Nosodendron skalei, HávA, 2015

Nosodendron skalei sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype (male): W Papua, Manokwari Prov. Vic., Mokwam (Slyoubrig), 1400-1800 m, 01°06.26´S 133°54.4´E, 24-28.ii.2007, A. Skale lgt., ( NMED) GoogleMaps . Paratypes (1 male): the same data as Holotype ( JHAC); GoogleMaps (5 males, 1 female): the same data as Holotype but A. Weigel lgt., (1 JHAC, 1 PCAS, 1 PCAW, 3 NMED) GoogleMaps .

Description. Measurements (in mm): total length 5.7-6.2; maximum elytral width 3.3-3.5. Cuticle black, shiny. Head very finely, but clearly punctate, with very short setation. Eyes large, black, visible from above. Antennae brown, with eleven segments, antennal club three-segmented, with yellow setae. Mentum with large punctures, with very short yellow pubescence, without impression. Pronotum punctate as head, with very short setae. Pronotal anterior angle with small groove. Scutellum triangular, finely punctate. Elytra with fine setation; each elytron with 11 striae with small punctures with intermixed small seta-bearing punctuation. Mesosternum finely and regularly punctate. Metasternum without longitudinal carina, punctures very small, individual on all margins. Legs black, tibiae and femora finely punctate, with short brown pubescence. Abdominal ventrites black. Longitudinal striation of the base of abdominal sternites very short. Male genitalia schematic dorsal view as in Fig. 5 View Figs .

Females look similar to males, showing no difference in external morphology.

Differential diagnosis. N. skalei sp. nov. belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and differs from other Papuanense species by the characters mentioned in the table below. From all other known species it differs by the shape of its aedeagus. The new species is very similar to N. riedeli sp. nov. but differs from it by the form of aedeagus, black legs and black eyes.

Distribution. W Papua New Guinea: Manokwari Prov.

Name derivation. Patronymic, dedicated to the collector of the new species, Mr. A. Skale, Germany.