Promanus auripilis Broun, 1893

Kolibáč, Jiří, Schmied, Heiko, Wappler, Torsten & Kubisz, Daniel, 2010, A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae), Zootaxa 2620 (1), pp. 29-44 : 36

Promanus auripilis Broun, 1893

( Figs 13–16 , 23, 26, 29, 30 , 33, 35 )

Material examined. Female: “ Type ” [in red circle], “ 1922.” [handwritten], “ Wellington ”, “ New Zealand./ Broun coll./ Brit. Mus./ 1922-482.”, “ Promanus auripilis ” [handwritten]. The specimen deposited in The Natural History Museum, London ( British Museum Natural History) .

Diagnosis. Body length 7.2 mm; dorsal surface lightly orange, with fine decumbent pale pubescence; head dorsal and ventral surface sparsely punctate; antenna 11-segmented, with distinct 3-segmented club; eyes distinctly elevated; gular area without wrinkles, with sparse punctation only; elytra with two carinae along suture, other carinae indistinct or reduced; anterior margin of mesosternum rounded; coxitae of ovipositor without distinct pubescence and with long slender coxitae; bursa copulatrix large, spermatheca attached at its base, spermathecal gland relatively short; female tergite VIII (pygidium) with deeply and sharply incised base; sternite VIII shown in Fig. 15 .

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 16. (12) Promanus subcostatus Broun: ovipositor, transparent view. 13 – 16 P. auripilis Broun: (13) female copulatory organs; (14) female tergite VIII; (15) female sternite VIII; (16) apical part of ovipositor, transparent view. (J. Kolibáċ del.).

FIGURES 23 – 32. Habitus photo: (23) Promanus auripilis Sharp; (24) P. subcostatus Broun; (25) P. depressus Sharp. Apex of elytra: (26) P. auripilis Sharp; (27) P. subcostatus Broun; (28) P. depressus Sharp. Antenna: (29) P. auripilis Sharp. Head dorsally: (30) P. auripilis Sharp; (31) P. subcostatus Broun; (32) P. depressus Sharp. (Photo J. Kolibáċ).

FIGURES 33 – 36. Head ventrally: (33) P. auripilis Sharp; (34) P. subcostatus Broun. Pro- and mesothorax ventrally: (35) P. auripilis Sharp; (36) P. subcostatus Broun. (Photo J. Kolibáċ).