Thaumastocephalus kirini Hlaváč, Bregović & Jalžić, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.1.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5934382 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5110AB18-0401-FFC2-FF56-22C9A67CAF28 |
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Thaumastocephalus kirini Hlaváč, Bregović & Jalžić |
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sp. nov. |
Thaumastocephalus kirini Hlaváč, Bregović & Jalžić View in CoL , sp. n.
( Figs 2 View FIGURES 1–4 , 14 View FIGURES 13–15 )
Etymology. This species is named after speleologist Alen Kirin, a member of the Croatian Biospeleological Society (CBSS) and collector of the first specimen from the type locality.
Material studied. HOLOTYPE: Ƌ: CROATIA: Metković , Desne, Rujnica, Varda. Jamica u docima (cave), 17. VI.2015, B. Jalžić lgt. (CNHM). PARATYPES (7♀): 2♀: same data as holotype; 4♀: same data as holotype but collected on 30. IV .2010 by A. Kirin ( CNHM, CPH); 1♀: same data as holotype but collected on 16.IX.2016 by B. Jalžić ( CNHM) .
Description. Body shiny ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–15 ), reddish-brown, covered with dense, uneven setae, with long setae on posterior part of elytra, setae lacking on disc of elytra; legs, antennae and maxillary palpi slightly lighter, length 1.96 mm, maximum width of elytra 0.68 mm. Head 1.32 times as long as wide, 0.79 times narrower than pronotum, rostrum 3.00 times as wide as long. Antennae about 0.82 mm long, scape 2.57 times as long as pedicel, antennomere III slightly longer than IV, antennomeres IV–VII of same length, VIII slightly shorter than VII and as long as IX, antennomere X about as long as VII, terminal antennomere 3.10 times as long as X, relative length of antennomeres: 1.00 / 0.39 / 0.28 / 0.25 / 0.25 / 0.25 / 0.25 / 0.22 / 0.22 / 0.25 / 0.78. Pronotum 1.10 times as long as wide. Elytra 1.22 times as wide as long and 1.40 times as long as pronotum. Abdomen 1.14 times as long as elytra. Legs long, protibiae slightly modified, slightly depressed in apical half, median spine minuscule, mesotibiae simple, metatibiae simple. Aedeagus ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–4 ) 0.49 mm long, with basal bulb about 1.15 times as long as apical part, right paramere more robust than left, both with three preapical setae, internal sac with one spiral structure, dorsal diaphragm present.
Sexual dimorphism. Females lacking modification of protibiae.
Differential diagnosis. T. kirini is readily separated from all other known species of the genus by: 1) frontal tibiae at most with minuscule tooth, 2) body length under 2 mm, 3) terminal antennomere short, less than 4 times as long as antenommere X, 4) elytra long, more than 1.3 times as long as pronotum, and 5) short rostrum which is about 3 times as wide as long.
Distribution and habitat. T. kirini is known only from the cave Jamica u docima ( Figs 13, 15 View FIGURES 13–15 ), situated at 345 m a.s.l. near peak Varda (517 m) and village Desne ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 , violet star). The cave is a vertical shaft, 10.2 m deep and 5 m long. The air temperature measured in the cave on 30th April 2010 was 10.1 °C and the relative humidity was 98 %. The following fauna is also recorded from the cave: Isopoda— Alpioniscus verheoffi (Strouhal, 1938) as noted by Bedek et al. 2011; Coleoptera— Neotrechus sp., Speonesiotes sp. (det. B. Jalžić), and Bryaxis scapularis (Reitter, 1881) as noted by Bekchiev and Hlaváč (2016).
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Cincinnati Museum of Natural History |
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University of the Pacific |
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