taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DE87F1FFCAFFFE57C24B5AB753D43D.taxon	description	(Fig. 1 - 9) ZooBank: https: // zoobank. org / FA 865 A 8 B- 7 FC 8 - 4775 - 820 B- 40970 EAC 4413	en	., Roland Gerstmeier. (2024): Phloiocopus bimaculatus sp. n., a new apterous species from Somalia (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 12 (17): 1-3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(17), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376973
03DE87F1FFCAFFFE57C24B5AB753D43D.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype, ♂. – Somaliland, 22. - 23. viii. 2018, Daallo forest - base camp, 10 ° 45 ' 36 " N - 47 ° 18 ' 12 " E, ca. 2180 m, P. Kabátek lgt. (RGCM). Paratypes, 1 ♀ – same label data (LDCB).	en	., Roland Gerstmeier. (2024): Phloiocopus bimaculatus sp. n., a new apterous species from Somalia (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 12 (17): 1-3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(17), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376973
03DE87F1FFCAFFFE57C24B5AB753D43D.taxon	description	Description Length. – 9.0 (♂) - 10.3 mm (♀) (2 specimens measured). Head. – Large, parallel, very slightly wider than pronotal anterior margin, red brown, glossy, coarsely and deeply wrinkled. – Eyes protruding, coarsely facetted, eye emargination in the middle, broad, roundish, first antennomere (A 1) in a distinct distance from inner part of eye emargination; margined, margin connected with antennal ridge, this antennal ridge is connected with the upper and inner eye margin; eye width 0.56 - 0.60 mm, eye distance 1.20 - 1.36 mm. – Labrum small, deeply bilobed. – Posterior part of clypeus long, transverse, smooth, with fine, diffuse punctation, very slightly and broadly emarginate; anterior part of clypeus small, slightly covering labrum. – Terminal labial and maxillary palpomeres securiform. – Mandibles stout, apical dens short, stout, medial dens stout, roundish. – Antennae red brown, long, reaching middle of pronotum when extended backwards, antennal groove long, wide, slightly curved; A 1 strongly curved inwards, A 2 – A 7 cylindrical, more or less thick, A 3 slightly longer than A 2, A 4 shorter than A 3, becoming shorter until A 8, A 9 regularly dilated, A 10 more dilated towards inner side, A 11 very slightly curved, slender, in female longer than A 10 + A 9, in male more or less as long as A 7 – A 10 together; A 1 with long, pale setae, the rest of antennomeres only with short, pale setae. Justin S. Bartlett (Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia) Pronotum. – More-or-less goblet-shaped (cupuliform), as long as wide, apical and basal margin straight, very slightly dilated anteriorly, constricted basally (l = 2.48 - 2.80 mm, w = 2.28 - 2.72 mm, length to width index 1: 1.056), pronotal collar narrow; anterior transverse depression not really visible; anteriorly with scarce but conspicuous punctation, with a smooth spot on both sides of the middle, then coarsely and deeply wrinkled. Scutellum. – Small, transversely oval, dark red-brown, with coarse punctation. Elytra. – Short, stout, twice as long as wide (l = 5.17 - 6.33 mm, w = 2.52 - 3.36 mm, width to length index 1: 1.965), broadly dilated towards apex, elytral base narrow, more narrow than mid-pronotal width. – Apices broadly rounded. – Basal third red brown, in the middle with a slightly narrower, black, transverse fascia, then dark brown, behind the black transverse fasica with a large, white, transversely-oval spot, reaching the side margin, but not the suture. – Elytral base not margined, the inner rows of punctation (near suture) more or less regular, then towards side margins increasingly irregular, conspicuous and deep; in basal part rasp-like; diameter of punctation mostly larger than interstices, intervals with microsculpture. – Punctation becomingmoreflattowardsthewhite transversely-oval spot, apex almost smooth; with long, erect (mostly slightly directed backwards) setae. Without hind wings. Legs. – Large, stout, especially profemora; red brown, with long, pale, dense, erect setae; tibiae slightly curved, with carina. Tarsal sole formula 3 - 3 - 3, from T 2 – T 4 increasingly deeply incised, T 1 very slender, but also with very fine setae. – Tibial spur formula 1 - 2 - 2. Claws simple, stout, between with a single-setose empodium. Lower surface. – Gula apically convergent, base broadly rounded, not very conspicuously margined, with small, separated pads in the middle. – Lacinia with a small, but distinct laterolacinia. – Prosternal length much smaller than diameter of coxa. – Prosternal process short, stout, dilated distally. – Hypomeron short, pointed, coxal cavities broadly open. – Anterior mesoventral process lip-shaped, apically sinuate, open in the middle. Genitalia. – See Fig. 3 - 9.	en	., Roland Gerstmeier. (2024): Phloiocopus bimaculatus sp. n., a new apterous species from Somalia (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 12 (17): 1-3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(17), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376973
03DE87F1FFCAFFFE57C24B5AB753D43D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. – Somalia.	en	., Roland Gerstmeier. (2024): Phloiocopus bimaculatus sp. n., a new apterous species from Somalia (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 12 (17): 1-3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(17), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376973
03DE87F1FFCAFFFE57C24B5AB753D43D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. – The specific epithet, bimaculatus, a Latin adjective, refers to the white maculae on the elytra.	en	., Roland Gerstmeier. (2024): Phloiocopus bimaculatus sp. n., a new apterous species from Somalia (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Faunitaxys (New York, N. Y.) 12 (17): 1-3, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-12(17), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15376973
