Microselasia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017

Kundrata, Robin, 2018, New minute Drilini species significantly extend the distributions of Lolosia and Microselasia (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in tropical Africa, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (2), pp. 531-538 : 534

Genus Microselasia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017

Microselasia Kundrata & Bocak, 2017: 455 .

Type species. Microselasia obscura Kundrata & Bocak, 2017 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis. Microselasia species share minute body, complete frontal carina, high and carinate fronto-clypeal region, apically narrowed and subacute ultimate maxillary and labial palpomeres, flabellate antennae ( Figs 19–21 ), and relatively short parameres ( Figs 24, 27 ).

Figures

Figs 15–27. Morphology of Microselasia species. 15–16 – M. burgeoni (Pic, 1930): 15 – habitus, dorsal view; 16 – habitus, lateral view. 17–18 – M. sormovae sp. nov.: 17 – habitus, dorsal view; 18 – habitus, lateral view. 19–20 – M. burgeoni (Pic, 1930): 19 – apical antennomeres, ventral view, 20 – basal antennomeres, ventral view. 21 – M. sormovae sp. nov., antenna, dorsal view. 22–24 – M. burgeoni (Pic, 1930): 22 – head and pronotum, dorsal view; 23 – abdominal sternite IX, ventral view; 24 – aedeagus, dorsal view. 25–27 – M. sormovae sp. nov.: 25 – head and pronotum, dorsal view; 26 – abdominal sternite IX, ventral view; 27 – aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (Figs 15–19), 0.5 mm (Figs 22, 25), 0.2 mm (Figs 20–21, 23–24, 26–27).