Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)

Kirejtshuk, A. G.: Notes on the systematics of the African Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)

1/3 of elytra, stouter tibiae and less depressed male metasternum; from the fourth in less conspicuous dorsal pubescence, much darker appendages, narrower male protarsi, widely rounded apex of male pygidium and less depressed male metasternum. Etymology-This new species is named in honour of L. SCHULZE, collector of some specimens of the type series of this new species and other interesting beetles. Meligethes (Chromogethes) violascens sp. n. (Figs 105-107) Specimen examined- Ethiopia: holotype, female (HNHM) - "Vallis, Erer", "Kovács". Description of female (holotype) - Length 2.2, width 1.0, height 0.5 mm. Moderately convex dorsally and ventrally; black with reddish brown anterior legs and dark brown antennae, mouth parts, procoxae, mid and posterior legs; strongly shining with a blue metallic shade on head and pronotum; head and pronotum with very short and scarcely conspicuous greyish hairs, markedly shorter than distance between their insertions; rest dorsum and underside with moderately dense, thin and slightly conspicuous greyish hairs, somewhat longer than distance between their insertions. Head and pronotum with distinct punctures, markedly larger than eye facets, interspaces between them somewhat narrower than a puncture diameter, smooth. Elytra with slightly smaller and somewhat sparser punctures, and with smoothed intervals between them. Metasternum with distinct punctures, considerably smaller than eye facets, interspaces between them much broader than a puncture diameter and smooth. Prosternum with very large and shallow punctures and contrasting microreticulation between them. Pygidium and hypopygidium with small, shallow and dense punctures, interspaces between them with well developed microreticulation, rest ventrites with very small, shallow and rather sparse punctures, interspaces between them markedly broader than a puncture diameter, with dense and more or less smoothed microreticulation. Head about 1 and 3/7 as long as distance between eyes, shallowly concave, its anterior edge shallowly emarginate and narrowly bordered, with rounded angular lateral corners. Antennae about as long as head width, with 3-segmented elongate oval club, comprising almost 1/4 of total antennái length, antennomere 3 slightly longer than antennomere 2 and about twice longer than antennomere 4. Pronotum moderately convex, with nearly straight anterior and gradually convex posterior edges, widest at base, slightly narrowed to the middle and strongly narrowed in anterior half, anterior corners distinctly angular and posterior corners widely rounded, lateral edges narrowly subexplanate. Elytra 1 and 4/1 1 as long as combined width, moderately steeply sloping at extremely narrowly explanate sides, somewhat suboblique at apex and with suturai lines traced in distal half. Pygidium widely rounded at apex. Mentum subtrapezoid with rounded corners, widest at base and about twice as wide as long. Last labial palpomere subcylindrical and about 2.5 times as long as wide. Prosternai process flat along median part, which arcuately widened before rounded posterior edge, widest part of it much narrower than antennái club, border gradually narrowed to apex. Distance between mesocoxae about 1.5 tunes and that between metacoxae about 4 times as great as that between procoxae. Metasternum with almost straight anterior edge between mesocoxae, slightly depressed and with deepened median line.