Ptinella pygmaea Darby 2019, sp. n
| Autor: | Darby, Michael |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| ISSN: | 0013-8908 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.3663719 |
| Popis: | Ptinella pygmaea sp. n. (Figs 12 A���D) Description Habitus Fig. 12A, L. 0.67mm (L. including abdomen 0.88mm). Yellow, antennae and pubescence pale yellow. Head with short depressions posterior to antennal insertions. Eyes present, width across 0.24mm. Antennomeres III���XI L. 0.35mm. Mentum and prementum chaetotaxy as in Fig. 6I. Pronotum L. 0.18mm, W. 0.29mm, somewhat flattened, lateral margins sinuate before the rectangular hind angles, bordered, the border continuing along the posterior margin but effaced medially (Fig. 12B). Elytra L. 0.37mm, W. 0.32mm, truncate, chaetotaxy as in Fig. 10E. Mesoventrum (Fig. 12D), L. 0.13mm, reticulate, without pubescence, posterior margins rounded at lateral corners. Metaventrum (Fig. 10D), L. 0.14mm, reticulate and with sparse pubescence, distance between metacoxae 0.19mm. Brachypterous. ♀, spermatheca (Fig. 12B). ♂, not known. Diagnosis: The globular form of the spermatheca distinguishes P. pygmaea from the other Ugandan Ptinella species. Etymology: The name refers to the insect���s small size. Material examined Holotype, ♀, UGANDA, Makerere University College Farm, 12 miles N. Kampala, 0��28���N, 32��37���E, xii.1964 ���v.65, leg. W.C. Block, B.M. 1978-472 (BMNH). Published as part of 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, pp. 239-257 in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 155 on page 253, DOI: 10.31184/M00138908.1554.3999, http://zenodo.org/record/3653780 |
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