Bambara hammondi, Darby, Michael, 2019

Darby, Michael, 2019, New Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from Sarawak in the spirit collection of the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 512, pp. 1-50 : 6-7

Bambara hammondi sp. nov.

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Fig. 3A, D

Diagnosis

Determined by the form of the spermatheca.

Etymology

Named after Peter Hammond, the collector of these specimens and of many other Sarawak species.

Type material

Holotype MALAYSIA-BORNEO • ♀; Sarawak, 4 th division, Gunung Mulu National Park , May–Aug. 1978; P. M. Hammond and J. E. Marshall leg., BM 1978 -49 ; comp. 5 alluvial forest litter; BMNH.

Paratype

MALAYSIA-BORNEO • ♀; same data as for holotype (mounted disarticulated on the slide); BMNH .

Description

SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 3A ), length 0.65 mm.

COLOUR. Dark brown species, closely covered with very fine pale pubescence.Antennae very pale yellow almost translucent, antennomeres III–XI, length 0.23 mm.

HEAD. Eyes small not prominent, distance across eyes 0.23 mm.

PRONOTUM. Length 0.17 mm, width 0.36 mm, hind corners projected rearwards in dorsal view.

ELYTRA. Length 0.38 mm, width 0.40 mm.

FEMALE GENITALIA. Spermatheca simple ( Fig. 3D ).

MALE GENITALIA. Not known.

Figures

Fig. 3. A–C. Bambara spp., habitus. A. B. hammondi sp. nov. B. B. tortuosa sp. nov. C. B. subtortuosa sp. nov. D–F. Bambara spp., spermathecae. D. B. hammondi sp. nov. Ea–Eb. B. tortuosa sp. nov. Fa– Fb. B. subtortuosa sp. nov. G. Bambara tortuosa sp. nov., aedeagus.