Lomechusoides drobovi Jaszay, Hlavac & Banar 2023, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Jászay, Tomáš, Hlaváč, Peter, Baňař, Petr
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Lomechusoides; Lomechusoides drobovi; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/8345396; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8345396

Lomechusoides drobovi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov. Figs 8–11 Etymology. The species is named after the Russian collector of the new species, V. N. Drobov. Material studied. HOLOTYPE, ♀: RUSSIA: (h) Вилюйский окр. Rкут. обл. р. Чoна от устьЯ Окунайки до РоссурЯх, В. Н. Дробов 27.7.– 2.8.1914 г. [=Вилюйский округ Rкутской области река Чoна от устьЯ Окунайки до РоссурЯх, В. Н. Дробов 27.7.– 2.8.1914 года, =Vilyuyskiy okr. Yakut. obl. r. Chona ot ust´ya Okunayki do Rossuryakh, V. N. Drobov, 27.7.– 2.8.1914 g. = Vilyuyskiy region Yakutia, river Chona from Okunayka flow into Rossuryakh, V. N. Drobov 27.7.– 2.8.1914] / (h) Lomechusa inflata Zett. (p) Kirschenblatt det. / red label (p) HOLOTYPE ♀ Lomechusoides drobovi sp. nov., T. Jászay, P. Hlaváč & P. Baňař det., 2021 (ZIN). Description. Body light reddish-brown (Fig. 8) except anterior part of frontal median impression, clypeus, labrum, antennae, narrow posterior margin of pronotum, anterior margin of visible tergites II–VII and anterior margin of visible sternites V–VII brown. Head trapezoidal, dull, slightly longer than wide, ratio HW/HL: 0.93, with deep, broad, round frontal median impression which is evenly microsculptured by fine, shallow punctures; disc of head dull, microsculptured and with very fine punctures; length of eyes 0.25x of length of head; eyes very slightly protuberant, temples behind eyes straight, convergent posteriad. Antennae long, scape 1.53x as long as wide and 2.85x as long as pedicel, pedicel 0.87x, antennomere III: 1.25x, IV as long as wide, antennomeres V–VIII oval elongate, terminal antennomere slender and acute, 1.35x as long as scape, relative length of antennomeres from base to apex: 20: 7: 10: 10: 12: 13: 13: 13: 13: 13: 27. Pronotum (Fig. 9) trapezoidal and slightly asymmetric, ratio PW/PL: 1.70, with long concave anterior margin, anterior corners rounded, slightly obtuse, lateral sides in anterior first thirds shortly rounded, in posterior two thirds almost straight ...