Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 76. (Budapest 1984)

Kirejtshuk, A. G.: New taxa of Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) from the Indo-Malayan fauna

long, thin feebly conspicuous yellowish pubescence. — Head flattened, with small fossae at antennái insertions. Surface with oval shallow punctures distinctly larger than eye facets, separated by distance about equal to 1/3 puncture diameter, space between punctures finely and densely reticulated. Antennae somewhat longer than head wide, their club nearly 1/3 total antennái length, twice as long as wide, with more pointed apex than in T. accomodus sp. n. — Pronotum narrowly bordered just as well along lateral margins as along anterior and hind ones; its sides widely explanate. Surface as on pronotum but intervals with strongly fine reticulation. — Pygidium rounded at apex, with small and shallow punctures the space between which finely reticulated. — Ventral surface rather shortly inconspicuously pubescent and punctured nearly as on pygidium, but punctures on metasternum deeper and denser, the intervals smoothedly reticulated. Prosternai process comparatively wide at middle with apex rounded off. Distance between all coxal cavities subequal. Metasternum flattened, with distinct medial line and hind margin beetwen hind coxae excised. Apex of last abdominal sternite rounded off. — Tibiae nearly 2/3 as wide as antennái club. Fore tarsus 1:2, intermediate and hind ones 1/3 as wide as tibiae, their claws simple. — Genitalia : Ovipositor moderately sclerotised. Diagnosis. — T. accomodus sp. n. is fairly similar to T. confusus sp. n. and are both at once distinct from T. parallelopipedus (MOTSCHULSKY, 1863) (= M. adpressus MURRAY,. 1864, syn. n.) and T. piceus (GROUVELLE, 1897) in pronotal shape. They are distinguished by characters adopted in the key given below: Figs. 30-35 Trimenus accomodus sp. n. çf : 30 = body shape, 31 = labial palpus, 32 = tegmen, ventral view, 33 = penis, dorsal view; Ç: 34 = elytra! and abdominal apices, 35 = ovipositor, ventral view. — Figs. 36-38. Trimenus confusus sp. n. $ : 36 = body shape, 37 = labial palpus. 38 = ovipositor, ventral view. — A = scale to Figs. 30, 34, 36; B = scale to Figs. 31-33, 35, 37, 38