Tylodinus exiguus Luna-Cozar, 2014

8. Tylodinus exiguus Luna-Cozar , sp. nov.

( Figures 16 View FIGURES 12–19. 12 , 42–43 View FIGURES 36–43 , 98b View FIGURES 92–99. 92–99 , 104 View FIGURES 100–109 , 132 View FIGURES 132–133 )

Diagnosis. Length male, 2.1 mm. Width male, 1.0 mm. As for T. buchanani , with the following exceptions: head with the frons moderately concave, rostrum with apical area puncticulate. Pronotum in lateral view moderately convex; disc with large punctures, scales yellow with intermixed whitish scales. Tubercles on I 2 in front of elytral declivity smaller than tubercle on I4 at same position, I6 with very small tubercle between tubercles on I5, without tubercles on I7; surface with large punctures; striae 10 complete. Metasternal tooth absent. Male abdomen with ventrites 3–5 not in same plane as ventrite 1–2, ventrite 1 feebly concave, glabrous, as long as 3–4 combined, ventrite 2 with a transverse line of scales, feebly concave, ventrite 5 convex along median line, as long as ventrite 1 without impressions. Femora armed, hind femora length reaching elytral apex, front tibiae with apical ¼ curved, middle and hid tibia subparallel and slightly curved. Male genitalia ( Figure 104 View FIGURES 100–109 ) in lateral view stout, as long as half apodeme length; in ventral view with lateral sides straight, convergent; apical process weakly curved. Female unknown.

Geographic distribution. México ( Chiapas).

Habitat and elevation. The holotype was collected from leaf litter in high elevation cloud forest at 2000 m.

Derivation of specific name. Name derived from Latin word exiguus = small, scanty, short.

Material examined. Total 1 male. Holotype male ( CMNC): México: Chiapas, Motozintla , 7 km SSW Motozintla de Mendoza, elev. 2000 m ( 15°19'40.8''N, 92°16'34.7''W), 17.ix.1992, coll. R. S. Anderson. GoogleMaps