Balchis hartmanni, 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 : 83

Balchis hartmanni spec. nov.

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( Figs 21-23 )

Examined material: Holotype: Ethiopia, Oromia prov., Mt Enkuolo , NE slope, 3200-3300 m, 07°23'45"N, 39°22'27"E, J. Schmidt 8.XII.2016 ( NME); paratypes: same data, 7, 11 ( NME), 3, 4 (cB).

Description: Length of body 6.3 mm, from anterior margin of head to posterior margin of elytra: 2.7 mm. Brachypterous, reddish brown with lighter antennae and legs. Head ovoid with rounded sides and almost obsolete posterior angles. Eyes very small and flat. Similar to B. alpica BORDONI, 2016 but body robustior and darker; head less dilated anteriad, laterally with deeper and denser punctation; pronotum not sub-rectangular, sub-ovoid, more dilated anteriad, with more oblique anterior margins and with deeper punctation.

Tergite and sternite of the male genital segment as in Figs 21-22 . Aedeagus ( Fig. 23 ) 0.55 mm long, subspherical, with asymmetric parameres, the right dilated in the proximal portion; distal lobule sub-rectangular with sub-acute apex; inner sac partially everted, indefinable, with some, very fine scales.

Etymology: Patronymic. Dedicated as a sign of esteem to the friend and colleague Dr. Matthias Hartmann, Director of the Naturkundemuseum of Erfurt.

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

Figures

Figs 18–23: Balchis oromiana spec. nov.: tergite (18) and sternite (19) of the male genital segment and aedeagus (20); Balchis hartmanni spec. nov.: tergite (21) and sternite (22) of the male genital segment and aedeagus (23) (scale bar: 0.1 mm).