Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis, HávA, 2016

HávA, Jiří, 2016, Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis sp. nov., a new species from Bali Isl. (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16, pp. 421-424 : 422-423

Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis sp. nov. ( Figs. 1-5 )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ Indonesia, Bali Isl., Tamblingan lake, 2- 17.2.2004, 1000-1500 m, St. Jákl lgt. ( JHAC) . Paratypes (7 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀)¡ the same data as Holotype, ( JHAC) .

Description.

Male. Body parallel and oval, TL 2.1 mm, EW 1.4 mm. Head, pronotum, scutellum and elytra black, shiny, each elytron black with grey fasciae ( Fig. 1 ), black on venter. Head finely punctate with long, recumbent, grey setation. Palpi brown; setation on mentum denser. Eyes large, with yellow microsetae. Ocellus on front present. Antennae brown with yellow setae, with 11 antennomeres, antennal club with 2 antennomeres, terminal antennal segment oval ( Fig. 2 ). Pronotum black, disc finely punctate, densely foveolate posteriorly, with long, recumbent, grey setae. Scutellum black, triangular, without setation. Elytra finely punctate; humerus with one small bump; elytral surface with long, recumbent grey and brown setation; grey setation forming fasciae ( Fig. 1 ). Epipleuron black, anteriorly broad, coarsely punctate, with short, grey setation. Legs brown with grey setation. Mesosternum coarsely punctate laterally, otherwise finely punctate, covered by long, recumbent, grey setation. Pygidium dark brown to black, with grey setation. Abdominal visible ventrites black, with long, recumbent, grey setation. 9 th ventrite as in Fig. 4 . Male genitalia as in Fig. 3 .

Female. Similar externally to male, but differs by small, circular antennomere.

Variability. Body TL 2.1-2.4 mm, EW 1.3-1.4 mm. Type material includes specimens covered by goldengrey setation.

Differential diagnosis. The new species is similar to O. tabitha Arrow, 1915 ( Sri Lanka, south India) and O. subfasciatus Pic, 1927 (the Philippines) but differs from them by the following characters¡

1(4) Each elytron with two fasciae with white setation.

2(3) Anterior elytral fascia not forming loop; terminal antennomere circular…..… O. (O.) tabitha Arrow, 1915

3(2) Anterior elytral fascia forming loop; terminal antennomere oval…..….…..……..… O. (O.) baliensis sp. nov.

4(1) Each elytron with three fasciae with white setation; terminal antennomere circular…..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..…………..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..… O. (O.) subfasciatus Pic, 1927

Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the name of the island where the specimens was collected - Bali Isl.

Figures

Figs. 1-4.- Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis sp. nov.: 1.- Habitus, dorsal aspect. 2.- Antennae of male. 3.- Male genitalia. 4.- 9th sternite.

Fig. 5.- Type locality of Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis sp. nov.