Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 101. (Budapest 2009)

Makranczy, Gy.: The genus Thinodromus Kraatz, 1857 in West-Central Africa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

44 Gy. Makranczy Thinodromus kedougouensis sp. n. (Figs 12, 19-21,31-32, 68) Type material - Holotype (male): "Senegal X. 1980, [Tambacounda,] Kedougou, [= Kedogou, 12°33' N, 12°1

1' W] B Sigwalt leg." (coll. Levasseur, MNHN). Paratypes (1 female, 1 male [aedeagus damaged]): same data as holotype, (coll. LEVASSEUR, MNHN). Description - Measurements (in mm, n = 3): HW = 0.53 (0.52-0.53); TW = 0.43 (0.43-0.44); PW = 0.58 (0.58-0.59); SW = 0.73 (0.70-0.74); AW = 0.78 (0.76-0.80); HL = 0.30 (0.30-0.31); EL = 0.20 (0.20-0.22); TL = 0.00; PL = 0.42 (0.42-0.43); SL = 0.67 (0.64-0.70); SC = 0.59 (0.58-0.60); BL = 3.25 (3.14-3.44). FL = 1.43 (1.42-1.44) mm. Colour. Body moderately shining, very dark reddish-brown, almost black. Supraantennal processes lighter, yellowish. Legs medium brown, basal 2/3 of tibiae darker (dark brown). - Shape and sculpture. Head rather transverse, its sides occupied by the large eyes, no visible temples. Antennái segments ovoid, antennomeres 4-5 1.50-1.70x longer than broad, antennomeres 9-10 1.07-1.17x broader than long (in females antennomeres 4-5 1.21-1.36x longer than broad, antennomeres 9-10 1.00-1.08x broader than long). Pronotum less strongly transverse, there is no concavity before the posterior angles. Reflexed lateral margin is narrow; very fine margin behind. Anterior margin with slight depressions near the anterior angles. Pronotum with rather deep horseshoe-shaped impression before base, in the form of a shallow depression even extending to the anterior edge of pronotum, also with shallow, slightly oblique dual impression in middle of disc. Elytra together only slightly (1.28x) broader than long, dilating towards apex, each elytron with a barely visible impressed area in the anterior half of disc. - Punctation and microsculpture. Head punctation consists of moderately deep punctures, puncture size is nearly equal to spaces in between; puncture sizes vary greatly. Pronotum with rather deep punctures, average punctures nearly as interspaces; greatly varying sized punctures. Elytral punctures deeper than those on head, space between them smaller than size of average punctures. Puncture sizes only a little bit larger than on pronotum. On abdomen basal parts of terga have strong punctation, similar to the one on elytra; it is shallower towards apex of terga. No apparent microsculpture anywhere on the body except posterior pronotal corners, where punctation diminishes into coriaceous ground sculpture. - Pubescence. Setation predominantly of uni-sized type, relatively sparse, mostly semierect, but some finer hairs are depressed, especially at the base of pronotum. Hairs of various length and thickness; many are strong. - Primary and secondary sexual features. Male: in the inner sac of the aedeagus (Figs 19-21 ) AC barely developed, but BM exceptionally large and strong, Similarly ML very large and transversal. Sternite VIII (Fig. 31), tergite X (Fig. 32); female: ringstructure (Fig. 68). Comparative notes - This species is notable for its unusually small pronotum, less broad than in others. There is no concavity before posterior angles of pronotum. In the inner sac of the aedeagus the BM and also the MA are very strongly developed, while AC is almost indistinct. T. nigerius GlLDENKOV, 2000 is very similar species in this respect. Etymology - The name refers to the type locality of the species. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 101, 2009