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

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

to that of P. dilatimanus REITTER, 1884. Ventral one less conspicuously pubescent with sparse tuberculae. Pygidium with apex abrupt. — Fore tibia rather dilated, nearly as wide as antennái club, intermediate one somewhat and hind one twice narrower than fore. Tarsi extremely narrow with simple claws. — Genitalia: Aedeagus well sclerotised. Female. Outwardly differs from the male only in scarcely narrower than fore tibia and pygidial apex widely rounded off. — Genitalia: Ovipositor sligthly sclerotised. Variation. Length 2.7-3.9 breadth 2.0-2.3 mm. The type series shows great variability in coloration: brown with larger yellowish pattern to deeply black almost unicolorous with small reddish brown spots in the form of a circle. Diagnosis. — P. kabakovi sp. n. seems to be a member of the rufobasalis-gcoup (P. rufobasalis REITTER, 1884, P. dilatimanus REITTER, 1877; P. chujoi HISAMATSU, 1959), but its body size and shape and especially the features of pubescence are rather similar to the japonus-group (P.japonus REITTER, 1877 ?— P.hilleri REITTER, 1877; P. insular is GROUVELLE, 1908). P. kabakovi sp. n. differs from the species of both of the groups in its outer edge of fore tibia nearly gradually rounded off and has distinct genitalia just as in the male as in the female. , ().!> mm ,Li Figs. 114-122. Tricanus ruficolor sp. n. / : 114 = body shape, 115 = anterior part of frons, 116 = = antenna! club, 117 — prosternai process, 118 = fore tibia, 119 = hind tibia, 120 = marginal caudal line of the intermediate coxa, 121 = tegmen, ventral view, 122 = penis, dorsal view. — A = scale to Fig. 114; B = scale to Figs. 115, 121, 122; C = scale to Figs. 116-119