Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 72. (Budapest 1980)

Last, H. R.: Records of New Guinea Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum

Antennae, palpi and legs yellow, legs darker, otherwise black. — H e a d as broad as long, moderately shining, with extremely fine microsculpture, median sulci very shallow in which are two or three punctures, the first two finely umbilicate, level with these are two punctures outside the sulci; lateral sulci short, deep, terminating in an umbilicate puncture, there are three small punctures near the posterior corners; eyes not convex, their longitudinal diameter about a third of the length of the temples which are parallel-sided ; antennae short, first segment robust, broadening towards the apex, second segment much shorter, segments three to ten twice as broad as long last segment equal to the two penultimate together. — Pronotum longer than broad (2.25:1.75), shining, with two longitudinal rows of six punctures, with an indistinct microsculpture, slightly converging to the posterior corners which are rounded but distinct, anterior margin narrowing strongly to the "neck". — E 1 y t r a longer than broad (2.75:2), broader at posterior margin, with very small punctures arranged in a row bordering the suture, and a sparsely punctured row from the humeral corners. — Scutellum scarcely punctured. — Abdomen moderately shining, impunctate, without microsculpture, some weak bristles from the ventral surface. Legs short, robust, tibiae with short spines. Length A mm. Holotype: Wau, Kilolo Creek River, 31. VIII. 1968 (DR. I. LOKSA). Mitomorphus baloghi sp. n. Compared with M. basimaculatus BERNH. (Philippine Is.) the head is smaller, eyes smaller, the pronotum more parallel-sided, the anterior margin not so strongly contracted to the "neck"; against M. sattelbergensis sp. n., the head is smaller and not parallel-sided the tergites are not rugose at the base. Reddish-brown, legs paler. — Head oblong-ovate, shining, without microsculptnre, punctures small and in an irregular row, frontal sulci very short and shallow, laterally with short slender bristles, eyes small, not convex, temples much longer than diameter of the eyes (4:1), antennae of typical form, segments four to ten transverse and broadening to the apex, last segment about twice the length of the penultimate. •— Pronotum longer than broad (3:2), shining, without microsculpture, with two longitudinal rows of seven or eight puncture, broadest at anterior fourth where the margin contracts to the neck; narrowing laterally where there are a few lateral bristles. — Elytra longer than broad (2.5:2), shining, very sparingly punctured, rather flat. — Scutellum with transverse microsculpture. — Abdomen shining, almost impunctate, with microsculpture on the sixth and seventh tergites, parallel-sided. Anterior and intermediate tibiae with short spines. Length 4 mm. Holotype: Wau, Kilolo Creek River, 900 m, 23. VIII. 1968. — Paratype, 1 ex. : Wau. Nami Creek, 1700 m, 22. VIII. 1968 (DR. J. BALOGH). Mitomorphus fauveli sp. n. This species differs from M. javanus CAM. and M. drescheri CAM. (from Java) by the more densely punctured elytra; it is considerably larger that M. basimaculatus BERNH. Blackish-brown, legs and antennae paler. Head elongate-ovate (5:3.5), without microsculpture, very sparingly punctured in posterior half, with distinct frontal sulci behind which are four quadrately placed punctures, eyes not convex, their longitudinal diameter one-fifth of the length of the temples which have some short fine bristles; antennae with segments four to ten transverse and each segment broader than the previous, last segment almost equal to the two penultimate, bluntly acuminate. — Pronotum longer than broad (5:3.75), without microsculpture, with two very irregular longitudinal rows of twelve to fifteen punctures, strongly contracting to the neck, narrowing a little to the posterior corners which are rounded, with a few lateral bristles, convex. — Elytra longer than broad (5:3.75), strongly and moderately densely punctured, interstices broader than diameter of punctures, almost parallel-sided. — Scutellum large, with distinct reticulate microsculpture. — Abdomen finely and sparingly punctured, with fine reticulate microsculpture at base of tergites, with weak lateral bristles, parallel-sided. Legs spinose. Length 12-13 mm. Holotype : Erima, Astrolabe Bay, 1896 (BÍRÓ). — Paratypes, 2 ex., Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay, 1897 (BÍRÓ).