Durandius ardoini Kaszab, 1970

Maruyama, Munetoshi & Ando, Kiyoshi, 2022, Review of the genera Rondoniella Kaszab, 1970 and Durandius Kaszab, 1970 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with description of R. hosoishii sp. nov. from an ant nest in Cambodia, Zootaxa 5209 (2), pp. 293-300 : 297

Durandius ardoini Kaszab, 1970

( Figs 6, 7 )

Durandius ardoini Kaszab, 1970: 116 (original description).

Type specimens examined. Paratypes. 1 male (?), " CAMBODGE / Dei Dos / II. 1965 // Paratypus 1969 / Durandius / ardoini / Kaszab" ; 1 ex. (sex?), " II. 1965 / Dei Dos / Cambodge / H. Durand leg." (both Hungarian Natural History Museum) .

Non-type specimen examined. 1 ♀, " Cambodia ( Mekong River ) / Kampong Cham / 12º12'7.80''N 105º32'46.36'' / 15–16 Feb. 2014 " (Maruyama collection at the Kyushu University Museum) .

Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from the members of Rondoniella by the combination of the following character states: the body color being light brown; the head being trapezoid, clearly truncate at the apex; the outer margin of the foretibia with distinct rounded tooth.

Measurements of examined specimens. BL, 4.5–5.0; HL, 0.77–0.81; HW, 1.31–1.33; PL, 0.95–1.01; PW, 1.56–1.62; EL, 2.76–2.85; FTL, 0.72–0.73; MTL, 0.77–0.79.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. 1, Habitus of Rondoniella costata Kaszab, 1970; 2, habitus of R. hosoishii Maruyama &Ando sp. nov. (holotype male); 3, ditto (paratype female); 4, head of R. hosoishii sp. nov., ventral view; 5, habitus of R. bremeri Ferrer & Moragues, 2000; 6, habitus of Durandius ardoini Kaszab, 1970; 7, ditto, head, ventral view.