Paratesba minuta, Bordoni, 2011

Bordoni, A., 2011, New data on the Oriental Xantholinini. XXIV. Nine new taxa of Paratesba from Danum Valley, Sabah, and dichotomic key of the bornean species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 221 ° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae, Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 483-499 : 484

Paratesba minuta nov.sp. ( Figs 1 , 11-12 )

H o l o t y p e: Malaysia, Sabah, Lahad Datu, Ulu Segama For. Res., Danum Valley Forest Centre, 04° 57.9'N- 117° 48.1'E, 200 mt, XI.2005, 1° Forest, FIT, coll. Mann, Slade & Villanueva, OUMNH-2006-051 (OUMNH).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Body length 11,5 mm; length from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra 6 mm.

Narrow body; head and pronotum blaks; elytra and legs reddish-orange; brown abdomen with reddish margins; labrum and antennae reddish. Head quadrate ( Fig. 11 ), with superficial, barely visible carinae, with great and deep punctuation, distance between points equal to their diameter. Labrum as in Fig. 1 . Pronotum much longer and narrower than head, with the anterior margin as in Fig. 12 , with a wide and deep point at the anterior angles, a few other points at the anterior margin of pronotum and a pair located after the big point. Dorsal series formed from 3 points forward and 3 posteriad, all very fine. Epipleura almost flat, with fine points and a short transverse furrow. Elytra narrow and long, much longer than pronotum, wider, with straight sub rectilinear and sub parallel sides, with mediocre punctuation, arranged in several regular series. Abdomen with traces of transverse microstriation and fine and sparse punctuation.

Male unknown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: It is known only from the type locality.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to the very little size of the body.

N o t e: It is the smallest species of the genus, similar for this reason the species later.

Figures

Figs 1-10: Labrum of Paratesba: P. minuta nov.sp. (1); P. rougemonti nov.sp. (2), P. rubescens nov.sp. (3); P. silvestris nov.sp. (4); P. danum BORDONI (5); P. sabahensis nov.sp. (6); P. confusa nov.sp. (7); P. fluvialis nov.sp. (8); P. lithocarpi nov.sp. (9); P. differens nov.sp. (10).

Figs 11-18: Head and pronotum (right half omitted) of Paratesba minuta nov.sp. (11-12); head (right half omitted) and anterior angle of pronotum of Paratesba rougemonti nov.sp. (13-14); P. rubescens nov.sp. (15-16); P. silvestris nov.sp. (17-18).