Niphadomimus nigriventris Zherikhin, 1987

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Niphadomimus nigriventris Zherikhin, 1987

Figs. 7–9 , 11G–H .

nigriventris Zherikhin, 1987 (Niphadomimus)

Zherikhin, 1987: 17 (description)

Type locality. Nepal, Terhathum Dist. , Tinjura Dara, 2450–2850 m, mixed broad leafved [sic] forest .

Type specimens. Holotype ( Fig. 7 ) originally cited as female and not dissected ( SMNS), label data not recorded when the specimen was studied in 2008. Described from the holotype.

Other material examined. Male ( Figs. 8 , 11G ) #0796 ( CMN) “ Nepal, Khandbari District , " Bakan " W of Tashigaon, 3250m 4.iv.1982, A.&Z.Smetana [p]”; female ( Figs. 9 , 11H ) #4697 ( CMN) “ Nepal, Nuwakot District, between Ghopte and Thare Pati, 3220m, 23.iv.1985, A.Smetana [p]” .

Diagnostic description. Color dark reddish; prosternal depression delimited on each side by longitudinal keel; femoral tooth not higher than its width at base and weakly developed; elytral interstriae unevenly and pronouncedly tuberculate with those on interstria 3 markedly enlarged ( Figs. 7A–B ).

Intraspecific variation. Length: 4.04–4.55 mm.

Distribution. Nuwakot, Sankhuwasabha and Terhathum districts in Eastern Nepal. Elevation: 2450–3250 m.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Niphadomimus nigriventris, holotype. A–B: habitus; C: pronotum. Specimen not measured when imaged; according to the original description body length without rostrum 5.0 mm (Zherikhin 1987: 17).

FIGURE 8. Niphadomimus nigriventris, male, #0796. A–D: habitus; E: proventriculus; F: sternites 8 and 9; G–I: aedeagus and tegmen, lateral (G), dorsal (H) and ventral (I).

FIGURE 9. Niphadomimus nigriventris, female, #4697. A–B: habitus; C: sternite 9; D: apical hemisternite 9 (= “stylus”); E: sternite 8.

FIGURE 11. Niphadomimus spp., pro, meso- and metathorax, ventral (A–G, I) and left ventro-lateral (H). A: Niphadomimus alcyone sp. n., holotype, female, #2493; B: N. alcyone sp. n., paratype, female, #4429; C: N. celaeno sp. n., holotype, male, #2476; D: N electra sp. n., paratype, female, #0879; E: N. maia sp. n., holotype, male, #2730; F: N. merope sp. n., holotype, female #2201; G: N. nigriventris, male, #0796; H: N. nigriventris, female, #4697; I: N. sterope sp. n., holotype, male, #4475.