Cephennium cavallomontis, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Cephennium cavallomontis nov.sp. ( Figs 59-62 View Figs 59-62 )

T y p e M a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: Italy / Belluno , Monte Cavallo, Casera Palantina, 1450-1500 m, 46.1194°N, 12.4743°E, 14.7.1934, lawn litter, leg. E. Pechlaner. / Cephennium cavallomontis nov.sp. ♁ det. Kahlen GoogleMaps / Holotype ( TLMF) . Paratypes: 1♁ 1♀: Italy / Belluno , Monte Cavallo, Tambre [d´Alpago], 900-950 m, 46.1288°N, 12.4236°E, 9.7.1934, sifted from Rhododendron sp. leaflitter, leg. E. Pechlaner ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 6♀♀: Bosco del Cansiglio , 1000-1200 m, 46.0923°N, 12.4204°E, 11.7.1934, beech leaf litter, leg. E. Pechlaner ( TLMF) GoogleMaps .

E t y m o l o g y: The species name derives from its occurrence in the endemic-rich Monte Cavallo massif.

Description Habitus as in Fig. 59 View Figs 59-62 . Body length 1.2-1.25 mm. Body uniformly light reddish-brown and glossy, hair sparsely and moderately long, slightly erect. Head with scattered isolated punctures, pronotum finely and sparsely punctured, elytra scarcely coarser and denser punctured. Pronotum in males without basal bulge, elytra distinctly narrower. In males, the tibiae are inconspicuous, without markings. Underside: ♁ with metaventrite glossy, moderately deeply incised, finely and sparsely punctured throughout the center, then almost abruptly coarser and very densely punctured at the edges, towards the outer sides the punctures become slightly finer and sparse. Hair sparse, short, and appressed ( Fig. 61 View Figs 59-62 ). Genitalia: Length 0.37 mm. Dorsal Fig. 60 View Figs 59-62 , lateral Fig. 62 View Figs 59-62 .