Xanthopenthes lemoulti, Platia & Pulvirenti, 2023

Xanthopenthes lemoulti n. sp.

( Fig. 21, 43, 80)

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Holotype, ♂, Indonesia, W Java, Soekaboemi, ex. coll. Le Moult ( IRSNB).

Diagnosi s. – A species of the X. miser -group sensu Schimmel, 1999, similar in the general shape, size and colour to X. miser (Candèze) but distinct for the shorter antennae and the lack also as a vestige of a second carina on the posterior angles of pronotum.

Description. – Male.

Moderately shiny.

Coloration. – Entirely brown-ferruginous with dense, recumbent yellowish pubescence.

Head. – Fronsflat,justimpressedinthemiddlebeforetheanteriormargin,thelatter arcuate, in the middle just protruding above the clypeus; punctures coarse, umbilicate, contiguous – Antennae exceeding by one article the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum,serratedfrom thethirdarticleon;secondarticlesmall,globous,long aswide; third sub-triangular, twice longer thanwide, second and third, taken together,a little longer than thefourth;fourth-tenth triangular,graduallyslenderer,from twicetoalittle longerthan wide,withavestigeblackishmid-longitudinalline,not carinate;lastalittle longer,sub-ellipsoidal,constrictedbeforetheapex.(Fig.43).

Pronotum. – 1.06x longer thanwide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex, abruptly sloping at sides and base, sides from behind the middle very slightly and regularly tapering to the apices, just sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter long, acuminate, very slightly divergent, unicarinate, carina short and directed inside; lateral margins complete and visible only in the first half in a dorsal view; punctuation uniformly distributed, punctures on the disk slightly umbilicate with shortest intervals, gradually denser, strongly umbilicate and contiguous towards the sides.

Scutellum . –Tongue-shaped,ridgedatbase,slightlyconvex,roughlypunctured.

Elytra. – 2.64xlongerthanpronotum2.5xlongerthanwide,convex;sides sub-parallel in the first half then very gradually tapering to the apices, the latter rounded;striae regularly marked and punctured,interstriae flat,densely punctured.

Prosternal process. – Sub-horizontal behind the procoxal cavities, pointed and not emarginate at apex.

Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 21 (length 1.62 mm).

Size. – Length 11.2 mm, width 2.93 mm.

Female. – Unknown.

Etymology. – Dedicated to the Memory of the French entomologist E. Le Moult from which collection come the species.

New geonemic records for some species of genus

Xanthopenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 .