Bambara subtortuosa, Darby, Michael, 2019

Darby, Michael, 2019, New Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) from Sarawak in the spirit collection of the Natural History Museum, London, European Journal of Taxonomy 512, pp. 1-50 : 8

Bambara subtortuosa sp. nov.

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Fig. 3C, F

Diagnosis

Determined by the dark colouration and the form of the spermatheca which can only be confused with B. tortuosa sp. nov., but the ‘corkscrew’ in that species is longer and the coils arranged differently.

Etymology

Name recognises the close similarity of the spermatheca with that of B. tortuosa sp. nov.

Type material

Holotype MALAYSIA-BORNEO • ♀; Sarawak, 4 th division, Gunung Mulu National Park ; ca 100 m a.s.l.; Mar.– May 1978; I. Hanski leg., BM 1978 -524 ; pitfall trap fish bait alluvial forest; BMNH.

Paratypes

MALAYSIA-BORNEO • 2 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; BMNH .

Description

SIZE. Habitus ( Fig. 3F ), length 0.62 mm.

COLOUR. Dark brown species, closely covered with short yellow pubescence. Antennae pale yellow, antennomeres III-XI, length 0.20 mm.

HEAD. Eyes small, prominent, distance across eyes 0.20 mm.

PRONOTUM. Length 0.15 mm, width 0.31 mm, hind corners projected rearwards in dorsal view.

ELYTRA. Length 0.39 mm, width 0.32 mm.

FEMALE GENITALIA. Spermatheca robust with a small ‘corkscrew’ ( Fig. 3 Fa–3Fb).

MALE GENITALIA. Males not known.

Figures

Fig. 3. A–C. Bambara spp., habitus. A. B. hammondi sp. nov. B. B. tortuosa sp. nov. C. B. subtortuosa sp. nov. D–F. Bambara spp., spermathecae. D. B. hammondi sp. nov. Ea–Eb. B. tortuosa sp. nov. Fa– Fb. B. subtortuosa sp. nov. G. Bambara tortuosa sp. nov., aedeagus.