Nosodendron papuanense, HávA, 2015

Nosodendron papuanense sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype (male): Papua New Guinea, Onerunka nr Kainantu [6°17´S 145°52´E], ii. 1980, W. G. Ullrich lgt., ( MHNG) GoogleMaps . Paratypes (2 males, 2 females): the same data as with the Holotype, (3 MHNG, 1 JHAC); GoogleMaps (1 female): Irian Jaya: Paniai Prov., Bilogay , 2100-2200 m, 25.12.1995, A. Riedel lgt., ( NHMW); GoogleMaps (1 male, 1 female): Papua New Guinea: Morobe Prov., ridge betw. Aseki-Menyamya, 12.4.1998, 2200 m, A. Riedel lgt., ( NHMW); GoogleMaps (1 male): Papua New Guinea, Morobe prov., Mindik , 1400-1550 m, 27.4.1998, A. Riedel lgt., ( JHAC) GoogleMaps .

Description. Measurements (in mm): total length 4.6-6.3; maximum elytral width 3.1-3.7. Cuticle black, shiny. Head very finely, but clearly punctate, with fine setation. Eyes large, visible from above. Antennae brown, with eleven segments, antennal club three-segmented, with yellow setae. Mentum punctate, with long yellow pubescence, without impression. Pronotum punctate as head; with fine pubescence. Pronotal anterior angle with small groove. Scutellum triangular, finely punctate. Elytra with fine short setae; each elytron with 11 striae with small simple punctures intermixed with small setigerous punctures. Mesosternum finely and regularly punctate. Metasternum without longitudinal carina, impunctate. Legs black, tibiae and femora finely punctate, with short brown setae. Abdominal ventrites black. Longitudinal striation of base of abdominal sternites very short. Male genitalia schematic dorsal view as in Fig. 1 View Figs .

Females look similar to males, showing no difference in external morphology.

Differential diagnosis. N. papuanense sp. nov. belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and differs from other Papuanense species by the characters mentioned in the table below. From all other known species it differs by the shape of its aedeagus.

Distribution. Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya.

Name derivation. The species is named after Papua, where the holotype was collected.