Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XII. - Natura Somogyiensis 27. (Kaposvár, 2015)
Háva J.: A new Attagenus species from Greece - Serifos Island (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae)
52 Natura Somogyiensis Abbreviation: JHAC - Jirí Háva, Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection, Unétice u Prahy, Prague-west, Czech Republic. All photos was made on Olympus SZX16. Description Attagenus ares sp. nov. (Figs. 1-5) Type material: Holotype (c?): „GR, Serifos, 27.iv. 1993, leg. Schalfuss“, (JHAC). Paratype (1 $): same data as holotype, (JHAC). Specimens of the presently described species are provided with a red, printed label with texts as follows: „HOLOTYPE (or PARATYPE, respectively), Attagenus ares sp. nov. Jirí Háva det. 2015” Description. Body (Fig. 1) measurements (mm): TL 2.8 EW 1.5; cuticle black on dorsal surfaces, and very dark brown on ventral surfaces; elongate, covered by brown and yellowish-white, recumbent setation. Head narrow, finely punctate with yellowish- white, recumbent setation. Palpi entirely black, very long; setation on mentum denser. Eyes large with black microsetae. Ocellus on front present. Antennae, black, with 11 antennomeres, antennal club black, with 3 antennomeres (Fig. 2). Pronotum finely punctate like head, covered by yellowish-white without patches. Scutellum triangular finely punctate as pronotum, with brown, recumbent setation. Elytra finely punctate; cuticle black, covered by brown, recumbent setation, with one yellowish-orange fasciae covered by with yellowish-white setation in aterior half and one large isolated yellowish-orange spot covered by yellowish-white setation (Fig. 1). Epipleuron black covered by brown, recumbent setaion. Wing as in fig. 4. Prosternal procces broad and long, covered by yellowish-white, recumbent setation. Mesostemum and metasternum with yellowish- white, recumbent setation, finely punctated. Abdominal stemites dark brown with yellowish-white, recumbent setation, finely punctated. Legs dark brown with yellowish- white setation; tibiae along shaft with short, brown thorns. Aedeagus as in Fig. 5. Female. Externaly similar to male, differs by the structure of antennal club (Fig. 3). Measurements (mm): TL 3.1 EW 1.7 Differential diagnosis. The new species very similar to following species but differs from them by the following characters. A. ares sp. nov.: elytral fasciae as in fig. 1; pronotum covered by yellow setation without patches; A. kephallenicus Háva & Kálik, 2006: elytral fasciae as in fig. 6; pronotum covered by yellow setation with patches from brown setation; A. quadrimaculatus Kraatz, 1858: each elytron with one transverse band in anterior half not reaching suture and one isolated circular spot near apex, covered by golden-yellow setation; from other known species differs by the small body form, structure of antennae, genitalia, radial cell on wings and colour elytral patterns. Etymology. Ares is the name of the Greek god of war who came from Thracia; noun in apposition. Distribution. Greece: Serifos Island.
