Conoderus drasterioides, Platia & Ahmed, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12765875 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E2D32182-58D9-4F87-AAC3-41B226EE3DFF |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD2B58-FF99-FFB0-4880-AEE32FCEFD00 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Conoderus drasterioides |
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sp. nov. |
Conoderus drasterioides n. sp. ( Figs. 7 View Figs , 47, 48 View 52 53 )
Material examined. Holotype ♂ - Pakistan: Chakri , Islamabad, 29.VI.2013 ( ZACP). 1 Paratype ♀ -
sa me da ta as HT ( CPG).
Diagnosis. Well sepa ra ted from the other Paki stan species for the very small size.
Description.
Male. Moderately shiny; head black, pronotum reddish with a mid-longitudinal, narrow black stripe, elytra reddish with the first three interstriae at base, the first two interstriae in the basal third, the first to the ninth interstriae in the apical third forming a transversal stria, black; underbody reddish, antennae and legs yellowish; covered with dense, declined, yellow -golden pubescence.
Frons convex, anterior margin subarcuate, punctuation dense with punctures deep, simple, approxima tely of the sa me size, with very short intervals.
Antennae mutilated (only the first three articles of the right antennae are present), second and third subcylindrical, with the second with larger diameter and nearly twice longer than third.
Pronotum just wider than long, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, regularly convex; sides moderately arcuate, very slightly sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter short, acuminate, very slightly divergent, with a very short, few apparent carina directed inside; lateral margins complete and visible in a dorsal view only in the first third; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures approximately of the same size, deep, simple with intervals variable, on average equal to the half of their own diameters.
Scutellum rounded, convex, very finely punctured.
Elytra 2,1x longer than pronotum and as wide as it, convex, sides subparallel in the first half then very gradually and regularly tapering to the apices, striae well marked and punctured, interstriae flat with subrough surface, finely punctured.
Fourth tarsal segment only with short lamella.
Male genitalia as in the Fig. 7 View Figs (length 0.52 mm).
Female. Separated by a larger body and more extensive black colour on pronotum and elytra.
Size. Length 3.43 mm (♂) - 4.55 mm (♀); width 1.1 mm (♂) - 1.34 mm (♀).
Etymology. The name is derived from the similarity with species of the genus Drasterius Eschschol tz, 1829.
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