Bambara secubita, Darby, Michael, 2014

Darby, Michael, 2014, Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 4: The genus Bambara including eight new species and the first account of blindness and aptery in the genus, Zootaxa 3895 (2), pp. 151-169 : 165

Bambara secubita sp.n.

(Figs. 2, 10, 13, 21, 32, 33)

Habitus Fig. 2. Length +/- 650µ. Colour dark brown. Antennae length +/- 238µ. Distance across eyes 214µ min, 228µ max, 221µ mean. Pronotum length 174µ min, 188µ max, 181µ mean; width 324µ min, 332µ max, 328µ mean; ratio width/length 1.76. Detached elytron length 411µ min, 437µ max, 426µ mean; width 211µ min, 224µ max, 219µ mean; ratio length/width 1.94, Fig. 21. Ratio mean elytra length/mean pronotum length 2.35. Skeletal details Figs. 10, 13 .

Male: Not known

Female: spermathecae Figs. 32,33.

Etymology. From the Latin secubitus meaning lying or sleeping alone and referring to the absence of males.

Diagnosis. The form of the spermatheca which will quickly distinguish this species from all others.

Type data: Holotype: ♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sept2011/17, sifting forest litter, S. 18°11'04.8" E.47°17'11.8", 1598 m, 4.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH). Paratypes: 8 exs [136] same data as holotype; 3 exs (one detroyed), Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Nov/2011/02, sifting forest litter, S. 18°11'49.1" E.47°17'05.6", 1547 m, 16–17.xi.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & P. Banar ( BMNH); 1 ex., Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/18/2011, sifting forest litter, S. 18°11'43.9" E.47°17'16.1", 1613 m, 20.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson ( BMNH); 2 exs [61], Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Nov/2011/11, sifting forest litter, S. 18°10'52.6" E.47°17'22.5", 1497 m, 18.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 3 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/14/2011, sifting litter secondary forest, S. 18°11'25.2" E.47°17'36.1", 1632 m, 20.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson ( BMNH); 7 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/12/2011, sifting plant residues under palm tree, S. 18°11'48.9" E.47°17'10.5", 1602 m, 19.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson ( BMNH); 3♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Nov/2011/16, sifting forest litter under Pandanus , S. 18°11'42.6" E.47°17'10.8", 1620 m, 21.xi.2010, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); ♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/03/2011, sifting wet aluvia by stream, S. 18°10'51.7" E.47°17'21.6", 1593 m, 19.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 10 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sept 2011/15, sifting forest litter, S. 18°10'57.3" E.47°17'17.2", 1565 m, 3.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 3♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Nov 2011/15, sifting litter under Pandanus , S. 18°11'32.0" E.47°17'08.7", 1634 m, 21.xi.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 4 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sept 2011/08, sifting forest litter under Pandanus , S. 18°11'02.2" E.47°17'13.4", 1565 m, 4.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); ♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sep 2011, sifting forest litter, S. 18°11'42.9" E.47°17'20.3", 1640 m, 17.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); ♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sep 2011/13, sifting forest litter under Pandanus and by big tree, S. 18°10'58.4" E.47°17'22.6", 1525 m, 3.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 2♀, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/01/2011, sifting forest litter under Pandanus very dry material, S. 18°10'51.7" E.47°17'21.6", 1593 m, 19.iv.2011, P. Banar & R. Raveloson ( BMNH); 4 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sept 2011/04, sifting forest litter under Pandanus , S. 18°11'46.4" E.47°17'09.9", 1570 m, 1.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 1 ex, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Nov 2011/12, sifting forest litter, S. 18°10'53.3" E.47°17'22.4", 1482 m, 18.xi ..2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 2 exs, Ambohitantely S.R., ABT/ Sept 2011/06, sifting forest litter under big rock by stream, S. 18°10'52.5" E.47°17'21.2", 1476 m, 2.ix.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina ( BMNH); 3 exs (one destroyed) [49], Ankarafantsika N.P., AKF/05/2011, sifting forest litter, S. 16°18'05.1" E.46°49'08.3", 89 m, 23.iv.2011, L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson ( BMNH); ♀, Ranomafana N.P., RNF/12/2011, sifting litter, S. 21°14'51.3" E.47°24'09.1", 1118 m, 15.iv.2011, P. Banar & Raveloson ( BMNH).

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 16. Skeletal features, mentum and prementum, antenna and eye. 10, B. secubita pronotum and elytron, x 2240; 11, B. problematica mesoventrum including collar and keel, x 1200; 12, B. edwardi metaventrum and coxal plates, x 945; 13, B. secubita mesoventrum profile, x 910; 14, B. verecunda mentum and prementum, x 990; 15, B. merina antenna showing sensillae on antennomere 10, x 1560; 16, B. edwardi eye showing emargination to allow for front angle of pronotum, x 1620.