Himalusa Pace, 2006

Klimaszewski, Jan, Pace, Roberto, Center, Ted & Couture, Jérôme, 2010, A remarkable new species of Himalusa Pace from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): phytophagous aleocharine beetle with potential for bio-control of skunkvine-related weeds in the United States, ZooKeys 35 (35), pp. 1-12 : 3-5

Himalusa Pace, 2006

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Type species: Himalusa annapurnensis Pace, 2006 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Himalusa may be distinguished from other aleocharine genera by the following combination of characters: body broad, robust, heavily sclerotized, glossy, sparsely punctate and sparsely pubescent (Figs. 1, 17); head large with pronounced eyes (Figs. 1, 17); antennae with antennomeres 5–11 transverse and incrassate (Figs. 1, 17); labrum elongate (Fig. 4); mandibles strong, each with one large subapical tooth and well-developed hairy molar plate (Figs. 5–5a), maxillae well developed, galea with long apical hairs (Figs. 7, 7a,b), lacinia with several large triangular teeth near the apex (Figs. 7, 7a), maxillary palpi with 4 articles, last one with pseudosegment (Figs. 7, 7b); ligula short, entire and in the form of a small lobe (Fig. 8); labial palpi with 2 articles and with minute apical pseudosegment (Fig. 8); pronotum strongly transverse and strongly convex dorsoapically (Figs. 1, 17); elytra and abdomen with scale-shaped microsculpture (Figs. 1, 17); elytra at base shorter than pronotum (Figs. 1, 17); abdomen tapering apically (Fig. 1); procoxae elongate, projecting and broadly separated, their cavities round and small (Fig. 2); mesocoxae oval in shape, flattened, and narrowly separated (Figs. 2, 3), mesov-

Figures |, 2. Himalusa thailandensis Pace, Klimaszewski & Center , sp. n.: | dorsal view, and 2 ventral view.

Figures 4–8. Himalusa thailandensis Pace, Klimaszewski & Center , sp. n., mouthparts: 4 labrum 5 left mandible 5a molar structure 6 right mandible 7 maxilla 7a lacinia and part of the galea 7b maxillary palpus with galea 8 labial palpi and ligula.

entrite narrowly V-shaped and reaching one fifth of the mesocoxal length, isthmus short ( Fig. 3 ); metacoxae transverse and nearly in contact medially ( Fig. 3 ).

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Figure 3. Himalusa thailandensis Pace, Klimaszewski & Center, sp. n.: ventral view of meso-metathorax and first ventrite.