Globicornis (Globicornis) boswelliae, HávA, 2013

HávA, Jiří, 2013, Contribution to the knowledge of the Globicornis Latreille, 1829 species (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae) from Socotra Island (Yemen)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 9, pp. 73-76 : 75-76

Subgenus Globicornis Latreille, 1829

Globicornis (Globicornis) boswelliae sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype (♀): “ Yemen, Socotra Island, Dixam plateau, Wadi Dirhor, open woodland with Boswellia ameero trees , 340 m, 12°28.0´N 54°00.5´E, 15+ 20.vi.2012 ” / “Socotra expedition 2012, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. HulA, P. Kment, I. MAlenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart leg.”, ( NMPC). The type specimen wAs lAbelled with red, printed lAbel beAring the text As follows: “ HOLOTYPE Globicornis (Globicornis) boswelliae sp. nov. J. HávA det. 2013“.

Description.

Female. Body TL 2.4 EW 1.4, tricolorous (Fig. 4). Head black with orange-brown frontal area; finely punctate, with long, yellow pubescence. Palpi brown; pubescence on mentum denser. Eyes very large with brown setae. Ocellus on front present. Antennae light brown with yellow, erect setae, with 10 antennomeres, antennal club with 3 antennomeres, terminal antennal segment large, circular (Fig. 5). Pronotum orange-brown, punctate on the disc like head, densely foveolate posteriorly, with long yellow, recumbent pubescence. Scutellum shining, triangular without pubescence. Elytra finely punctate, with long, white and black, recumbent pubescence; cuticle dark brown; each elytron with one transverse yellowish fascia anteriorly and yellowish apical part covered by yellow pubescence (Fig. 4). Legs light brown, with yellow, short pubescence. Mesosternum coarsely punctate laterally, otherwise finely punctate, covered by yellow, short, recumbent pubescence. Pygidium brown, coarsely punctate with short, recumbent, yellow pubescence. Abdominal sternites with short, recumbent, yellow pubescence.

Male. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from Globicornis (Socotracornis) fallax sp. nov. by the colour and setation of body; from other species belong to the nominotypical subgenus Globicornis differs by the colour patterns on elytrae, bicolorous head and structure of antennae.

Etymology. Named according to the tree Boswellia ameero Balfour ( Burseraceae ).