Attagenus yemensis, HáVA & Herrmann, 2014

HáVA, Jiří & Herrmann, Andreas, 2014, Attagenus yemensis sp. nov., a new species from Yemen (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Attageninae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 10, pp. 167-172 : 168-172

Tribe Attagenini

Attagenus yemensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 1-3)

Type material. Holotype (♂) labelled¡ “ Jemen, Ta´izz, ix.2000, LichtFAlle, T.V.HArten lgt.”, ( AHEC). Paratypes ¡ (1 ♂)¡ the same data as the Holotype, ( JHAC); (1 ♂)¡ Yemen, Ta´izz, 22-23.iii.1992, R. Linnavuori lgt., ( MZHF); (1 ♂, 1 ♀)¡ Yemen, Sana´a gov., 5 km SW of Al Badia vill., (steppe with Aerva , Opuntia ), 15°04.7´N 43°46.7´E, ca 1.475 M, 5+ 19.xi.2010, Jiří HájeK lgt., ( NMPC). Type speciMens were labelled with red, printed labels beAring the text As Follows: “ HOLOTYPE [or PARATYPE, respectively] Attagenus yemensis sp. nov. J. Háva & A. Herrmann det. 2014”.

Description.

Male. Body measurements (mm)¡ TL 3.2 EW 1.9; cuticle brown on dorsal surfaces, and light brown on ventral surfaces; small and ovate.

Head finely punctate with short, yellow, recumbent pubescence. Palpi entirely light brown; pubescence on mentum denser. Ocellus on front present. Eyes large, with microsetae. Antennae brown, with 11 antennomeres, antennal club with 3 antennomeres (Fig. 2).

Pronotum finely punctate like head, covered by long, yellow, recumbent pubescence, discally with one small, black, distinct spot and two very small black spots near lateral parts. Lateral part covered by short, yellow pubescence. Anterior angles not visible from above.

Scutellum triangular, finely punctate as pronotum, without pubescence.

Elytra finely punctate; cuticle brown, covered by yellow and brown, recumbent pubescence. Each elytron with three transverse fasciae and apical spot of yellow pubescence (Fig. 1). Prosternal process broad and long, covered by short, yellow recumbent pubescence.

Mesoventrum and metaventrum with short, yellow recumbent pubescence, finely punctured.

Abdominal ventrites light brown with short, yellow recumbent pubescence.

Legs brown with whitish-yellow pubescence; tibiae with short, dark-brown thorns along shaft.

Male genitalia (Fig. 3).

Female. Externally similar to male, but antennal club is smaller.

Differential diagnosis. The new species is similar to Attagenus heydeni (Reitter, 1881) and A. kadeji Háva, 2012 but differs from them by the following characters¡

— terminal antennomere very short (Fig. 2), pronotum with one small black spot discally and two very small black spots near lateral pArt…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A. yemensis sp. nov.

— terminal antennomere long (Fig. 4), pronotum with one large black spot discally and two very small black spots near lateral parts………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A. heydeni (Reitter, 1881)

— terminal antennomere long (Fig. 5), pronotum with unicolorous, long, grey pubescence……………………………………………………………………………………………… A. kadeji Háva, 2012

Etymology.Named after the country Yemen, where the species was discovered.

Acknowledgements

We are indebted to the German coleopterist Dr. Michael Geisthardt, a well known specialist of the family Lampyridae , who spared and provided us with his interesting material from Yemen and to M. RAKoVič (PrAgue, Czech Republic) For corrections to the English MAnuscript. This reseArch wAs supported by the Internal Grant Agency (IGA n.20124364), Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague.

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