Metolinus liwaguensis, Bordoni, 2012

Bordoni, A., 2012, New data on the Xantholinini of the Oriental Region. 27 °. New species from Sulawesi and Sabah (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 230 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1035-1040 : 1037

Metolinus liwaguensis nov.sp. ( Figs 7-9 )

E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l Holotype: Sabah, Kinabalu Nat. Park , HQ at Liwagu Rv., 1500 m, A. Smetana 30.IV.1987 (cB).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 10 mm; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra 5 mm. Body shiny, brown reddish with darker head. Immature specimen. Head and pronotum with fine transversal micro-striature. Head sub-rectangular, long, with sub rectilinear and sub-parallel sides. Deep and sub-horizontal ocular grooves. Surface with little sparse punctures. Pronotum more or less long and wide as the head, with almost obsolete anterior angles and very oblique anterior margins. Dorsal series of 5 punctures. Numerous little punctures on the antero-lateral surface. Elytra longer and wider than pronotum, with marked humeral angles. Very large scutellum with two posterior punctures. Surface of elytra with fine and sparse punctures, arranged in one series near the suture, one median and one lateral. Some punctures are more large, with black long setae. Abdomen with fine and dense transversal micro-striature and fine and sparse puncturation.

Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in Figs 7-8 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 9 ), 1,4 mm long, with small symmetric parameres; inner sac without visible scales.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from the type locality only.

E t y m o l o g y: It takes its name after the type locality.

N o t e: This species is related to M. mirabilis BORDONI 2002 from Burma but differs by the reddish coloration and the shape of the aedeagus.

Figures

Figs 3-9: labrum, tergite of the male genital segment, sternite of the same, aedeagus of Thyreocephalus wallacei nov.sp. (3-6); tergite of the male genital segment, sternite of the same, aedeagus of Metolinus liwaguensis nov.sp. (7-9) (bar scale: 0,1 mm).