Tylodinus ixchel Luna-Cozar, 2014

9. Tylodinus ixchel Luna-Cozar , sp. nov.

( Figures 44–45 View FIGURES 44–51 , 105 View FIGURES 100–109 , 131 View FIGURES 130–131 )

Diagnosis. Length male, 2.4–2.7 mm, female, ca. 2.8 mm (damaged). Width male, 1.1–1.2 mm, female ca. 1.3 mm (damaged). As for T. exiguus with following exceptions: head with dark brown scales; vertex with yellow scales. Pronotum in lateral view moderately convex; surface with small punctures. Metasternum concave. Ventrite 1 concave with scattered scales, ventrite 2 with line scales interrupted medially. Hind femur length extending near to elytral apex, front tibiae with apical 1/4 curved, middle and hind tibiae parallel. Male genitalia ( Figure 105 View FIGURES 100–109 ) with median lobe in lateral view very slender; in ventral view as long as apodemes, lateral sides convex beyond 0.27 of length from the base; apical process slightly curved. Female with sternite eight sub-trapezoidal, with the membranous median area ½ as long as basal plate, ramus indistinct, nodulus slender.

Geographic distribution. México ( Chiapas).

Habitat and elevation. Specimens were collected from leaf litter in high elevation cloud forest at 2000 m.

Derivation of specific name. Noun in apposition: after the word ixchel, Mayan name of the Moon goddess, also the goddess of childbirth, medicine and of rainbows.

Material examined. Total 5 males, 1 female. Holotype male ( CMNC): México: Chiapas, Unión Juárez, Volcán Tacaná, lower slopes, ca 4 km N, Unión Juárez , elev. 2000 m ( 15°5'47.29''N, 92°5'17.04''W), 20.ix.1992, coll. R GoogleMaps . S. Anderson. Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 4 males, 1 female ( CMNC, ECOS) GoogleMaps .