Notoxus inbasaliformis, Kejval, 2011

Kejval, Zbyněk, 2011, Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 627-673 : 646-648

Notoxus inbasaliformis sp. nov.

( Figs. 19 , 59 )

Type locality. India, Assam, North Cachar Hills District, Mount Borail, Jatinga riverside, 25°07′12′′ N, 93°02′06′′ E, 650 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ INDIA: Assam, North #11e Cachar Hills dist. Mt Borail Jatinga River trail 650 m, 22.x.2005, 25°07′12′′ N; 93°02′06′′ E // under stones #11e on river bank leg. G. Cuccodoro & A. Marleta’ ( MHNG) . PARATYPES: 1 J 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype ( MHNG, ZKDC).

Additional material examined. NEPAL: KOSI ZONE: 1 ♀, Sankhua Sabha Distr., Arun valley bottom between Hedangna and Num, 950– 100 m, 6–8.vi.1988, J. Martens & W. Schawaller leg. ( SMNS).

Description. Male (holotype). Body length 3.9 mm. In external characters identical with N. inbasalis (see below). Aedeagus as figured ( Fig. 19 ).

Female. Differing from male by simply rounded elytral apices.

Variation. Body length (J ♀) 3.9–4.6 mm. Pronotal horn with 3–4 distinct lobules laterally on each side; apical lobule bilobed to widely unevenly rounded.

Differential diagnosis. Notoxus inbasaliformis sp. nov. is undoubtedly very close to N. inbasalis . It can be distinguished from the latter species only by longer median lobe of the aedeagus, with apex distinctly exceeding dorsal plate, and laterally moderately angled parameres (cf. Figs. 19 versus 20, 21). It may externally slightly resemble N. andrewesi from southern India, but differs by its larger size, more robust body, much denser and coarser punctation of the pronotal disc and elytra, and by the morphology of the male aedeagus.

Etymology. Composed from inbasalis and suffix - formis (having the shape of); named in reference to the overall similarity with N. inbasalis .

Distribution. India: Assam; Nepal.

Remarks. An additionally examined female specimen from Nepal bears an identification label ‘ Notoxus andrewesi ’ by G. Uhmann ( UHMANN 1990).

Figures

Figs.19–21.Aedeagus: 19 – Notoxus inbasaliformis sp. nov.; 20–21 – N. inbasalis Pic, 1926:20 – syntype; 21 – specimen from Soppong. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Fig. 19; B – Fig. 20, 21.

Figs. 52–60. 52–58 – pronotal horn in dorsal view: 52 – Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989 (Pachmarhi); 53 – N. impavidus sp. nov.; 54 – N. variabilis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Mulshi); 55 – N. noctivagus Krekich- Strassoldo, 1913 (Punjab); 56 – N. sinensis Pic, 1907 (Xishan); 57 – N. pachodemba sp. nov.; 58 – N. safraneki sp. nov.; 59 – N. inbasaliformis sp. nov., head in dorsal view; 60 – N. psammophilus Telnov, 2007 (Cam Ranh Bay), the same.