Atomaria schuhi, Esser, 2018

Esser, Jens, 2018, Two new Atomaria S, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from the Oriental Region with remarks on further Atomaria species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 229-233 : 230-231

Atomaria schuhi nov.sp.

Type material: Holotype ♂: " Indonesia: W Java, Telaga Patengan, 1400 m, 2 km SE Rancabali (40 km SSW Bandung ) lg. Schuh 6.8.1994 " [ cES]. Paratypes: 1♀ with the same data as the holotype [ cES] ; 1♀ " Indonesia, W Java, Tangkuban Prahu, 10 km N Bandung , 1500-1700 m, lg. Schuh, 5.8.1994 " [ cES] ; 1♀ " Java: W Java, Cibodas, 50 km E Bogor , 1400 m, 3.-6.XI.1989, Agosti. Löbl, Burckhardt #2a" [ MHNG].

Etymology: To the honour of Rudolf Schuh, who was the collector of the type material.

Description: Male, 1,4 mm, reddish-brown, shiny, hind wings developed. Covered with pale decumbent hairs. Legs slender and pale. Antennae also pale and slender, club well separated but with segments 9, 10 and 11 relatively small, not broader than long. Pronotum broad, convex and with margin slightly angled in middle, broadest also in the middle. Base of pronotum depressed, puncture on surface strong but not dense. Elytra (basal third) with puncture as on pronotum. Elytra rounded, broadest in the basal third, much broader than pronotum.

Comment: Atomaria schuhi nov.sp. ( fig. 2 ) is similar to a few Palaearctic species, especially Atomaria horridula REITTER, 1877 ( fig. 4 ) and A. incertula JOHNSON, 1971 ( fig. 5 ) and the cosmopolitan Atomaria lewisi REITTER, 1877 ( fig. 3 ). They all are separated by their well developed and broad antennal clubs.

Distribution: Known only from West Java from mountain ranges north and south of Bandung.

Figures

Fig. 2-3: (2) Atomaria schuhi nov.sp., paratype, male, West Java; (3) Atomaria lewisi REITTER, 1877 from Europe. Fig. 4-5: (4) Atomaria horridula REITTER, 1877, China; (5) Atomaria incertula JOHNSON, 1971, Nepal.