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

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

shorter than distance between eyes, comparatively deeply concave behind antenna! insertions. Surface with shallow oval punctures, 1.0-1.5 times as large as eye facets, separated by distance equal to 1/4 to 3/4 puncture diameter, intervals sparsely and smoothedly reticulated. Antennae nearly as long as head wide, with club composing 1/3 total antenna! length. — Pronotum bifoveate at scutellum, with sides widely explanate and basis more or less distinctly bordered. Surface similar to as on head but punctures larger (twice larger than eye facets) and the space between them more smooth. Scutellum subsemicircular, its surface as on head, but reticulation more distinct. — Elytra with strongly raised shoulders, sides moderately widely explanate and without evident subsutural lines. Surface as on pronotum, but punctures somewhat larger, shallower and sparser at distal 1/2. — Pygidium with apex strongly widely rounded off; its surface almost granulate and densely reticulate. — Ventral surface with short and fine, almost inconspicuous pubescence ; puncturation nearly as on head, but on abdominal sternites punctures reduced and intervals on prosternai process coarsely and convexly reticulated. Prosternai process flattened, twice wider than antennái club. Distance between intermediate coxae subequal and that between hind ones 1.5 times as large as that between fore. Metasternum feebly convex, with almost straight hind margin between hind coxae. Apex of last abdominal sternite widely rounded off. Elytral epipleura weakly upward-sloping laterally. — Tibiae simple, 2/3 as wide as antennái club and femora 2.5 times wider than tibiae. Tarsi nearly 1/4 as wide as tibiae, their claws simple. — Genitalia: Ovipositor well sclerotised. Diagnosis. — O. excellentis sp. n. is well characterised by its coloration, elytral pattern and other peculiarities. Atarphia pallentis sp. n. (Figs. 57-62) Material. 1 rf, holotype: N. E. Burma, Kambaiti. 2000 m. 12-17 June 1934, R. MALAISE (NR). Male. Length 4.5, breadth 3.2, height 1.7 mm. Oval, strongly convex; pale yellowish, antennái club dark brown; weakly shiny; with moderately dense, semierect, fine and not-long, feebly conspicuous yellowish pubescence; pronotal and elytral sides as well as pronotal basis shortly and extremely densely ciliate. — Head as long as distance between eyes and transversely strongly concave behind antennái insertions. Surface with very shallow oval punctures, 3 times as large as eye facets, separated by distance equal to 1/4-1/2 puncture diameter, space between them finely alutaceous. Antennae 1.25 times as long as head wide, their club nearly 2/5 total antennái length. — Pronotum with scarcely visible foveolae and distinct border along as anterior as posterior margins, its sides widely subexplanate. Its surface as on head. — Scutellum subtriangular with apex narrowly rounded off, its surface as on head and pronotum. — Elytra with shoulders moderately raised, subsutural lines closely approaching suture, sides widely subexplanate. Suturai corner almost straight, inner apical margin of elytra not excised. Surface about as on head and pronotum, but punctures larger and shallower. — Pygidium almost transversely abrupt, with hardly visible medial excision, its surface as on head and pronotum, but punctures smaller. — Ventral surface nearly inconspicuously pubescent, nearly as punctured as on head and pronotum, but on middle of metasternum with oval punctures only scarcely larger than eye facets, separated by distance equal to 2-3 puncture diameters, intervals with fine crossundulate reticulation. Apex of prosternai process not flattened, roof-like and distinctly pointed. Distance between intermadiate coxae subequal, but that between hind ones somewhat more than that between fore. Metasternum slightly convex with hind margin between hind coxae emarginate. Apex of last abdominal sternite gently rounded off. Elytral epipleura more or less distinctly downwardly sloped laterally. — Tibia thin and subparallelsided, 2/3 as wide as antennái club, femora slightly more than twice wide than tibiae. Tarsi subequal, 1/3 as wide as tibiae. — Genitalia: Aedeagus slightly sclerotised. Diagnosis. — A. pallentis sp. n. and A. uhligi sp. n. are somewhat reminiscent of the Lordyrodes species, nevertheless they must be put in Atarphia because of their strongly convex elytra, semierect pubescence on dorsum and characters of pregenital and genital structures. Unlike the rest of the Atarphia species, A. pallentis sp. n. has unicolorous pale body, quite different pubescence and prosternai process.