Micraspis unicus Poorani

Micraspis unicus Poorani

( Fig. 134 View FIGURE 134 )

Micraspis unicus Poorani, 2019: 190 ( Holotype male, NBAIR; Type locality: Arunachal Pradesh).

Diagnosis. Length: 3.33 mm; width: 3.05 mm. Form ( Fig. 134a–c View FIGURE 134 ) broad oval to almost round, nearly as long as wide, broadest around middle of elytra and apically narrowed; dorsum convex and glabrous except head with white hairs around clypeal margin. Head creamy white or yellow, rest of dorsum and ventral side yellowish, pronotum with an indistinct pale yellowish-brown median marking, pronotum and elytra with lateral margins transparent. Epipleuron at its widest almost half as wide as metaventrite ( Fig. 134d View FIGURE 134 ). Abdominal postcoxal lines ( Fig. 134e View FIGURE 134 ) incomplete, short. Male genitalia ( Fig. 134h–k View FIGURE 134 ) and spermatheca ( Fig. 134g View FIGURE 134 ) as illustrated. It can be separated from its Indian congeners by its medium-large size, uniform yellow-orange body with distinctly explanate elytra, small scutellar shield, epipleuron at its widest almost half as wide as metaventrite, and the distinctive male genitalia and spermatheca.

Distribution. India ( Arunachal Pradesh).

Note. See Poorani (2019) for detailed description.