Trogoderma turienzoi, HávA, 2016

HávA, Jiří, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Argentina., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16, pp. 405-416 : 412-413

Trogoderma turienzoi sp. nov. ( Figs. 13-14 )

Type material. Holotype (♀): Argentina, Formosa, Laguna Yema , 24-I-2015, L. Damer leg., emerged 16- VIII-15, from nests of Sceliphron asiaticum, (MACN) . Paratype (1 ♀): same data as Holotype, ( JHAC) .

Description.

Female. Measurements (in mm): TL 4.9, EW 2.8. Body large, oval ( Fig. 13 ), head black, pronotum brown and black, matt, with sparse white-yellow setation; elytra brown with sparse white-yellow setation; antennae brown; legs brown. Head coarsely punctate, sparsely covered with short, white-yellow setation. Palpi dark brown. Eyes large. Ocellus on front present. Antennae dark brown, with golden-brown setation, with 11 antennomeres, ( Fig. 14 ). Pronotum matt, sparsely and coarsely punctate, brown, disc with black spots, lateral margin of pronotum smooth. Scutellum black, triangular, without setation. Elytron matt, brown ( Fig. 13 ), with one white-yellow transverse fascia. The brown areas of each elytron densely covered by intermixed dark-brown and white-yellow setation. The transverse fascia is widest, near the base of the elytra forming incomplete basal loop in the middle of the line. Epipleuron brown with white-yellow setation. Mesosternum and metasternum covered with golden setation, coarsely punctate. Legs brown covered with recumbent, light-brown setation. Abdominal sternites black, finely punctate, sparsely covered with recumbent white-yellow setation.

Male. Unknown.

Variability. Paratype body measurements (mm): TL 4.0, EW 2.1.

Differential diagnosis. See the key below.

Etymology. Dedicated to our colleague Paola Turienzo (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Bionomy. The species was collected in nests of Sceliphron asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Hymenoptera , Sphecidae ).

Figures

Figs. 13-14.- Trogoderma turienzoi sp. nov.: 13.- Habitus, dorsal aspect. 14.- Head and antennae.