Nonalatus Gerstmeier

Roland, Gerstmeier & Jonas, Eberle, 2011, Definition and Revision of the Orthrius-group of genera (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), ZooKeys 92, pp. 35-60 : 43

Nonalatus Gerstmeier gen. n. Figs 1734435364

Type species:

Apteroclerus brevis Schenkling, 1908, comb. n. Schenkling 1908: 71.

Distribution:

Aethiopian region (Kilimanjaro).

Material examined:

Apteroclerus brevis (Type), Kilimandj., Sjöstedt; Kiboscho, 3'-4000m; 15. febr.; Bärgs-ängarne; Typus; Bergwiesen, Ericinella-Region, In den trockenen Blumenständen von Lobelia deekeni (NRM).

Description

Head:

Eyes protruding, emarginate at antennal insertion; interocular space two to three eye widths; gular sutures strongly diverging, gular process broad; antennae long, A2 shorter than A3, from A4 slightly dilated apically, A3-A7 becoming shorter, A9 and A10 more or less equal in length, A11 longer than A10, A11 sub-ovate, apical third pinched, without club.

Thorax:

Proepimeron short, not acute; anterior mesosternal process present, broadly bent; metendosternite with very short furcal stalk, stalk base deeply emarginate, furcal arms acute distally (Fig. 17). Elytra ovate, short, compact, strongly constricted at base and towards apex, broadest behind middle, apices broadly rounded, elytral punctation arranged into ten irregular striae; wingless.

Legs:

Relatively long, stout; tarsal pulvillar formula 4-4-2, tibial spur formula 1-2-2; tibiae without longitudinal carinae; claws simple, with a very small, acute basal denticle.

Abdomen:

Apical margin of male ventrite 6 distinctly emarginate (Fig. 53); tegmen very broad, parameres expanded laterally, tapering to an acumination distally, phallobasic struts not fused, phallic struts and phallobasic apodeme not dilated distally (Fig. 43).