Orphinus (Orphinus) crassus, HávA, 2016

HávA, Jiří, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of genus Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 from India (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 377-382 : 378-379

Orphinus (Orphinus) crassus sp. nov. ( Figs. 3-5 )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ S. India, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, 15 km S of Kotagiri, Kunchappanai env., ca. 900 m, beated from blossom tree, 20-23.V.1999, 76°56’E 11°22’N, Z. KejvAl & M. TrýznA leg., ( JHAC).

Description.

Male. Body oval, TL 1.95 mm, EW 1.35 mm. Head, pronotum and elytra black, shiny, without patterns

( Fig. 3 ), black on venter. Head coarsely punctate with long, suberect, black setation. Palpi brown;

setation on mentum denser. Eyes small, with black microsetae. Ocellus on front present. Antennae brown with black setae, with 11 antennomeres, antennal club with 2 antennomeres, terminal antennal segment circular ( Fig. 4 ). Pronotum black, disc finely punctate, densely foveolate posteriorly, with long, suberect, black setae. Scutellum black, triangular, without setation. Elytra foveolate; humerus with one small bump; elytral surface with long, suberect black setation; cuticle black with reddish pattern ( Fig. 3 ). Epipleuron black, anteriorly broad, finely punctate, with short, black setation. Legs dark brown with dark brown setation. Mesosternum coarsely punctate laterally, otherwise finely punctate, covered by long, recumbent, black setation. Abdominal visible ventrites black, with long,

recumbent, black setation. Male genitalia ( Fig. 5 ).

Female. Unknown.

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Differential diagnosis. See the following key.

Etymology. Named according to grossly punctate elytra.

Figures

Figs. 3-5.- Orphinus (Orphinus) crassus sp. nov: 3.- Habitus dorsal aspect. 4.- Antennae. 5.- Male genitalia.