Dermestocyphon (Oreocyphon) umbratilis ( Klausnitzer, 1976 ) Ruta & Yoshitomi & Klausnitzer, 2013

Ruta, Rafał, Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki & Klausnitzer, Bernhard, 2013, Review of the genus Dermestocyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 253-285 : 276-277

Dermestocyphon (Oreocyphon) umbratilis ( Klausnitzer, 1976) , comb. nov.

( Figs 13 , 96–102 )

Prionocyphon umbratilis Klausnitzer, 1976: 218 .

Cyphon (Oreocyphon) umbratilis: KLAUSNITZER (2008: 87) .

Habitus and genitalia photographs: KLAUSNITZER (2008).

Material examined. INDIA: WEST BENGAL: 1♀ ( BMNH), “INDIA:Darjeeling D.,Algara, 1400 m, 04.04.1984,leg. Ch. J. Rai ” ; NEPAL: 1 ♂ ( NMS), “ Bhojpur Distr., Phedi to Dilkharka , 1500–1900 m, 26.05.1997, leg. W. Schawaller ” .

Description of female. Elytra with a pair of transverse concavities (L 0.15 mm) near apex, with thick tuft of hairs ( Fig. 13 ). Caudal margin of sternite VII relatively straight, with a trilobate structure ( Figs 96, 97 ). Tergite VII (L 0.45 mm, W 0.82 mm) with elongate concave area in mesal portion ( Fig. 98 ). Tergite VIII with a nearly square plate (L 0.34 mm, W 0.37 mm) with fine hairs at the margin, and long apodemes (L 0.94 mm) ( Fig. 100 ). Sternite VIII (L 0.56 mm, W 0.25 mm) in a form of long plate with two groups of fine hairs at the margin ( Fig. 101 ). Ovipositor relatively long; stylus missing (artefact); coxite (L 0.30 mm) narrow ( Fig. 102 ). Bursella with four similar bean-like sclerites (L 0.20 mm, W 0.09 mm); inner portion microreticulated, outer margin microsetose ( Fig. 99 ).

Measurements. Female (n = 1): TL 3.68 mm; PW 1.38 mm; PL 0.60 mm; EW 1.65 mm; EL 3.08 mm.

Distribution. India, Bhutan, Nepal. Not recorded from India before.

Figures

Figs 7–17. Habitus of Dermestocyphon (Oreocyphon) (7–13) and Dermestocyphon (Himacyphon subgen. nov.) (14-17): 7 – D. brancuccii sp. nov., holotype; 8 – D. honorus (Klausnitzer, 1980), male; 9 – ditto, female; 10 – ditto, apex of elytra; 11 – D. niisatoi sp. nov., paratype; 12 – D. thailandicus sp. nov., holotype, male; 13 – D. umbratilis, (Klausnitzer, 1976), female; 14 – D. optatus (Klausnitzer, 1980), male; 15 – ditto, female; 16 – D. sp., female; 17 – ditto, frontal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm (7–9, 11–16).

Figs. 96–102. Dermestocyphon (Oreocyphon) umbratilis (Klausnitzer, 1976), female: 96 – membranous flap on sternite VII; 97 – sternite VII; 98 – tergite VII; 99 – sclerite of bursella; 100 – tergite VIII; 101 – sternite VIII; 102 – ovipositor. Scale bar = 0.5 mm (97, 98, 100–102).