Aphanerostethus armatus Lewis & Kojima sp. nov.

Figs 4 A, 12 A, B, 13 A, B, E

Specimens examined.

Holotype: Malaysia: • Perak, Taiping, Bukit Larut, 7. I. 1990, T. Yasunaga, deposited in KUM, JHLHY_DAR_078.

Diagnosis.

Body length 1.7 mm. Cuticle coated in crusty dark, sandy gray, and white scales in weakly defined pattern. Funicle with five articles. Only odd elytral intervals with erect scales. Prosternal cavity very weakly defined and without steep lateral ridges (Fig. 13 A, B). Procoxae contiguous. Erect elytral scales evenly distributed, not concentrated in bundle. Scutellum not prominent. Femora each with elongate, thorn-like tooth ventrally (Fig. 13 E). Metaventrite flattened between meta- and mesocoxae, without a distinct elevated transverse ridge.

Distribution.

This species is currently only known from Perak, Malaysia.

Etymology.

The specific name armatus is a Latin adjective that refers to the distinctly elongate, sharp tooth on the ventral edge of each femur (see Fig. 13 E).