Nothocyphon alces, Zwick, Peter, 2015

Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus, Zootaxa 3981 (3), pp. 301-359 : 335

Nothocyphon alces , n. sp.

( Figs. 85 , 91 )

Type material: 1♂ holotype: 37.44S 145.43E VIC Warburton 2.2 km NE on Acheron Way 320m 27.Feb,1993 931 A.Newton & M.Thayer \ Euc.regnans forest w. Acacia dealbata pyr. fogging old fungusy logs ( ANIC).

Habitus. BL 2.4mm. BL/BW ~1.7. Very similar to N. isolaeregis and N. amphora .

Male. Similar to N. isolaeregis , but the pala is anteriorly narrowed and the trigonium is apically not widened. The parameres are short and wide, medial portion with some large teeth, outer edge drawn out into a large triangular tooth with some small teeth on its base.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. The strong teeth on the plate of the paramere make the ensemble resemble the antlers of a moose. The scientific name of that huge deer, Alces , is used as a noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURE 91. Nothocyphon amphora- group, distribution in SE Australia and variation of the male parameres. C, Canberra; M, Melbourne; S, Sydney. Parameres not to scale. For N. amphora, the two parameres to the left are of a specimen from the Otways, the one to the right of the specimen from ACT.

FIGURES 82 – 86. Nothocyphon amphora - group, males, penis, parameres and S 9, superimposed: 82, N. isolaeregis. — 83, N. amphora. — 84, N. pacificus, the holotype; to the right, paramere of the paratype. — 85, N. alces. — 86, N. isolaeregis, T 8 and S 8. 82 − 85 to the same scale. Abbreviations: pb, paramere bases; T 9, apodeme of T 9.