Procraerus smetsi, Platia & Pulvirenti, 2023

Procraerus smetsi n. sp.

( Fig. 12, 33, 70)

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Holotype, ♂, Thailand, Loei, Na-Haeo (field res. stat.), 15-19.V.2003, J. Constant, K. Smets & P. Grootaert, light trap ( IRSNB).

Paratype, 1 ♂, same data as Holotype ( CPG) .

Diagnosi s. – A species of the P. asper -group sensu Schimmel, 1999, near P. burmensis Schimmel, 1999 for the same pattern of integuments colour and size, it can be separated by the not sub-parallel sides, shorter and less divergent posterior angles of pronotum, elytral apices entire.

Description. – Male.

Moderately shiny.

Coloration. – Bicoloured; head, antennae from the fourth article, pronotum, scutellum, sutural elytral striae and underbody black; the great

Fig. 48- 49. Elytral apex. 48. Procraerus sikkimensis n. sp. 49. Xanthopenthes manettii n. sp.

part of elytra yellowish, the legs ferruginous; covered with dense yellowish pubescence.

Head. – Frons triangularly impressed from the middle to the anterior margin, the latter arcuate, in the middle always distinct but downloading to touch the clypeus; punctures strongly umbilicate, contiguous. – Antennae exceeding by two articles the apices of the posterior angles of pronotum, serrated from the fourth article on; second and third articles, small, globous, subequal in length, taken together, 1.5x shorter than the fourth; fourth-tenth triangular, gradually slenderer, fourth-seventh less twice longer than wide, the following 2.5-3x longer, the last very elongate, sub-ellipsoidal, asymmetrically constricted before the apex (Fig. 33).

Pronotum. – Pronotum long as wide, widest at the apices of the posterior angles, strongly convex with a short mid-longitudinal impression on the basal slope; sides from the middle very gradually and regularly tapering to the apices, sub-sinuate before the posterior angles, the latter, acuminate, slightly divergent, sharply uni-carinate; carina short, sub-parallel to the lateral margins, the latter, complete and just visible in the first third of its length in a dorsal view; punctuation very coarse and dense, punctures clearly umbilicate, contiguous or with shortest shagreened intervals giving to the surface an opaque appearance.

Scutellum . – Shield-shaped, ridged at base, flat, densely punctured.

Elytra. – 2.45x longer than pronotum and 2.5x longer than wide, convex; sides from the base nearly regularly and gradually tapering to the apices, the latter entire; striae well marked and punctured, interstriae flat, densely punctured with a shiny and sub-rugose surface.

Aedeagus. – As in the Fig. 12 (length 1.53 mm).

Size. – Length 9.0- 9.4 mm, width 2.31-2.37 mm.

Female. – Unknown.

Etymology. – The species is dedicated to one of the collectors, K. Smets.