Macratria rubriceps Pic, 1900

Telnov, Dmitry, 2023, Fourth contribution to the Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 of the Papuan Region and Wallacea (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) with descriptions of sixteen new species, Zootaxa 5361 (1), pp. 1-52 : 33

Macratria rubriceps Pic, 1900

New material examined. 1♂ BMNH: Papua New Guinea Central P., Blaney’s Garden , nr Rouna. 27.ii.1983. J. W. Ismay. Swept - forest // BM1987 50 ; 1♂ & 1♀ BMNH: Papua New Guinea Central Province 20km SE Port Moresby, 19.vii.1981 J.W.Ismay stream bank .

Note. Male terminal antennomere about as long as combined length of antennomeres 9–10 and not twice as long as their combined length as in Telnov (2011: 239); consider plate 33 Fig. 6 in Telnov (2011) for comparison. First records from the Central Province (E Papua New Guinea), previously only recorded from Madang Province.

Figures

FIGURES 3–7. Macratria anus sp. nov., paratype ♁. 3—Tergite VII, dorsal view; 4—Morphological sternite VII, ventral view; 5—Tergite VIII and morphological sternite VIII, ventral view; 6—Aedeagus; 7—Aedeagus, apical portion [not to scale].