Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986

Batelka, Jan & Hájek, Jiří, 2009, A taxonomic review of the genus Eorhipidius (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae), with descriptions of three new species from Asia, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 769-782 : 772

Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986

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Type locality. Tajikistan, N of Dushanbe, Kondara [ca. 38°48.7′N, 68°49.7′E], Hissarskiy Khrebet [Mts.], ca. 1500 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J ( ZMAS), ‘Гиссарск. хр. у- ф. / Кондара. свет. / Янушев. 20.VI.1973 [handwritten] // Holotypus / Eorhipidius / januschevi Khnz. [red label, handwritten]’. PARATYPE: 1 J, same label data as holotype ( ZMAS).

Additional material examined. TAJIKISTAN: Hissar Mts., Kondara, 7.–10.vii.1992, S. V. Kazantsev leg., 3 JJ ( JBCP, NHMB).

Diagnosis. Larger species, body length 3.0– 3.2 mm. Head including mandibles 2.1× as long as high, occiput short, bilobed apically. Distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital edge in lateral view 1.3× as long as distance between anterior margin of eye and base of maxillary palpus. Antennal cavity narrowly separated from eye. Antennomere length ratios as follows: 1.1-1.0-1.2-1.4-1.9-1.7-1.8-1.7-1.9-1.8-2.8. Maxillary palpomere IV 0.9× as long as palpomeres II and III combined. Elytra 2.9–3.0× as long as pronotum.

Collection circumstances. The type specimens were collected at UV light.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the Hissarskiy Khrebet Mts., northwestern Tajikistan.

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Habitus, dorsal view. 1 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 2 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 3 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 4 – E. ruzickai sp. nov.

Figs. 5–8. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. 5 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 6 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 7 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 8 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.

Figs. 9–12. Head, lateral view. 9 – Eorhipidius januschevi Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1986; 10 – E. jelineki sp. nov.; 11 – E. loebli sp. nov.; 12 – E. ruzickai sp. nov. Not to scale.