Binburrum ruficollis ( Champion, 1895 )

Hsiao, Yun & Pollock, Darren A., 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the endemic Australian genus Binburrum Pollock, 1995 (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae), with description of three new species, The Canadian Entomologist 153 (2), pp. 244-256 : 249

Binburrum ruficollis ( Champion, 1895) .

Figures 1E , 6C–D , 8C–D .

Techmessa ruficollis Champion, 1895: 248 .

Material examined (see Pollock (1995) for details on other specimens). New South Wales: 34° 23 ʹ S, 150°50 ʹ E, Mt. Keira, 3 km W, 10.xi.1990, Tom Gush leg. ( one male) ( ANIC). Distribution. Australia : Tasmania , and Victoria to southeastern New South Wales.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus of Binburrum, dorsal view. A, B. angusticollis Pollock, 1995, holotype; B, B. bifoveicollis (Lea, 1917); C, B. concavifrons Pollock, 1995, holotype; D, B. ephippiatum (Wilson, 1926), lectotype; E, B. ruficollis (Champion, 1895); B. articuno new species: F, holotype; G, paratype; H, B. moltres new species, holotype; I, B. sp., presumably colour variation of B. moltres new species; J, B. zapdos new species, holotype. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

Fig. 6. Genitalic tegmen of Binburrum zapdos new species, in comparison with B. bifoveicollis (Lea, 1917) and B. ruficollis (Champion, 1895). Binburrum bifoveicollis (Lea, 1917): A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; B. ruficollis (Champion, 1895): C, dorsal view and D, lateral view; B. zapdos new species, holotype: E, dorsal view, F, lateral view, and hand drawings G, dorsal view and H, lateral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 8. Comparison of median lobes amongst Binburrum bifoveicollis (Lea, 1917), B. ruficollis (Champion, 1895), and B. zapdos new species. Binburrum bifoveicollis (Lea, 1917): A, ventral view and B, lateral view; B. ruficollis (Champion, 1895): C, ventral view and D, lateral view; B. zapdos new species, holotype: E, ventral view and F, lateral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.