Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 97. (Budapest 2005)

Kirejsthuk, A. G.: On the fauna of Nitidulidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Taiwan with some taxonomical notes

sal claws; paramedial brushes of long hairs rather thich and situated at anterior 1/3 (these hairs more than twice as long as hairs in cilia) (Fig. 101). Head, pronotum and elytra with distinct punctures, markedly smaller than eye facets, interspaces between them more or less narrower than a puncture diameter, nearly smoothed on head, but very densely and very finely cellularly microreticulated on pronotum and elytra (on subsutural places in anterior part of elytra puncturation becoming shallower, smaller and less distinct). Prosternum with obsolete puncturation and microgranulose, but its process with almost distinct and dense, very small punctures, interspaces between them narrower than a puncture diameter and finely microreticulated to smoothed. Metasternum with distinct and moderately dense punctures, almost as large as eye facets in diameter, interspaces between them about half a puncture diameter or narrower and completely smooth. Ventrites very finely and very densely microgranulose. Antennái club comprising about 2/7 of total antenna! length, about 1.5 times as long as wide, antennomere 3 nearly as long as antennomere 2 and 1.5 times as long as antennomere 4. Pronotum with posterior edge clearly oblique at posterior angles. Elytra about 4/5 as long as broad combined, their apices separately widely rounded (and forming an open suturai angle). Pygidium very widely rounded at apex. Mentum subquadrangular, more than 2.5 times as wide as long. Prosternum sharply carinate, but its process subflattened and moderately widened at very widely rounded posterior edge. Median plate of mesosternum almost 3 times as wide as long, its posterior edge nearly straight. Metasternum subflattened in the middle. Hypopygidium shallowly emarginate before median movable lobe and with a distinct, rather short and comparatively wide process bearing a brush of very short and dense setae at bottom of this emargination (Fig. 103). Apex of last abdominal segment: Fig. 102. Ventral plate and spiculum gastrale: Fig 104. Tegmen well sclerotized (Figs 105-108). Variability - Length 4.0-5.2, width 2.3-3.1 mm. Some variability is apparent in puncturation and sculpture. Diagnosis - The very thick paramedial brushes of rather long hairs on male elytra is quite outstanding character of this new species. It has very characteristic apices of the lateral lobes of tegmen, outline of apices of the last abdominal segment of male and very long cilia along the posterior edge of pygidium. Etymology - The name of this new species is devoted to the coleopterist from the Kharkov National University (formerly Kharkov State University), VERA SERGEYEVNA SOLODOVNIKOVA, passed away in November 2004. Amphicrossus nebulosus sp. n. (Figs 109-118) Specimen examined - "Mt. Pantod, Santa Cruz, Davao Province, Mindanao, 2 500 ft, XII: 14-15.46", "original forest", "CMNH - Philippine Zool. Exped. (1946-47), M. Celestino" (holotype, FMNH, male). Description of male (holotype) - This new species is rather similar to A. angusticlavis sp.n., so some characters shared by both species are omitted in the description.Length 3.9, width 2.4, height 1.4 mm. Comparatively rather convex dorsally and slightly ventrally; light reddish with somewhat darkened (light brown) head, pronotum and antenna! club (also with one slightly infuscated stripe