Nosodendron jaechi, HávA, 2015

Nosodendron jaechi sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype (male): Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya Prov., Samboka, upper Kolff river , ca. 200m, 10- 14.10.1996, A. Riedel lgt., ( NHMW) . Paratypes (2 females): the same data as Holotype, ( NHMW, JHAC) .

Description. Measurements (in mm): total length 4.8-6.3; maximum elytral width 3.4-3.8. Cuticle black, shiny. Head very finely, but clearly punctate, with fine setation. Eyes large, yellowish-brown, visible from above. Antennae dark brown, with eleven segments, antennal club three-segmented, with yellow setae. Mentum with large punctures, 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 setation; with small ill-defined punctures intermixed small with seta-bearing punctures. Mesosternum finely and regularly punctate. Metasternum without longitudinal carina, punctures small on all margins. Legs black, tibiae and femora finely punctate, with short brown pubescence. Abdominal ventrites black. Longitudinal striation of the base of abdominal sternites very short. Male genitalia schematic dorsal view as in Fig. 4 View Figs .

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

Differential diagnosis. N. jaechi 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. Irian Jaya: Jayawijaya Prov.

Name derivation. Patronymic, dedicated to the curator of Coleoptera in NHMW, Dr. Manfred A. Jäch.