Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XVII. - Natura Somogyiensis 33. / Miscellanea 17. (Kaposvár, 2019)
Háva, J.: Contribution to the knowledge of genus Phradonoma (Jacquelin du Val, 1859) from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)
6 Natura Somogyiensis The type specimens are deposited in the following collections: BMNH: British Museum Natural History Museum, London, England; JHAC : Jifí Háva, Private Entomological Laboratory & Collection, Únétice u Prahy, Prague-West, Czech Republic. Specimens of the presently described species are provided with red, printed labels with text as follows: „HOLOTYPE (or PARATYPE, respectively) species name sp. nov. Jifí Háva det. 2019”. The nomenclature and zoogeography follow Háva (2015). Results Phradonoma geiseri sp. nov. (Figs. 1,3,4) Type material. Holotype (c?) „S.W.Africa, Aus [26°40'S 16°16'E], Jan 1930.“ / „R. E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1930-117“, (BMNH). Paratypes (4 spec.): the same data as holotype (3 BMNH, 1 JHAC). Description of male holotype. Body brown, longish oval. Body measurements (mm): TL 1.9 EW 1.2. Head coarsely punctuated, with long more or less decumbent light brown setae, maxillary palpi dark brown, eye large with microsetae, antennae with 11 antennomeres with 5 antennomered club. First antennomere brown, club very darkish brown and all other segments light brown (Fig. 1). Forehead with ocellus. Pronotum entirely dark brown, shiny, sparsely and not very coarsely punctated, with strong dark and slightly erect setae, white setae forming small patches antero-laterally; other parts covered by light brown setae. Lateral margins not visible from above. Scutellum small, dark brown, triangular, without setation or punctures. Elytra dark brown anteriorly, light brown posteriorly without reddish or orange patches, sparsely and coarsely punctated and covered by sparsely, slightly erect brown and white setation. Each elytron with three transverse narrow fasciae of white setae. Underside of specimen coarsely and (especially visible ventrite) more densely punctate than elytra and pronotum, covered with straight and procumbent brown setae. Tibiae and tarsi brown, femura anteriorly darkened and sparsely covered with fine brown hairs. Male genitalia as in Fig. 4, tip of median lobe as in Fig. 3. Female. Externally very similar to male, but antenna a little bit shorter and club also slightly smaller than that male. Variabilty. Body measurements (mm): TL 1.91-2.17. Diagnosis. The new species belongs to the “Phradnonoma nobile species group” defined by Háva et al. (2013). The new species differs from other known Afrotropical species belonging to the species group by the characters mentioned in the keys below. Etymology. Patronymic, dedicated to the curator of Coleoptern Michael Geiser (BMNH).
