Rentonidium Crowson, 1966

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 97

Genus Rentonidium Crowson, 1966 Figs 9 , 17 ; Map 10

Rentonidium Crowson, R. A. 1966: 123.

Type species.

Rentonidium costiventris Crowson, 1966 [by original designation and monotypy]

Kolibáč, J. 2005: 81. Kolibáč, J. 2006: 116 (phylogeny)

Description

(according to Crowson 1966, modified). Body size: 1.3 mm. Adult: Body conglobate. General form short ovate and very convex, Byrrhid-like; length not more than 2 mm. Head strongly transverse; front margin of clypeus with a marked emargination; galea and lacinia separate; lacinia without spines or hooks; no erect setae on upper body surface; metendosternite with slender lamina. Front coxal cavities internally closed, coxae very elongate, separated by a very narrow process; first ventrite with a median keel at least in front; ventrites II-IV each with a transverse line of strong backward-projecting setae near its hind border; tegmen undivided.

Biology.

Collected in " male flower of Pinus insignis " ( Crowson 1966). Probably feeding on pollen grains as do the adults of Australiodes .

Distribution.

New Zealand: Northland, Waipoua State Forest.

Species:

Rentonidium costiventris Crowson, 1966; New Zealand (RAC)

Crowson, R. A. 1966: 123. Kolibáč, J. 2005: 81

Figures

Figure 9. A Peltis (syn. Zimioma, Ostoma) grossa B Peltis (syn. Ostoma) ferruginea C Colydiopeltis loebli D Colydiopeltis compactum E Colydiopeltis burckhardti F Parapeltis australicum G Protopeltis viridescens H cf. Globorentonium plaumanni, Brazil (1 - 3: three different specimens from the same locality).

Map 10. A distribution of the tribe Thymalini including Rentonium - group.

Figure 17. A-B " Rentonellum " loebli (A ventral surface B prosternal intercoxal process) C cf. Globorentonium plaumanni, Brazil (C ventral surface D pro- and mesothorax ventrally E head ventrally F detail of mouthparts G protibia with tarsus H mesotibia with tarsus).