Ptomaphaginus sabahensis, Schilthuizen & Perreau, 2008

Schilthuizen, Menno & Perreau, Michel, 2008, New species and new records of Ptomaphaginus Portevin from the Sunda region, Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), Zool. Med. Leiden 82 (19), pp. 189-210 : 202

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3576287

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6232014

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F97A87E2-740D-E66D-66EB-FE15FC67FC51

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ptomaphaginus sabahensis
status

sp. nov.

Ptomaphaginus sabahensis View in CoL spec. nov.

( figs 11-12 View Figs 7-12 )

Type material.— Holotype ♂: Malaysia: Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu , 1580 m, 27.iv.1987, leg. Burckhardt & Löbl ( MHNG).

Diagnosis.— Habitus long oval. Species elongated, the body shape parallel, light brown. Pronotum short.

Description.— Habitus ovoid. Light brown, the tarsi and antennae lighter, uniformly yellowish. Length: 2.4 mm. Antennae 1.15 times as long as the width of the head. Male protarsi dilated, 0.7 times as wide as the apex of protibia. Pronotum 2.3 times wider than long, nearly as wide as elytra, the apical corner drawn out. Elytra 1.35 times longer than their combined width. Aedeagus ( figs 11-12 View Figs 7-12 ) quadrangular with a long and sinuous apical expansion. Internal stylus moderately thick, expanded outside the aedeagus at the apex.

Distribution.— Presently known only from the type locality: Mt. Kinabalu.

Etymology.— Named from the region where it has been found first.

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Ptomaphaginus

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF