Trechus balesilvestris, Schmidt & Faille, 2018

Schmidt, Joachim & Faille, Arnaud, 2018, Revision of Trechus Clairville, 1806 of the Bale Mountains and adjacent volcanos, Ethiopia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini), European Journal of Taxonomy 446, pp. 1-82 : 69-70

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.446
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848533
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E305BAC-1ECF-4CE7-89D7-3A6257928AEC
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treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Trechus balesilvestris
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Trechus balesilvestris View in CoL sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Very similar to the above-described T. tragelaphus sp. nov., which is probably the allopatric sister species, but pronotum more transverse and aedeagal median lobe longer, with apex slenderer, and with dorsal margin not markedly widened near apical ostium. For differentiation with the other species of the study area, see Identification chapters of T. nigrifemoralis sp. nov. and T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

Etymology

A compound word derived from the Bale Mountain and the Latin noun “sylvestre” (forest), refering to the local habitat of the new species, which is highly endangered due to deforestation.

Material examined

Holotype

ETHIOPIA: ³, Oromia, Bale Mts, south of Adaba , alt. 3170 m, 06°49′31″ N, 39°25′37″ E, Feb. 2007 ( CSCHM, registration number ZSM _COL_2018_025).

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Description

BODY LENGTH. 4.9 mm (n = 1).

PROPORTIONS (n = 1). PW/HW = 1.45; PW/PL = 1.43; PW/PBW = 1.30; EW/PW = 1.38; EL/EW = 1.41.

COLOUR AND MICROSCULPTURE. As described in T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

HEAD. Proportions of the first four antennomeres: 1/0.85/0.95/0.9. In all other characters as described in T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

PROTHORAX. Pronotum more transverse, broadest portion slightly before middle, base distinctly wider than apical margin, anterior margin moderately concave with anterior angles distinctly protruded, side margin rounded throughout. In all other characters as described in T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

PTEROTHORAX. 8 th elytral stria very finely impressed in anterior portion, deeply impressed from level of middle group of marginal umbilicate pores towards apex. Metepisternum very short, glabrous and smooth, with outer margin as long as anterior margin. In all other characters as described in T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

LEGS. As described in T. tragelaphus sp. nov.

MALE GENITALIA. EL/AL = 2.26 (n = 1). Aedeagal median lobe moderately slender, in lateral view with ventral margin suggestively sinusoidal, more markedly bent behind basal bulb, slightly convex before apex, with moderately long button-like apical lamella slightly bent upward. Basal bulb and sagittal aileron average. Endophallus with three more markedly sclerotized folding structures below apical ostium, two of which are longitudinally directed and lie on top of each other, the third one lying in upright position immediately basad of the latter.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, a single brook valley in the western Bale Mts, south of Adaba city. The species was collected at an altitude of 3170 m.