Dienerella (Cartoderema) talassemtana, Otero, Jose Carlos, Benyahia, Yousra & Brustel, Herve, 2017

Otero, Jose Carlos, Benyahia, Yousra & Brustel, Herve, 2017, Faunistic notes on Cryptophagidae and Latridiidae of Talassemtane National Park, Western Rif, Morocco, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea), ZooKeys 668, pp. 69-82 : 71-73

Dienerella (Cartoderema) talassemtana sp. n. Fig. 2 A–E

Description.

Body length: 1.16-1.31 mm. Body elongated, narrow and superficially depressed. Reddish grey-brown or testaceous-brown colour; lighter appendages. Body (Fig. 2A) glabrous. Lacking metathoracic wings. Head rough and transverse (WL= 1.4); slightly narrower (including the eyes) than the pronotum in its anterior region. Clypeus short, as wide as the head, separated from the frons by a slightly arcuate suture and from the labrum by a concave suture. Labrum visible from top view. Temples short, oblique and visible from top view. Eyes hemispherical and slightly protruding (E=1), not surpassing the margin of the pronotum, made up of few (15 to 20) facets. Eye facets with small diameter ( Ø = 6-8 µm). Antennae (Fig. 2B) short (L= 0.314 mm), reaching the pronotum constriction. Antennomere I spherical, wider and 1.4 longer than the II; subequal from III to VIII. The last three form an extended club; X as long as IX; XI truncate distally, 1.3 times longer than the previous one. Pronotum 1.1 times longer than wide. Anterior and posterior margins straight; lateral margins rounded. Strongly constricted in the basal third. Rough surface with marked ( Ø = 10-15 µm) and thick puncturation. Tibiae with a small spine on the apex. Elytra together oval, elongated; 1.8 times longer than wide; rounded base. Lateral margins rounded and denticulate in their anterior half. Provided with 8 rows of large ( Ø = 24-30 µm) and ordered punctures (4 dorsal and 2 lateral). Space between suture and fourth elytral interval slightly convex, not excavated behind the scutellar shield. Slight depression in the last third of the dorsal area of the elytra. Fifth striae higher, forming a curved lining that slightly separates near the middle area and joins to the suture in the posterior area; fourth striae higher in the anterior two thirds. Elytral suture bearing a rhomboid opening in the posterior area (Fig. 2E). Anterior coxae almost adjacent; intermediate separated and posterior widely separated. Tergite V masculine (Fig. 2D). Aedeagus (Fig. 2E). Aedeagus with very elongated apex, not widened. Internal sac as in Fig. 2E.

Type material.

Morocco. Holotype (m). Morocco, Rif, Talembote, P.N. Talassemtane, 10-13.XI.2015 (leg. H. Brustel) (USCO).

Paratypes.

1 m. Morocco, Rif, P.N. Talassemtane, 13.XI.2015 (leg O. Courtin), (COCC). 1 f. Morocco, Rif, Talembote, P.N. Talassemtane, 10-13.XI.2015 (leg. H. Brustel) (MNHN). 1 f. Morocco, Rif, Talembote, P.N. Talassemtane, 10-13.XI.2015 (leg. H. Brustel), (CBT). 1 f. Morocco, Rif, Talembote, P.N. Talassemtane, 10-13.XI.2015 (leg. H. Brustel), (CWR).

Distribution.

Morocco.

Etymology.

This species is named in reference to the region in which the type material was collected.