Macroscytus noonadanae FROESCHNER

Macroscytus noonadanae FROESCHNER

(Figs 234­236)

Macroscytus noonadanae FROESCHNER, 1967: 19 ; LIS 1994a: 223.

DESCRIPTION

Body 7.65­8.40 mm in length, 3.77­4.01 in mm in width, chocolate brown, corium a little paler than pronotum and scutellum.

Head dorsally polished and impunctate; clypeus without a subapical pair of hair­like setae, each paraclypeus submarginally with a single preocular setigerous puncture bearing long hair­like seta (Fig. 234); ocular index 1.89­1.98; ocelli large, interocellar index about 8.4­8.5: length of antennal segments (in mm): 0.36­0.40: 0.44­0.46: 0.62­0.67: 0.78­0.79: 0.87­1.02.

Puncturation of pronotal disc well visible, especially laterally and posteriorly; transverse impression behind calli deep, bearing a row of coarse punctures interrupted medially, impression continues laterally backwards to umbones; lateral margins with 4 setigerous punctures bearing long hair­like setae (Fig. 234). Anterior convexity of propleuron with small punctures, depression strong with crowded coarse punctures which become finer and sparser posteriorly.

Scutellar disc with numerous coarse irregularly spaced punctures, its basal part and apex impunctate.

Clavus with one complete row of punctures and few punctures basally; mesocorial disc with scattered almost colourless small punctures; exocorium with very few punctures finer than those on mesocorium; costa almost entirely separated from exocorium, bearing 2 setigerous punctures (Fig. 234).

Male hind femora with short tooth subapically, hind tibiae ventrally with a weak basal emargination and small tubercles.

Abdominal sterna shining, almost smooth, lateral parts weakly wrinkled; each segment with triangular patch of dense fine punctures posterior to spiracle.

Male genitalia as in Figs 235­236.

TYPE DATA

Holotype male: Philippines, Balabac, Dalawan Bay ( ZMUC) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED

Holotype, and 1 paratype: Philippines: Balabac, Dalawan Bay , 1 paratype ( ZMUC) .

DISTRIBUTION

Philippines.