Thaumaglossa navratili, HáVA, 2017

HáVA, Jiří, 2017, Thaumaglossa navratili sp. nov. from French Guiana (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 18, pp. 127-130 : 128

Thaumaglossa navratili sp. nov. ( Figs. 1-6 )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ French Guiana, Amazon

Nature Lodge, 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., 2-8-VI-2005,

J.E. Eger & M. T. Messenger coll., ( FSCA). (Map 1).

Description.

Male: Body (TL¡ 2.5 mm, EW¡ 1.9 mm), strongly convex,

ovate, widest at humeri, black and brown on dorsal surface; head, antennae brown, legs light-brown; body covered with black and yellow setation. Antennae with 11

antennomeres with characteristic morphology¡ the last

(11 th) antennomere narrowly leaf-shaped, covered densely with ligth-brown, erect setation ( Fig. 3 ). The remaining segments of antenna narrow and oblate. Antenna occupies the whole cavity of the antennal fossa. Antennal fossa completely open along the whole length of lateral Map 1.- Type locality of Thaumaglossa navratili margin of the pronotum (hypomeron), occupying all sp. nov.

hypomeron, deeply excavated, floor of fossa microscopically punctate. Pronotum ( Fig. 2 ) shine, brown with discal black, large spot, densely punctated, covered by short, yellow setation. Elytra shine, black, coarsely punctated on humera and on first half, other parts densely punctated, covered with black, short setation. Epipleuron black, coarsely punctated. Scutellum triangular, visible. Prosternum intensely punctate on disc, without impunctate median line. Mesosternal disc with large punctation. Abdominal visible ventrites brown with yellow setation ( Fig. 5 ). Pygidium ( Fig. 6 ) brown, with golden-yellow setation. Male genitalia as in Fig. 4 .

Female: Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the Thaumaglossa hilleri species group. The group is represented in the Neotropical and Nearctic Regions by three species¡ T. americana (Jayne, 1882), T. cognatoi Háva, 2015 and T. anthrenoides (Pic, 1918). The new species differs from the three known species by the characters mentioned in the following key.

Figures

Figs. 1-6.- Thaumaglossa navratili sp. nov. 1.- Habitus, dorsal aspect. 2.- Pronotum. 3.- Antenna of male. 4.- Male genitalia. 5.- Abdomen. 6.- Pygidium.