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

Mitomorphus loksai sp. n. Very similar to M. fauveli sp. n., but diners in having the head shorter and more parallel-sided and the puncturation of the elytra is denser. Shining black, antennae and legs red. — Head longer than broad (4.25:3.5), shining, without microsculpture, irregularly and sparingly punctured on posterior quarter as well as with four punctures in a quadrate formation behind the frontal sulci. (On some specimens of the genus these punctures can number five or six.) Eyes not convex, their longitudinal diameter one fifth of the length of the temples; parallel-sided, posterior corners rounded, anterior margin narrowing to the neck. — Pronotum longer than broad (5.25:3.5), shining, without microsculpture, longitudinal rows of punctures very irregular and double for some of their length, more punctures towards lateral margins, broadest at anterior third, narrowing towards posterior corners which are rounded, anterior margin narrowing towards the neck, with a few lateral bristles. — Elytra longer than broad (5:3.75), very shining, moderately densely punctured, with fine short setae, parallel-sided. — S c u t e 11 u m large with distinct alutaceous microsculpture. — Abdomen finely and sparingly punctured with fine lateral bristles, with fine reticulate microsculpture at the base of the tergites. Legs spinose. especially the tibiae. Length 13 mm. Holotype: Wau, New Guinea, 8. IX. 1968 (DR. I. LOKSA). Mitomorphus minutissimus sp. n. In size similar to Leptacinus minutissimus CAM. (from Angola) but it is different in many other details. Reddish-yellow, elytra, legs, antennae and palpi paler. — Head longer than broad (1.9:1.6), very finely and diffusely punctured, frontal sulci obsolete, but punctures discernable, eyes small not convex, their diameter one seventh of the length of the temples which broaden a little to the posterior corners which are quite distinct; antennae with second segment shorter than the first but a little longer than broad, segments three to ten very transverse, at least twice as broad as long, last segment acuminate, equal to the length of the two penultimate together. — Pronotum larger than broad (2:1.5), with two longitudinal rows of eight to ten very fine punctures, with a few laterally, parallel-sided anterior margin strongly converging to the narrow neck. — Elytra slightly longer than broad, moderately shining, puncturation not denser, not so fine as that of the head and pronotum, parallel-sided. •— Scutellum shining, with evident microsculpture. — Abdomen with extremely fine and sparse puncturation, with segments five to seven longer than those previous. Legs robust, especially the femora and tibiae. Length 2-3 mm. Holotype: Kiunga, 23. VIL-2. VIII. 1969. — Paratype, same data (DR. J. BALOGH). Mitomorphus punctulatus sp. n. This species differs from all other New Guinea species by the fine dense but very distinct punctures of the head. Black to rufous, antennae dark red with last segment or last two segments white or creamy white; legs pale yellowish white, with tibiae and extreme base of femora darker.

— Head longer than broad (3.25:2.5), shining, without microsculpture, densely punctured, less so between the base of the antennae; parallel-sided, posterior corners rounded, eyes not convex, their longitudinal diameter one fourth the length of the temples, frontal sulci short, the four quadrately placed punctures intermingled with the general puncturation, antennae with segments four to ten transverse, last segment acuminate, a little longer than the penultimate. — Pronotum longer than broad (3.75:2.25), shining, without microsculpture, finely and irregularly punctured, not forming two distinct rows but leaving a median impunctate area from the anterior almost to the posterior margin, broadest at about anterior third, broadly and weakly sinuate to the rounded posterior corners; anterior margin narrowing to the neck; with a few outstanding lateral bristles. — Elytra longer than broad (3:2.5), very finely and densely punctured and pubescent, with a longer bristler