Madecorphnus peyrierasi Frolov, 2010

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Madecorphnus peyrierasi Frolov , sp. nov.

( Figures 7, 19 , 30 , 31 )

Type material

Holotype, male. Perinet, XI.1972, A. Peyrieras leg ( MNHN) . Paratype, female with the same data as the holotype. Paratype, female: Perinet, X.1972, A.Peyrieras leg. Paratype, male: Mandraka, 25.III.1975, A. Peyrieras. Paratype, male: road to Anosibe, 6.IV.1975, A. Peyrieras leg.

Description

Holotype. Body length 6.2 mm. Colour uniformly brown, head a bit darker.

Right mandible about 1.7 times longer than left, without tooth behind apex. Labrum trapezoidal, its length is about 1/6 width (in dorsal view).

Clypeus asymmetrical, slightly convex anteriorly, obtuse, with two long and two shorter setae on the anterior margin. Genae very small, not protruding past eyes. Canthus and frontal suture indistinct. Clypeus slightly depressed in the middle anteriorly, finely punctate.

Pronotum 1.8 times wider than long, widest medially. Margins with relatively wide border, lateral margins with four long setae. Pronotum evenly convex, minutely punctate.

Elytra convex, with distinct humeral and apical calli. Maximum width approximately at basal third. First stria distinct and reaching the apex of elytron, other striae indistinct. Disc of elytra with sparsely punctate with relatively large punctures. Epipleura with long, sparse, brown setae. Base of elytra with border from scutellum to humeral callus.

Anterior tibiae with three outer teeth, lateral margin basad of outer teeth not crenulate. Apex with robust, spur-like seta and a few smaller setae basally. Middle and posterior legs similar in shape. Longer tibial spur shorter than two basal tarsomeres in middle legs and as long as two tarsomeres in posterior legs.

Aedeagus. Parameres tapering apically, acute in lateral view ( Figure 19 ). Internal sac with two longer and two smaller sclerites ( Figure 30 ).

Variability

Body length of the paratypes from 4.6 to 5.5 mm. Paratypes also differ from the holotype in smaller mandibles.

Diagnosis

This species is similar to M. perinetensis sp. nov. externally and in the shape of internal sac armature, but can be separated from it by different shape of the parameres and somewhat smaller eyes ( Figure 7 ).

Etymology

The species is named after A. Peyrieras, who collected many specimens of Madecorphnus including the type series of this species.

Figures

Figure 31. Madecorphnus spp., distribution map.

Figures 1–19. Madecorphnus spp. (1) Habitus and scheme of chaetotaxy; (2–7) head; (8–19) aedeagus in lateral view and parameres in dorsal view. (1, 9) M. montreuili sp. n.; (2, 12) M. punctatus sp. n.; (3, 8) M. falculoides; (4, 10) M. pauliani sp. n.; (5, 14) M. falcatus; (6, 18) M. perinetensis sp. n.; (7, 19) M. peyrierasi sp. n.; (13) M. dentatus sp. n.; (15) M. simplex sp. n.; (16) M. falciger; (17) M. brunneus sp. n. Note: Scale for Figures 8–19.

Figures 20–30. Madecorphnus spp., schematic representation of invaginated internal sac of aedeagus with armature. (20) M. falculoides; (21) M. montreuili sp. n.; (22) M. pauliani sp. n.; (23) M. punctatus sp. n.; (24) M. dentatus sp. n.; (25) M. simplex sp. n.; (26) M. falcatus; (27) M. falciger; (28) M. brunneus sp. n.; (29) M. perinetensis sp. n.; (30) M. peyrierasi sp. n. Note: Not to scale.