Eorhipidius loebli, Batelka & Hájek, 2009

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 : 775-776

Eorhipidius loebli sp. nov.

( Figs. 3 , 7 , 11 )

Type locality. India, Orissa state, Simlipal National Park, Lulung, ca. 21°56′N 86°32′E.

Type material. Holotype J, ( NHMB): ‘ India: Orissa state, / Similipal N. P., Lulung / 21°56′N 86°32′E, / 25.v.- 13.vi.1998 / Karel & Simon Majer leg.’

Diagnosis. Small species, body length 2.2 mm. Head including mandibles 1.7× as long as high, occiput short, temples almost absent; distance between posterior margin of compound eye and occipital edge in lateral view 4.0× as long as distance between anterior margin of eye and base of maxillary palpus. Antennal cavity touching eye margin. Antennomere length ratios as follows (only antennomeres I–VII preserved): 1.3-1.0-1.2-1.4-1.8-2.0-1.8. Maxillary palpomere IV 1.2× as long as palpomeres II and III combined. Elytra 2.3× as long as pronotum.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Ivan Löbl (Geneva, Switzerland), our friend and specialist on the Staphylinidae .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the Simlipal National Park, Orissa State, India.

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.