondra Rahanitriniaina, the collector of the new species.

Distribution. Central Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 2. 1, Andasibe sahondrae gen. & sp. nov., female holotype, dorsal habitus; 2, microhabitat of the type locality of the Andasibe sahondrae gen. & sp. nov.

FIGURES 3 – 5. Andasibe sahondrae gen. & sp. nov., female holotype: 3, habitus, dorsal view; 4, head, dorsal view; 5, sternum, ventral view, schematic.