Micropeneta tarandus ( Kaszab, 1946 )

Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bellersheim, Aron, 2022, Four new species and new records of Micropeneta Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Gnathidiini) from the Oriental and Papuan Regions, including a checklist and an identification key, Zootaxa 5168 (4), pp. 471-478 : 476

Micropeneta tarandus ( Kaszab, 1946)

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New record. N Sumatra, Aceh, Ketambe, 24.VIII.1991, leg. D. Erber, 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ SMNS .

Remarks. Male head and pronotum, antenna and aedeagus of the holotype from Java are figured by Schawaller (1994). The newly collected specimens from Sumatra show no significant differences. Micropeneta testacea Pic, 1921 from Sumatra is smaller with shorter and more laterally pointed cephalic horns (see key in Kaszab 1978).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of male species of Micropeneta Pic, 1921 (all in SMNS). 1. M. kinabaluca sp. n., holotype. 2. M. alabaca sp. n., holotype. 3. M. excavatifrons Pic, 1921, non-type. 4. M. papuana sp. n., holotype. 5. M. sodalis Bremer, 1997, non-type. 6. M. laotica sp. n., holotype. 7. M. leytica Schawaller, 1994, holotype. 8. M. tarandus (Kaszab, 1946), non-type. Scale bar: 3 mm.