taxonID	type	description	language	source
F4F6029E56F08F1089EBD7292925CE32.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Elytra black with apical part yellowish brown, maculae oblique expending from apical 1 / 3 of suture to lateral 1 / 2 length of lateral margin; Penis extremely robust, arcuate, swollen anteriorly with small inner branch, narrowest at middle; Penis guide, in lateral view, widest at base, gradually narrowing to pointed apex. In ventral view, shovel shaped, only a little longer than broad, slightly narrowing to basal 1 / 3, thence gradually narrowing to small rounded apex.	en	Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Wang, Xingmin (2017): Pseudaspidimeruspalatus, a new species of the genus Pseudaspidimerus Kapur, 1948 from the Malay Peninsula (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 706: 109-115, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081
F4F6029E56F08F1089EBD7292925CE32.taxon	description	Description. TL: 1.91 - 2.07 mm, EL: 1.43 - 1.49 mm, TW: 1.56 - 1.66 mm, TH: 1.00 - 1.06 mm, PL: 0.64 - 0.73 mm, PW: 1.13 - 1.25 mm, HW: 0.76 - 0.81 mm, ID: 0.40 - 0.43 mm, TL / TW: 1.22 - 1.25, PL / PW: 0.57 - 0.58, EL / EW: 0.90 - 0.92, HW / PW: 0.65 - 0.67, PW / EW: 0.72 - 0.75, ID / HW: 0.53. Body oblong oval, densely covered with short, silvery white pubescence (Fig. 1 a). Head yellow in male (Fig. 1 b) and black in female. Pronotum black with anterior margin narrowly reddish brown and ante-lateral corners with a small triangular yellow spot. Elytra black with apical part yellowish brown, maculae oblique expending from apical 1 / 3 of suture to lateral 1 / 2 length of lateral margin. Underside dark brown to black except mouthpart, prothoracic hypomeron, and legs yellow. Mentum dark brown. Posterior margin of ventrite 6 strongly emarginate in male and broadly rounded in female (Fig. 1 d-e). Punctures on frons fine and dense, 0.5 - 1.0 diameters apart; on elytra and pronotum sparse, 1.0 - 2.0 diameters apart; on metaventrite fine and sparse on middle part, coarse and densely distributed laterally (Fig. 2 a). Ventral surface with short, dense, silvery pubescence. Male genitalia. Penis extremely robust, arcuate, swollen anteriorly with small inner branch, narrowest at middle (Fig. 1 g). Tegminal strut slightly shorter than main part of tegmen. Parameres slightly longer than phallobase length and a little shorter than penis guide, apex with long sparse setae (Fig. 1 h). Penis guide, in lateral view, widest at base, gradually narrowing to pointed apex. In ventral view, shovel shaped, only a little longer than broad, slightly narrowing to basal 1 / 3, thence gradually narrowing to small rounded apex (Fig. 1 i). Female genitalia. Coxites fairly broad, 0.5 times as long as wide, with a projection on basal end, apical and outer margin with dense, long setae. Spermatheca curved, C-shaped, ramus and nodulus not clearly differentiated (Fig. 1 f).	en	Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Wang, Xingmin (2017): Pseudaspidimeruspalatus, a new species of the genus Pseudaspidimerus Kapur, 1948 from the Malay Peninsula (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 706: 109-115, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081
F4F6029E56F08F1089EBD7292925CE32.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Thailand (Ranong, Yala), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Singapore.	en	Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Wang, Xingmin (2017): Pseudaspidimeruspalatus, a new species of the genus Pseudaspidimerus Kapur, 1948 from the Malay Peninsula (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 706: 109-115, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081
F4F6029E56F08F1089EBD7292925CE32.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin noun " pala " and postfix " - atus ", referring to that its penis guide looks like a shovel in ventral view.	en	Huo, Lizhi, Li, Wenjing, Wang, Xingmin (2017): Pseudaspidimeruspalatus, a new species of the genus Pseudaspidimerus Kapur, 1948 from the Malay Peninsula (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). ZooKeys 706: 109-115, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.706.18081
