Cephennium montiumliguriae, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Cephennium montiumliguriae nov.sp. ( Figs 51-54 View Figs 51-54 , 84 View Figs 79-87 )

T y p e M a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: Italy / Imperia , Val Giara di Rezzo, right slope of the valley, 600 m, 44.0106°N, 7.8631°E, 29.3.1988, roots, leg. Kahlen. / Cephennium montiumliguriae nov.sp. ♁ det. Kahlen GoogleMaps / Holotype TLMF. Paratypes: 1♀: same data as holotype, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 3♀♀: Italy / Imperia , Passo di Fenaira N side, 1250 m, 43.9903°N, 7.8476°E, 26.9.2000, soil and gravel between rocks, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 1♁ 2♀♀: Italy / Savona , Quiliano W, Val Danè, bottom of the valley N Faia, 180 m, 44.2775°N, 8.3711°E, 2.4.1988, at the base of alder, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 3♁♁: Italy / Savona , Colle di Melogno WSW, Bric Merizzo W side, 1150 m, 44.2229°N, 8.1803°E, 28.9.2000, roots in rock crevices, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁ 1♀: Italia / Savona , Colle di Melogno, 1000 m, 44.2346°N, 8.1919°E, 16.5.2016, leg. M. Kocian, det. Kahlen (cMey) GoogleMaps

E t y m o l o g y: The species name is derived from its distribution in the wooded mountains of the Ligurian Alps.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Habitus as in Fig. 51 View Figs 51-54 . Body length 1.05-1.1 mm, body width 0.4 mm. Body slender, along with appendages light yellowish-brown; shiny, pilosity dense, moderately long, and slightly erect. Head shiny, laterally with individual fine hair-bearing points, instead of faceted eyes with a distinctly elevated and domed unstructured surface, from the upper edge of which individual hairs emerge, without elevation above the base of the antenna. Antennal segment 1 short, rounded, 2 1/3 times longer than wide, 3-6 nearly spherical, 7 and 8 broader than long, 8 substantially smaller than 7, the three-segmented club broadening towards the tip sharply demarcated from it. Pronotum 1.2 times wider than long, shiny, with fine and widespread punctures anteriorly and laterally, becoming denser and coarser towards the middle and posteriorly, the lateral margin increasing in width from the anterior quarter, sharp and distinct in the posterior two-thirds and weakly constricted very slightly straight towards the rear; basal pits indistinct and shallowly rounded towards the lateral margin. Elytra longer than wide (1.6:1), weakly but evenly rounded laterally, also rounded posteriorly; shiny and compared to the pronotum with fine punctures throughout, basal foveae very shallowly rounded and smooth, small tomentose patch at the anterior margin. In males, anterior tibiae weakly thickened, but without other distinctions. Underside:♁ Metaventrite shallowly depressed, strongly shiny, loosely, but long pilose over the entire surface, punctures faint and widespread in the depression and on its lateral ridges among the pilosity, becoming clearer towards the extreme lateral margin ( Fig. 53 View Figs 51-54 ). Genitalia: Length 0.3 mm. Dorsal Fig. 52 View Figs 51-54 and 84 View Figs 79-87 ., lateral Fig. 54 View Figs 51-54 .