Ptinella, Motschulsky, 1844

Darby, Michael, 2019, Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, 6: New species and records collected by W. C. Block in Kenya and Uganda, 1964 - 1965, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 155, pp. 239-257 : 255

Ptinella sp.

( Fig. 13F )

A ♀ Ptinella , missing its head, from Uganda, Katabana Papyrus Swamp, 14 miles N. Kampala, 0°29′N, 32°37′E, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 ( BMNH), was dissected and shows a spermatheca similar to P. subconnina but differing in the size and shape of the secondary receptacle ( Fig. 13F ).

Figures

Fig. 13. — Ptinella subconcinna sp. n. A, habitus; B, spermatheca; C, pronotum ×475; D, meso- and metaventra (image partly obscured by glue) ×580; E, elytral chaetotaxy ×475; Ptinella sp. F, secondary receptacle.