Aradosyrtis sexmaculatus, Heiss & Eckelt, 2025

Aradosyrtis sexmaculatus nov.sp. ( Figs 19-22 View Figs 19-22 )

Holotype: ♁. MALAYSIA - Sabah / Kinabalu Nat. Park / Headqu. env. / 8-10 VII 92 E.Heiss // . Paratypes: 2♀♀ collected with holotype ( CEHI). Types are labelled accordingly.

E t y m o l o g y: Refers to its pattern of six lighter coloured spots on scutellum.

D i a g n o s i s:Recognized and distinguished by the pattern of scutellum.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Habitus elongate oval, about 2.4 times as long as wide; colouration yellowish brown with lighter parts and patches; scutellum with a pattern of six ill defined lighter oval spots.

H e a d. Slightly longer than wide, clypeus bulbous beset with tubercles; antennae longer than width of head; vertex with larger tubercles.

P r o n o t u m. Anterior lobe raised and beset with larger tubercles, separated from posterior lobe by a transverse furrow; lateral margins strongly converging anteriorly, humeri rounded; posterior lobe with four tuberculate carinae.

S c u t e l l u m. Basal elevation with 4 larger and two smaller tubercles; lateral margins, median ridge and exposed corium beset with long spaced tubercles; disk with flat round punctures.

A b d o m e n. Lateral margins of deltg II-VII with a double row of large round tubercles, disk granulate; lateral margin of tergal disk carinate.

F e m a l e. Basic structures as male, but abdomen is wider and more rounded.

M e a s u r e m e n t s. Holotype: ♁. Length of body 2.70 (2.90 with pygophore produced); head width/length 0.55/0.60 (ratio 1.09); pronotum width/length 1.05/0.50 (ratio 2.10); width of abdomen across tergite IV 1.10; length of antennae/width of head 1.16. Paratypes: 2♀♀. Length of body 3.00, 3.15; head width/length 0.57/0.60 (ratio 1.05), 0.60/0.65 (ratio 1.08); pronotum width/length 1.1/0.55 (ratio 2.00), 1.15/0.60 (ratio 1.91); width of abdomen across tergite IV 1.37, 1.40; length of antennae/width of head 1.06/1.04 (ratio 1.02).