Shanosis renei, Schawaller & Bigalk, 2021

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bigalk, Sonia, 2021, Two new genera and six new species of Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae Pimeliinae) from Myanmar (Burma), collected by René Fouquè, Zootaxa 5068 (1), pp. 133-141 : 137

Shanosis renei sp. nov.

( Figs 2 , 8 )

Type material. Holotype: Burma: ♂, Mandalay Region, Bagan , 21°09’N 94°53’E, 80 m, 10–14. & 22–24.X.2014, leg. R. Fouquè, NMPC . Paratypes: Same data as for the holotype, 10 exx. NMPC , 2 exx. SMNS. Burma, Mandalay Region, Bagan , 21°09’N 94°53’E, 80 m, 2–8. V .2016, leg. R. Fouquè , 4 exx. NMPC, 1 ex. SMNS .

Description. Body length 3.4–3.9 mm. Integument slightly shining, blackish, legs and antennae dark brown. Head short and broad, length from cervical constriction to clypeus 0.8x of maximal width between genae, genae surpassing eyes and with feeble impression, anterior margin of clypeus nearly straight, frons without keels or medial impression, surface with dense but not confluent punctures, punctures diminishing on clypeus, tempora with erect and acute setae, punctures on frons without setae. Eyes divided by genae in dorsal and ventral parts, tempora extended, rectangular and with erect setation. Antennae 11-segmented, robust, shape of antennomeres as in Fig. 2 , antennomere 2 0.9x as wide as long, antennomere 3 1.2x as wide as long. Pronotum broad with rounded corners and medial impression, 1.0x as long as wide, widest at middle, disc without keels, dorsal punctures as on head, also without setation, lateral margins with short erect and acute setae, lateral margin completely unbordered; prothoracic hypomera with finer, sparser punctures than on pronotum, without setation. Elytra elongate-oval, widest at middle, 1.8x as long as wide, humeral angles rounded without tooth, elytra without rows of punctures or keels, surface wrinkled, without setation, lateral margins with erect short, acute setae, lateral margins rounded and unbordered, epipleura without row of punctures. Ventrites with extremely fine, scattered punctures, last ventrite without denser, larger punctures than on anterior ventrites, without setation, surface of all ventrites shining. Aedeagus as in Fig. 8 , with long parallel apicale with rounded apex, basale long, narrow.

Etymology. Named in honour of the late René Fouquè (Liberec), expert on the tribe Stenosini , and collector of the type series.

Remarks. Some specimens were mounted by René on a card together with ants, so very probably this species can be considered as myrmecophilous.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Dorsal view of Stenosini from Myanmar (Burma). 1. Bamarosis gen. nov. fouquei sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 2. Shanosis gen. nov. renei sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 3. Gebieniella ellenae sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 4. Gebieniella matthiasi sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 5. Stenosis helenae sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 6. Stenosis mandalayca sp. nov., holotype NMPC. Scale line: 1 mm.

FIGURES 7–12. Aedeagus of Stenosini from Myanmar (Burma). 7. Bamarosis gen. nov. fouquei sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 8. Shanosis gen. nov. renei sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 9. Gebieniella ellenae sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 10. Gebieniella matthiasi sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 11. Stenosis helenae sp. nov., holotype NMPC. 12. Stenosis mandalayca sp. nov., holotype NMPC. Scale line: 0.5 mm.