Macroscytus tamatavei J.A. LIS

Macroscytus tamatavei J.A. LIS

(Figs 302­306)

Macroscytus tamatavei J.A. LIS, 1999d .

DESCRIPTION

Body 12.58 mm in length, 6.42 mm in width, almost entirely black, only corium dark castaneous to some extent.

Head dorsally polished, slightly wrinkled in lateral parts of paraclypei, at first glance looking impunctate, but bearing numerous hardly visible tiny punctures; clypeus without subapical hair­like setae, each paraclypeus submarginally with a single preocular setigerous puncture bearing long hair­like seta (Fig. 303); ocular index 1.90; interocellar index 6.7; length of antennal segments (in mm): 0.60: 0.76: 1.07: 1.39, 5 th segment missing.

Puncturation of pronotal disc well visible, especially behind head and callal areas; transverse discal impression behind calli well developed, deep and punctate; lateral margins of pronotum with 4­5 submarginal setigerous punctures bearing long hair­like setae (Fig. 302). Anterior convexity of propleuron dulled and densely punctate with small punctures, posterior convexity with large scattered punctures, propleural depression densely and coarsely punctate.

Scutellar disc with irregularly scattered punctures, its basal fourth impunctate.

Clavus with one complete and two partial rows of punctures; mesocorial disc almost evenly punctate; exocorium narrow, weakly punctate; costa narrow, slightly convex, somewhat flattened basally, almost entirely separated from exocorium, its margin with two setigerous punctures bearing long hair­like setae (Fig. 302).

Hind femur with well visible tubercles on its ventral margin, and large subapical tooth on dorsal margin (Fig. 304); hind tibia with a row of subbasal denticles (Fig. 304).

Abdominal sterna punctate laterally, around spiracles and trichobothria.

Male genitalia as in Figs 305­306.

TYPE DATA

Holotype male: Madagascar, Tamatave prov. Moramanga env. ( USMB) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Holotype.

DISTRIBUTION

Madagascar.