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

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

elytra as well as in its shape of intermediate and hind tibiae. Moreover, the new species differs from E. braeti GROUVELLE, 1894 in its simple intermediate femur such as in E. parabraeti JELINEK, 1978, but from E. parabraeti in its pronotal shape not narrowing towards the basis as well as 4th and 5th antennái segments being subequal, and finally from E. confinis JELINEK, 1978 in its simple intermediate femur and lighter body coloration. Epuraea ornatula sp. n. (Figs. 48—52) Material. 3 çf, 9, holotype rf and paratypes çf, 9 : India, W. Bengal, Darjeeling Distr., Ghum, 2200 m, sifted moss samples, 5 Oct. 1967, Gy. TOPÁL; holotype and one paratype in (TM) and a second paratype in (ZIN). Male, holotype. Length 2.0, breadth 1.1, height 0.6 mm. Elongate oval, fairly convex; reddish, pronotal and elytral sides as well as mouth parts, antennae and legs somewhat slighter; with not strong shine; with dense, somewhat erected, rather contrasting, comparatively long golden and brownish pubescence (the areas of dark hairs shown in Fig. 48 with dotted lines). — Head rather distinctly concave between antennái insertions, as long as distance between eyes. Surface with oval punctures indistinctly bordered, nearly twice as large as eye facets, separated by distance equal to 1/3 puncture diameter, space between them moothly reticulated. Antennae with length somewhat more than head breadth, their second segment about as long as 4th and 5th, but 3rd one distinctly longer; their club composing 1/3 total antennái length, approximately 1.5 times as long as wide, their last segment hardly longer than the preceding one. — Pronotum with sides widely explanate and foveola at each scutellar corner, its hind corners blunty pointed. Surface as on head, but more densely punctured. — Scutellum subtriangular with apex rounded off, its surface as on head and pronotum but puncturation shallower and smoother. — Elytra with shoulders well raised and sides moderately narrowly explanate. Surface as on head and pronotum but with puncturation denser and somewhat rasp-like. — Pygidium with apex widely rounded off, under from which a short anal sclerite is exposed, its surface as on elytra. — Ventral surface more finely pubescent than dorsal one, puncturation nearly as on pygidium and elytra, but on middle of metasternum and 1st abdominal sternite slightly granulate. Distance between intermediate coxae 1.3, that between hind 3 times as large as distance between fore. Prosternai process gently convex at rounded apex. Apex of last abdominal sternite, widely rounded off. Elytral epipleura upwardly sloped laterally. — Tibiae simple, fore one nearly 3/4, intermediate 2/3, but hind one almost 1/2 as wide as antennái club. Femora about twice wider than intermediate tibia. Fore tarsus 1/2, intermediate and hind ones 1/3 as wide as antennái club, their claws slightly toothed at basis. — Genitalia: Aedeagus slightly sclerotised. Female. Differs from male only in having the pygidial apex more narrowly rounded off and fore tarsus scarcely wider than the intermediate and hind ones. — Genitalia: Ovipositor slightly sclerotised. Variation. Length 1.9-2.0 mm. The areas with golden hairs and those with dark ones are rather variable. Diagnosis. — E. ornatula sp. n. seems to be closely related to E. exculta GROUVELLE, 1913, but at once distinct from it in smaller and lighter body, bifoveate pronotum, more or less distinct puncturation on dorsum and, features in antennái structures. Perhaps this new species is identical with the type specimens of Omosita ornata GROUVELLE, 1903. However, the name "ornata" is preoccupied {Epuraea longula var. ornata REITTER, 1872 and E. ornata GROUVELLE, 1903), therefore in case of identity of E. ornatula sp. n. with Omosita ornata, the name proposed here must be regarded as one that is available. Omosita excellentis sp. n. (Figs. 53-56) Material 1 9, holotype: Vietnam, "Oguyho", 25 Nov. 1971, Gy. TOPÁL (TM). Female. Length 4.0, breadth 2.2, height 1.0 mm. Elongate, somewhat flattened; pitchy black, mouth parts, antennae and tarsi dark brown, 3 spots on each elytron yellow; shiny; with long and thin, moderately dense, scarcely visible, grey yellowish pubescence, among these longer and much stouter, contrasting yellow hairs forming on elytra sparse bunches. — Head considerably