Anthrenus (s. str.) crypticus, Holloway, 2024

Anthrenus (s. str.) crypticus sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 View Fig , 2 View Fig ) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D66B56CC-200B-48A5-B7C3-6565B084C6B9

Type material

Holotype male NHML Togo, Fazao-Malfakasia NP, Mare aux Crocodiles Campsite, 8.750N 0.814E, Aristopharius, M., Geiser, M., Moretto, P., Sanbena, B. leg., 26 viii 2018 – 8 ix 2018. Sudanian savannah/gallery forest. ANHRT: 2018.31, BMNH (E): 2018-148, NHMUK014374284 About NHMUK . GoogleMaps

Diagnosis

Holotype Anthrenus (s. str.) crypticus (BL= 2.23 mm, BW= 1.54 mm) ( Fig. 1A View Fig ), with dark brown ocellus in centre of vertex, just below the level with top of eyes. Face covered in dark yellow and brown scales, the yellow scales mostly around the inner edges of the eyes, and the brown scales mostly on the vertex. Notch on the lower inner margin of the eye. Integument of the pronotum very dark brown, similar to colour on and around the small triangular scutellum and across the bases of the elytra. Posterior from scutellum, integument reddens slightly towards the elytral apices. Dorsal surface entirely covered in broad oval scales, each one of three colours: pale yellow, darker dirty coloured yellow, or very dark brown. The dark brown scales are concentrated mostly across the basal half of the elytra, and the yellow scales commoner across the apical halves of the elytra, especially along the elytral suture and around a elytral apices. Integument of ventrites ( Fig. 2B View Fig ) very dark brown and covered with pale but dirty brownish-coloured scales that become a shade darker towards the ventrite margins and across ventrite 5. Small patches of brown and dark brown scales on the anterior edge of the margins of ventrites 2-5. No such patch of scales at the margins of ventrite 1. Eleven-segmented antenna ( Fig. 1C View Fig ) entirely dark red. Well-defined, three segmented club (AL=156 µm, AW=111 µm). Tibiae and tarsi red, femora a shade darker with pale yellow scales on the anterior side.