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7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E7F50FA4DFBB9.text	7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E7F50FA4DFBB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microblattellus Ferrer 2006	<div><p>Genus  Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006</p><p>Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006: 78 (original description); Bremer 2014: 180 (systematic note); Bremer &amp; Lillig, 2014: 150 (catalogued); Bouchard et al. 2021: 545 (catalogued).</p><p>“  Microblattelus ”: Bremer, 2014: 181 (key, misspelling); Bouchard et al. 2021: 58 (note of misspelling).</p><p>Redescription. Body elongate, constricted at middle. Legs dorsally visible.</p><p>Head rounded, completely embedded below pronotum, anophthalmous; dorsum gently convex above; upper area of antennal insertion roundly projected; antennae 11-segmented, thickened apically, having club comprised by apical three segments, which bear a row of long setae on apical margin; antennal segment X truncate at apex; segment XI subquadrate; venter slightly convex, but deeply concave around bases of maxillae.</p><p>Pronotum oblong or oblong-oval, but almost truncate on posterior margin; anterior margin of dorsum strongly, roundly projected to cover whole head, then large, circular hole appears on apical 2/5 of venter, from which venter of head visible; prosternal process reaching pronotal posterior margin.</p><p>Elytra oblong or elongate, gently convex above; humerus more or less angled.</p><p>Mesoventrite narrowed anteriorly, slightly convex, with sparse punctures; posterior area between coxae without ridge, smoothly produced posteriad, slightly expanded around apex. Metaventrite large, well convex, slightly widened posteriorly.</p><p>Legs rather short; femora and tibiae widened apically; tarsi thick, short, with segments I–III as wide as long; segment IV oblong oval, as long as I–III combined.</p><p>Abdomen with ventrite III laterally expanded; ventrite V semicircular, flattened.</p><p>Key to the species of the genus  Microblattellus Ferrer</p><p>- Ultimate antennal segment nearly as long as antepenultimate one. Pronotum almost twice as long as wide, finely punctate. Elytra subparallel-sided, less rounded, finely and irregularly punctate, without rows of punctures, space between punctures almost flat; humeral corners distinctly projected antero-laterally; lateral margins with week serrations. Prosternal process rounded at apex. Abdominal ventrite V shorter than the length of ventrites II, III and IV combined.........  Microblattellus kakizoei sp. nov.</p><p>- Ultimate antennal segment the shortest in the distal three clubbed segments. Pronotum 1.5 times as long as wide, with finer punctures. Elytra more rounded posteriorly, with rows of large and coarse punctures, space between rows distinctly convex; humeral corners scarcely projected; lateral margins carinate, without any serrations. Prosternal process pointed at apex. Abdominal ventrite V almost equi-length of ventrites II, III and IV combined............  Microblattellus lecongmani Ferrer</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E7F50FA4DFBB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Maruyama, Munetoshi;Liang, Wei-Ren;Sokh, Heng;Ando, Kiyoshi	Maruyama, Munetoshi, Liang, Wei-Ren, Sokh, Heng, Ando, Kiyoshi (2025): The second species of the enigmatic genus Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Cambodia: A possibility of termitophily in the genus. Zootaxa 5575 (1): 167-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.1.8
7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E78ACFD55FD32.text	7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E78ACFD55FD32.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microblattellus kakizoei Maruyama & Liang & Sokh & Ando 2025	<div><p>Microblattellus kakizoei sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1–11)</p><p>Type series.   Holotype, male,  near the exit gate of Angkor Watt, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 15 X 2015, S. Kakizoe. Deposited in M. Maruyama’s collection at the Kyushu University Museum, Fukuoka.</p><p>Diagnosis.  Microblattellus kakizoei sp. nov. is easily distinguished from  M. lecongmani (Figs. 12, 13) by the more elongate and less robust body, more loosely articulate antennal segments, clear and transverse scutellum instead of reduced and invisible one in the latter, obviously produced humeral corners of elytra, finely and irregularly arranged strial punctures on elytra, and less punctate body surface. (See, also key to species.)</p><p>Description. Male. Body length: ca. 2.1 mm. Body (Figs. 1, 2, 4–6) subparallel-sided, reddish brown overall. Head (Figs. 3, 7–9) slightly longer than wide; traces of eyes slightly convex laterally; dorsum almost glabrous; venter with coarse and piligerous punctures; antennae long, somewhat loosely articulate and all antennal segments wider than long except for scape; distal three antennal segments distinctly dilated and forming a club; antennal segments III to XI visible in dorsal view; segment I long, large; segment II almost as long as III, slightly wider than long; segments IV to VIII short and transverse; segment IX widest; segment X slightly shorter and narrower than IX; segment XI 2/5 as wide as X; labrum semicircular; mandibles thick, slightly asymmetric, apically pointed; mentum obtrapezoidal, deeply emarginate on anterior margin; labial palpus with segment I minute, as long as wide; segment II widened apically; III large, oval; maxillary palpus with segment I large, spherical; segment II short, triangular in ventral view; segment III large, oval, slightly truncate at apex.</p><p>Pronotum (Figs. 1, 3, 4) elongate, very feebly bisinuate at sides in basal two-thirds, almost twice as long as wide, widest around anterior 2/5; surface moderately, uniformly punctate, the punctures shallower on apical 1/5, each bearing a seta; basal margin almost straight though faintly produced posteriad; scutellum short and transverse, impunctate, with fine microsculpture; prosternal process oblong-oval, rounded at apex.</p><p>Elytra (Figs. 1, 4) elongate, more than twice as long as wide, widest around middle; humeral corners distinctly projected antero-laterally, and their apices rounded; surface moderately convex, finely, irregularly punctate; each puncture bearing a short seta; lateral margins feebly serrated, and each serration with a short seta; hindwing reduced, brachypterous.</p><p>Legs (Figs. 2, 6) short and robust; femora and tibiae sparsely covered with minute setae, posterior margins of meso- and metafemora ancipital for receiving corresponding tibia; tibiae scarcely incurved, dilated apicad.</p><p>Male genitalia as in Figs. 10 and 11; basale more than four times as long as apicale, strongly curved ventrad; apicale short and robust.</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Measurements. Head length (from base to labral apex), 486.80; head width, 417.05; antennal length, 582.31; pronotal length, 987.59; pronotal width, 570.43; elytral length, 1242.71; elytral width, 573.08; hind tibial length, 316.02; hind tibial width, 81.03. In micrometers.</p><p>Remarks. Holotype was collected from a fungus garden of  Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen, 1858) . The morphology of the mouthparts is probably mostly common to that of  M. lecongmani due to the close resemblance of the other character states; thus, it could be the character states delimiting the genus. The absence of the hindwings was confirmed by micro-CT data of  M. kakizoei .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D391F31FFA9FFCB1C9E78ACFD55FD32	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Maruyama, Munetoshi;Liang, Wei-Ren;Sokh, Heng;Ando, Kiyoshi	Maruyama, Munetoshi, Liang, Wei-Ren, Sokh, Heng, Ando, Kiyoshi (2025): The second species of the enigmatic genus Microblattellus Ferrer, 2006 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Cambodia: A possibility of termitophily in the genus. Zootaxa 5575 (1): 167-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.1.8
