Cyphochilus satyarthii Sabatinelli 2020, n. sp.

Cyphochilus satyarthii n. sp. Figs 35-37 Holotype: MHNG (MHNG-ENTO-81689); 1 ♂; SIKKIM: // Himalaja [sic] / Sikkim // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Cyphochilus / satyarthii mihi / G. Sabatinelli, 2020 (T on red) //. Paratypes: 3 specimens. SIKKIM: ISNB; 1 ♂; Sikkim; ex coll. Ley. – PCMN; 1 ♂; India, Sikkim east, Gantok, env. 2000 -2500 m, Fambong-Lo forest; 8-15.VII.1997; Jan Schneider lgt. WEST BENGAL: MNHN; 1 ♂; Pedong [Kalimpong]; A. Desgodins; ex coll. R. Oberthur. Description of the holotype male: Size – BL: 18.5 mm, BW: 7.6 mm, BWX: 9.8 mm, situated in the distal third of elytra. Color – Integument dark... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sabatinelli, Guido
Dokumenttyp: other
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Coleoptera / Melolonthidae / Cyphochilus / Cyphochilus satyarthii
Sprache: unknown
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Cyphochilus satyarthii n. sp. Figs 35-37 Holotype: MHNG (MHNG-ENTO-81689); 1 ♂; SIKKIM: // Himalaja [sic] / Sikkim // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Cyphochilus / satyarthii mihi / G. Sabatinelli, 2020 (T on red) //. Paratypes: 3 specimens. SIKKIM: ISNB; 1 ♂; Sikkim; ex coll. Ley. – PCMN; 1 ♂; India, Sikkim east, Gantok, env. 2000 -2500 m, Fambong-Lo forest; 8-15.VII.1997; Jan Schneider lgt. WEST BENGAL: MNHN; 1 ♂; Pedong [Kalimpong]; A. Desgodins; ex coll. R. Oberthur. Description of the holotype male: Size – BL: 18.5 mm, BW: 7.6 mm, BWX: 9.8 mm, situated in the distal third of elytra. Color – Integument dark brown while legs and appendices reddish brown; dorsal surface with scales uniformly white cream, more dense along sides of pronotum and margins of elytra. Head – CW/L: 2.8; anterolateral edges of clypeus slightly angulate, lateral edges of clypeus gradually rounded posteriad; frons large, making eyes not prominent (F/O: 7.7); antennal club slightly longer than antennomeres 2-7 (A2-7/CL: 0.9). Pronotum – Transverse (PnW/L: 2.1), strongly convex, slightly concave just behind eyes; apical angles flattened, right, not protuberant; basal lateral margins gently curved, basal angles obtuse and smooth. Elytra – Without any stria visible. Thoracic sterna – Surface with long, yellowish-brown pubescence and scattered scales; mesosternum well developed anteriorly (MstL: 1.39 mm) between the mesocoxae, pointed and curved dorsally. Abdomen – Sternites with sparse scales (the eight sternite is absent in the holotype specimen); pygidium convex with apical margin reflected. Legs – Protibia tridentate, smallest tooth at base; slender apical tooth subequal to middle tooth. Aedeagus – Parameres slightly asymmetric, both curved dorsally (Figs 35, 37; external margin of right paramere with a spur in the distal third (Fig. 35). Variability: BL: 18-20 mm. Female: Unknown. Etymology: Kailash Satyarthi was recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, founder of multiple social organizations in favor of children’s rights in India, from where the new ...