Trogoderma macropodidum, Háva, 2024

Háva, Jiří, 2024, Descriptions of ten new Trogoderma Dejean, 1821 species from Australia (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), Faunitaxys 12 (29), pp. 1-7 : 6

Trogoderma macropodidum sp. nov.

(Fig. 29-32)

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Holotype, ♂, Australia, NT, 25 km S of Katherine , 16- 17.1.2009, 14°31´S 132°25´E, 168 m, ( WAMP).

Paratypes

- 3 ♀, same data as holotype, ( JHAC) ;

- 1 ♀, Australia, Northern Territory, Mataranka env., 14°52.18´S 132°59.47´E, 30- 31.1.2014, ( WAMP) .

Description of the holotype

Body. –Measurements(in mm):TL1.9, EW 1.2. Body small, short, oval (Fig. 29); head black; pronotum black, shiny, with sparse yellow setation; elytra black and brown with sparse yellow setation; antennae brown; legs brown.

Head. – Coarsely punctate, sparsely covered with short, yellow setation. Palpomeres brown. Eyes large, with yellow microsetae. Ocellus present on front. Antennae filiform, brown, with short, yellow setation, composed of 11 antennomeres (Fig. 30). Antennal club with 4 antennomeres.

Pronotum. – Shiny, coarsely punctate, black, lateral margins of pronotum smooth.

Scutellum . – Black, triangular, without setation.

Elytra. – Shiny, in anterior 1/3 black other parts brown, without fascia or spots, covered by sparse yellow setation.

Ventral surface. – Epipleuron brown, covered by short, yellow setation. Mesosternum and metasternum covered with short, yellow setation finely punctate. Abdominal ventrites dark brown to black, finely punctate, sparsely covered with short, recumbent, yellow setation. Pygidium brown with brown setation.

Legs. – Dark brown covered with recumbent, yellow setation.

Genitalia. – As in Fig. 32.

Female. – Externally similar to male but differs in the structure of the antennae (Fig. 31).

Differential diagnosis. – The new species is externally very similar to Trogoderma picinum Armstrong, 1945 , but differs from it by the 11 antennomered antennae (10 in picinum ) and the structure of the male genitalia

Etymology. – Named according to the kangaroos, family Macropodidae .

Distribution. – Northern Territory.