Omissophagus tsoodzilianus, Esser & R & Usa & M, 2018

Esser, Jens, R, Nearctic, Usa & M, New, 2018, New genera and new species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera) from USA and Mexico, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 1079-1083 : 1080-1081

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5174073
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5186860
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/775E87F4-FFE6-FFD8-FF0A-C832D149FC82
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Omissophagus tsoodzilianus
status	sp. nov.

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Omissophagus tsoodzilianus nov.sp. ( fig. 1 View Figs )

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♂: " USA: NM Cibola Co., 35°17.71N, 107°36.04W, Mt. Taylor oak-detr, 29-IX-2007 elev 8827’" [cES]. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 1♀ " USA: NM Cibola Co., 35°15.32N, 107°35.24W, Mt. Taylor Dead Spruce , 8-X-2005 " [cES] GoogleMaps ; 1♀ " 25-AUG-1995, Mt. Taylor , New Mexico / pitfall trap " [cBU] ; 1♂ " 20-VIII-1999, Mt. Taylor , NM rjb" [cBU] ; 1♂, 1♀ " summer-1997, Mt. Taylor , NM, pitfall, RJB " [cBU] ; 1♂, 2♀♀ " 26-AUG-1997, Mt. Taylor , NM, pitfall, RJB " [cBU] ; 4♀♀ " 25-JUL-1996, Mt. Taylor, NM, pitfall, RJB [cBU]; 1♂ " 06-SEP-1997, Mt. Taylor, NM, RJB " [cBU]; 3♂♂, 1♀ " USA, NM, Cibola Co., 35°15.25N, 107°35.32W, Cibola NF-Mt. Taylor , 16-IX-2006 " [cBU]; 3♀♀ " USA, NM, Cibola Co. , 35°15.32N, 107°35.24W, Mt. Taylor , dead spruce, 06-X-2005 [cBU] GoogleMaps ; 4♂♂, 1♀ " USA, NM, Cibola Co., 35°17.71N, 107°36.04W, Mt. Taylor , oak detr., 29-IX-2007, elev. 8827'" [cBU] GoogleMaps ; 141 ex " USA: NM: Cibola Co., Mt. Taylor, pitfall trap, N 35°15.21 W 107°34.17, leg. R. J. Buss , 04.08.2017 " [cBU, cES] .

E t y m o l o g y: Named after the Navajo word for the Mount Taylor in New Mexico – Tsoodzil – where the types were collected.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Male, 2.2 mm, reddish-brown, membranous wings absent, extremities stout. Surface with fine punctation, on head and pronotum somewhat finer and denser than on elytra (basal third). Pubescence sparse and fine, yellowish and decumbent. Eyes small, slightly rounded, with just a few ommatidia. Antennae 11- segmented with a 3-segmented club. Segment I short and drop-shaped, segment II smaller and also drop-shaped. Segment III longer that wide, segment IV to VIII rounded and more or less equal. Segment IX short and transverse, segment X wider than IX, moderately transverse. Segment XI drop-shaped but asymmetric, tip acute. Pronotum convex with sides moderately rounded, with one small tooth-like anterior callosity and two small teeth on each side. Sides at the second tooth slightly angled. Glandular porus only at the anterior callosity visible. Rim of the sides of pronotum indistinct. Pronotum moderately transverse, 1,5 x wider than long. Elytra elongated, nearly straight in the medium third, humeral callus absent. Tarsal formula 5-5-4 (females with 5-5-5).

C o m m e n t: Similar to Omissophagus sandianus nov.sp. but differs in more transverse pronotum, rounded eyes and different antennae. So far known restricted to the Mount Taylor range in New Mexico.