Stilbocistela luzonica Borchmann, 1932

Novák, Vladimír, 2009, A review of the genus Stilbocistela (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) with description of new species from Malaysia and Indonesia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 783-794 : 789

Stilbocistela luzonica Borchmann, 1932

( Figs. 6–8 )

Stilbocistela luzonica Borchmann, 1932: 320

Type locality. Philippines, Luzon, Baguio.

Type material. Stilbocistela luzonica Borchmann, 1932 : SYNTYPE: white label ‘ Baguio [printed in black] / Luzon [printed in black] // red label Type [black handwritten] // white label luzonica [black handwritten] / n. [black handwritten] // white label Sammlung [printed in black] / F. Borchmann [printed in black] / Eing. Nr. 5, 1943 [printed in black]’ ( ZMUH).

Differential diagnosis. Body brown, small, oval, strongly vaulted ( Fig. 6 ). Body length of syntype 5.47 mm. Elytra and pronotum shiny, elytral intervals with distinct punctuation. Head and pronotum as in Fig. 7 , ocular index equal to 31.30. Pronotum broad and strongly transverse, pronotal index equal to 51.04.Antenna as in Fig. 8 . Ratios of relative lengths of antennomeres 1–11 equal to 0.92: 0.43: 1.00: 1.46: 1.30: 1.38: 1.38: 1.51: 1.38: 1.38: 1.38.

Distribution. Philippines.

Figures

Figs. 1–8. 1–5 – Stilbocistela jelineki sp. nov. (male holotype): 1 – habitus; 2 – head and pronotum; 3 – antenna; 4 – aedeagus, lateral view; 5 – aedeagus, dorsal view. 6–8 – Stilbocistela luzonica Borchmann, 1932 (male syntype): 6 – habitus; 7 – head and pronotum; 8 – antenna.