Bermilloides Otto, 2015

Otto, Robert L., 2015, A new genus and four new species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from Southeast Asia, Insecta Mundi 2015 (404), pp. 1-11 : 4-5

Genus Bermilloides Otto , new genus

Type Species. Bermilloides lumawigi Otto , new species, designated here.

Description. Female. Body globulose, approximately 2.5 times longer than wide, dorsally convex and ventrally well sclerotized.

Head: Rugose with short, erect setae. Antennae tubular, filiform with 11 antennomeres, setose; scape 4.0 times longer than pedicel; pedicel globular, shorter than antennomere III; antennomere III longer than antennomere IV; antennomeres IV–VIII subequal in lengths, slightly longer than wide and rounded in cross sectional view; antennomeres IX–X longer than wide; antennomere XI slightly longer than X. Eyes round, well developed, small. Antennal groove present in genal regions between base of mandible and compound eye. Epistomal part of epicranium subtriangular, apically rounded, about 2 times wider than the distance between antennal sockets. Mandibles well developed, slender, without lateral secondary tooth, laterally grooved. Maxillary and labial palpi concealed behind mandibles. Labrum concealed.

Pronotum: Arcuate, convex and setose. Laterally strongly narrowed apically. Slightly wider than long. Lateral pronotal ridge entire, slightly sinuate near apical third. Disc convex; base sinuate.

Scutellum: Punctate, wider than long, sub-triangular, distally rounded.

Elytron: Elongate, convex, laterally marginate, setose. Disc with well-developed, punctate striae. Humeral region striate. Interstices elevated.

Legs: Prothoracic legs shortest, metathoracic legs longest. Prothoracic tibia apically truncated, flattened, setose with one apical spur. Lateral side of mesothoracic and metathoracic tibiae with setae and flat spines. Metathoracic tarsi, including claws as long as the tibia. First metathoracic tarsi shorter than combined lengths of remaining four. Metathoracic tarsi I–III simple, flatter, wider. Metathoracic tarsi IV excavated-emarginated, narrower than III. Metathoracic tarsi V elongate with basally toothed claws. Tarsal formula 5-5-5.

Venter: Rugose with elongate setae. Prothoracic sternal peg basally broad, short. Notosternal suture about as long as the hypomeral base. Hypomeron with medially undefined basally open, shallow lateral antennal grooves. Epipleura not grooved. Metathoracic episterna caudally widened. Metathoracic coxal plate medially 1.2–2.5 times wider than laterally, medially angulated. Tarsal grooves absent on mesothoracic and metathoracic sterna. Abdomen with 5 visible ventrites, convex medially. Last visible ventrite rounded caudally.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of two words, the stem of the new name is based on a eucnemid genus, Bermillus Bonvouloir, 1871 , “ Bermill- ” and the root ‘ -oides ’, in which the new group superficially resembles a Southeastern Asian eucnemid group in form. Gender: masculine.