Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Kirejtshuk, A. G.: New species of the genus Physoronia from the Far East and Kryzhanovskiella gen. n. from Australia, with taxonomic notes on the Pocadius complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

ing about 2/7 of total antennái length; scape half as long as antennái club, somewhat longer than wide and with arcuate outer edge; antennomere 2-4 subequal in length. Pronotum rather convex at disk, widely subexplanate at sides (as widely subexplanate as length of antennái club) and with an extremely narrow border along edges; there is a pair of paramedial depressions behind the middle. Elytra moderately vaulted at disk, moderately explanate along lateral edges (nearly as widely explanate as scape width); their apices subacute and forming a suturai corner, subsutural lines quite distinct in distal fourth. Pygidium widely rounded at apex, rather projecting apically. Last labial palpomere elongate and narrowed to subobliquc apex (more than twice as long as wide). Subparamental grooves distinct and follow closely antenna! grooves. Antenna! grooves subparallel-sided. Prosternai process moderately curved along coxae, but with vertically abrupt apex, widest at widely rounded posterior edge about twice more than width of antennái club. Mesosternum rather excavate and medially swollen. Distance between mesocoxac slightly broader and that between metacoxae about 1 and 1/3 as broad as that between procoxae. Metasternum subflattened, somewhat longer than prosternum with process, its anterior edge between coxae distinctly convex and posterior one between coxae shallowly and broadly emarginate. Submesocoxal lines deviating from posterior edge of cavity only just at lateral angles of metasternum. Submetacoxal line following along posterior edge of cavity. Ventrite 1 somewhat longer than ventrites 2-3 combined and hypopygidium about 2/3 as long as ventrite 1. Epipleura gradually narrowed distally and not reaching elytral apices, slightly elevating laterally and about 1.5 times as wide as antennái club. Tibiae subequal to or slightly narrower than antenna! club, protibia widest at distal third and not crenulate along outer edge, meso- and metatibiae with slightly subapical outer corner, meso- and metatibiae with short and dense setae along outer edge. Femora with usual outline, pro- and mesofemora about 1 and 2/3, but mctafemur somewhat more than twice as wide as antennái club and more than 2.5 times as long as wide (metafemur as wide as distance between metacoxae). Tarsi narrowly lobed, slightly wider than antennái flagella, claws long and somewhat bulged at base. Ovipositor moderately sclerotized. Variation - The paratype is 5.3 mm in length and differs slightly from the holotype in the larger pale part of elytra, which extends to the proximal 2/3. Etymology - Epithet of this new species means "intermediate", "intervening", "interim", "transitional", "in-between" and so on. Diagnosis - This new species has very distinct ocular ridges joined with a transverse occipital line and an ovipositor structure very unusual for the genus. It is characterized by a comparatively generalized outline of its sclerites, very distinct from all congeners, however the beetles here described show some similarity to each of groups of the genus formerly regarded as subgenera (KlREJTSHUK 1997, JELÍNEK 1999, etc.) or genera (JELÍNEK 1978, KlREJTSHUK 1984, etc.). It is particularly similar to "Lordyrodes" sensu JELÍNEK, 1999 in its overall habitus and many structural characters, including the flattened protibia, differing from it not only in the parocular ridge and structure of the ovipositor, but also in the lack of longitudinal isolation of the prosternai middle, widely explanate pronotal and moderately explanate elytral sides, sides of pronotum narrowed as anteriorly as posteriorly, subparallel antennái grooves, almost regularly seriate puncturation on elytra, submesocoxal lines closed along the inner edge of metepisterna, markedly narrower