Orphinus (Picorphinus) guernei Pic, 1916

Háva, Jiří, 2008, Contribution to the species of the genus Orphinus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) described by Maurice Pic with a description of Picorphinus subgen. n., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 59-63 : 59-63

Orphinus (Picorphinus) guernei Pic, 1916

comb. subgen. n.

( Figs 1-2)

Orphinus guernei Pic, 1916: 16 .

Orphinus (Orphinus) guernei : Mroczkowski, 1968: 128. (catalogued)

Orphinus (Orphinus) guernei : Háva, 2003: 122. (catalogued)

Type material. Holotype (male): „Kandy, 20/3 (J. de Guerne)“ [handwritten label] / „ Thaumaglossa “ [handwritten label] / „ Orphinus probabl“ [handwritten label] / „Type“ [handwritten label] / „non Orphinus par ses antennes“ [handwritten label] / „ Orphinus Guernei Pic “ [handwritten label] / „Type“ [red, printed label]. Holotype deposited in MNHN.

Original description. „ Orphinus Guernei n. sp. Oblong-oval, nitidus, minute et sparse punctatus, atro et fulvo pubescens, niger, antennis, tibiis tarsisque testaceis. Long. 2.5 mill. Ceylan: Kandy (J. de Guerne). – Peut se placer prčs de O. funestus Arrow. ”

Redescription. Body ( Fig. 1) dorsally and ventrally dark brown; oval, body length 2.5 mm; maximum body width 1.4 mm. Head finely punctuate, fringed with long brown pubescence. Palpi brown; pubescence on mentum denser; eye very large, fringed with brown setae; ocellus in front present. Antennae 11-segmented, brown, fringed with short brown setae; club 3- segmented, terminal antennal segment long and suboval ( Fig. 2); segment X very broad. Punctuation of pronotal disk similar to that of head, densely foveolate posteriorly, with long brown pubescence. Pronotal antennal cavity very broad, coarsely punctuate. Scutellum triangular, fringed with short light brown pubescence. Elytra densely foveolate with long brown pubescence; cuticle dark brown without patterns of differently colored pubescence. Epipleuron brown, finely punctuate. Legs brown, with light-brown pubescence. Mesosternum laterally coarsely punctuate, punctures fine otherwise. Abdominal sternites with short light brown pubescence; first abdominal segment with distinct oblique discal striae. Male genitalia: parameres slightly curved towards apex, median lobe broad.

Female unknown.

Remarks. O. guernei is habitually very similar to O. funestus Arrow, 1915 (antennae yellow), but differs from it by the form and colour of antennae. Mr. Kalík has loaned this species 30 years ago (during the years 1977-1978) and has studied the holotype. Male genitalia of this species is in very bad shape.

Distribution. This species is known only from Sri Lanka.