Notolinopsis dodolanus, Bordoni, 2019

Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2019, New data on the Afrotropical Xantholinini. 3. New species from Ethiopia of the Naturkundemuseum, Erfurt (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 69 (1), pp. 79-85 : 82

Notolinopsis dodolanus spec. nov.

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Examined material: Holotype: Ethiopia, Oromia prov., Western Bale Mts, abov. Dodola , 2700-2850 m, 06°53'49"N, 39°11'32"E, J. Schmidt 10-11.XII.2016 ( NME); paratype: 1 (cB).

Description: Length of body 8 mm, from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 4.8 mm. Apterous, reddish brown with brown light antennae and legs. Head ovoid, moderately narrowed anteriad, with barely rounded sides and narrowly rounded posterior angles. Eyes small and flat. Surface of head with more or less transverse, fine and dense micro-striation and deep, sparse punctation, apart a median stripe. Pronotum massive, sub-parallel, longer and wider than head, with sub-rectilinear sides, and anterior margins widely rounded from the neck up to half the length of pronotum. Surface similar to that of head, with dorsal series of 6-7 deep, very sparse punctures and lateral series of 4-5 punctures. Elytra short, sub-rectangular, shorter and narrower than pronotum, with sub-rectilinear sides and obsolete humeral angles. Surface wrinkled, with numerous series of deep, sparse punctures. Abdomen with more or less transverse, fine and dense micro-striation and fine but evident, dense punctures, arranged in numerous series on each segment.

Male unknown.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the type locality.

Distribution: The species is known only from the type locality.

Remarks: I describe this species, although it is a female, because, having studied the Afrotropical Xantholinini ( BORDONI, 2016) , I know for sure that no Notolinopsis of Ethiopia were known, since the genus occurs only in South Africa, Congo, Kenya and Tanzania, with different taxa. The two species here described are different between them for several exoskeletal characters. In particular Notolinopsis dodolanus spec. nov. differs from N. aethiopicus spec. nov. by very larger body, darker color, broader head and pronotum, deeper punctation on head, pronotum and elytra, longer and wider elytra, with denser punctation.