Nosodendron irianense, HávA, 2015

Nosodendron irianense sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype (male): Irian Jaya: Paniai Prov., Bilogay , 2100-2200m, 25.12.1995, A. Riedel lgt., ( NHMW) . Paratype (1 male): the same data as Holotype, ( JHAC) .

Description. Measurements (in mm): total length 4.2-4.3; maximum elytral width 2.3-2.4. Cuticle black, shiny. Head very finely, but clearly punctate, with fine setae. 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 without small groove. Scutellum triangular, finely punctate. Elytra with fine setation; each elytron with small simple punctures intermixed with small setigerous punctures. Mesosternum finely and regularly punctate. Metasternum without longitudinal carina, punctures very small on lateral margins. Legs dark brown, tibiae and femora finely punctate, with short brown pubescence. Abdominal ventrites dark brown. Longitudinal striation of base of abdominal sternites very short. Male genitalia schematic dorsal view as in Fig. 3 View Figs .

Female unknown.

Differential diagnosis. N. irianense 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: Paniai Prov.

Name derivation. The species is named after Irian Jaya, were the holotype was collected.