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2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF659F0C74B5ABD1.text	2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF659F0C74B5ABD1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptorhopalum hodeceki Hava 2025	<div><p>Cryptorhopalum hodeceki Háva, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 3 -5)</p><p>ZooBank:https://zoobank.org/ 7554185E-AB25-4608-A4A9-8B34625B37AA</p><p>Holotype, ♂, Dominican Republic, Sierra de Bahoruco, [ N.P. Bahoruco], Bauxite mine, 18.1376728M, 71.5440594W, 14.6.2023, J. Pirkl &amp; J.Hodecek lgt., (MCSN-VD).</p><p>Paratypes (15 spec.): same data as holotype, (4 MCSN-VD, 3 MHNG, 2 MNHNSD, 2 JPPC, 4 JHAC) .</p><p>Description of the holotype</p><p>Body. – Body measurements(inmm):TL2.2, EW 1.4. Dorsal integument black and darkbrown(Fig.3), setationdecumbent, yellow.Ventral integument black with decumbent yellow setation.</p><p>Head. – Shiny brown, finely punctate, covered with yellow decumbent setation. Palpomeres brown. Median frontal ocellus present. Eyes large, bearing scarcely visible shortmicrosetae.AntennomeresI-IIblackish-brown,III-VIII light brown, IX-XI dark brown, all with yellow setation. Antennae composed of 11 antennomeres,with a 3-segmented antennal club (Fig.4).Antennal fossa closed.</p><p>Pronotum. – Black, finely punctate, with posterior lateral angles coarsely punctate and covered with yellow setation.</p><p>Scutellum. – Brown, small, triangular, without punctation or setation.</p><p>Elytra. – Black, becoming brown in the posterior one-third, with decumbent yellow setation. Each elytron with a small humeral bump.</p><p>Epipleuron. – Short, dark brown, with some yellow decumbent setation.</p><p>Ventral surface. – Mesoventrum and metaventrum black, coarsely punctate, with yellow decumbent setation. Visible abdominal ventrites shiny, black, densely and coarsely punctate, with yellow decumbent setation. Abdominal sternite IX spatulate, with a slightly narrowed apex. Pygidium black, coarsely punctate.</p><p>Legs. – Tarsi light brown, tibiae brown, femora brown, all sparsely covered with very short, fine, decumbent brown and yellow setae. Anterior tibiae with black spines along the shaft.</p><p>Male genitalia. – (Fig. 5).</p><p>Female. –Externally similar to the male, but distinguished by a smaller antennal club.</p><p>Variability. – Body measurements (in mm): TL 1.8-2.6, EW 1.2-1.6.</p><p>Etymology. – Patronymic, dedicated to collector and donator of the type material Jiří Hodeček.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. – The new species closely resembles C. youngi Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013, but can be distinguished from this and other Dominican species by the characteristics outlined in the following key.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF659F0C74B5ABD1	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.		Plazi	Háva, Jiří;Hodeček, Jiří	Háva, Jiří, Hodeček, Jiří (2025): Two additional new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic. Faunitaxys 13 (6): 1-5, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(06), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000835
2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF069806753AAE04.text	2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF069806753AAE04.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptorhopalum pirkli Hava & Hodecek 2023	<div><p>Cryptorhopalum pirkli Háva &amp; Hodeček, 2023</p><p>Material examined: Dominican Republic, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-71.72489&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.271101" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -71.72489/lat 18.271101)">Sierra de Bahoruco</a>, 2000 m, 18.2711003N, 71.7248881W, 16.6.2023, J. Pirkl lgt., 127 spec., J. Háva det., (40 MCSN-VD, 20 MHNG, 20 MNHNSD, 47 JHAC) .</p><p>Note. – Additional examined material after the description. Variability of body measurements (mm): TL 2.1-3.4.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFF069806753AAE04	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.		Plazi	Háva, Jiří;Hodeček, Jiří	Háva, Jiří, Hodeček, Jiří (2025): Two additional new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic. Faunitaxys 13 (6): 1-5, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(06), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000835
2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFC0B9951725CACDC.text	2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFC0B9951725CACDC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptorhopalum vegaensis Hava 2025	<div><p>Cryptorhopalum vegaensis Háva, sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 6-8)</p><p>ZooBank:https://zoobank.org/ 508F2D53-DD06-4654-9E98-3F61EDE02151</p><p>Holotype, ♂, Dominican Republic, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-70.83613&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.995287" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -70.83613/lat 18.995287)">La Cienaga</a> [La Vega prov., 10 km NE of Constanza], 18.9952861N, 70.8361256W, 18.6.2023, J. Pirkl lgt., (MCSN-VD).</p><p>Description of the holotype</p><p>Body. – Body measurements (in mm):TL3.2, EW 1.9. Dorsal integument black (Fig. 6), with decumbent yellow and black setation. Ventral integument black, with yellow decumbent setation.</p><p>Head. – Shiny brown, finely punctate, covered with yellow decumbent setation. Palpomeres light brown. Median frontal ocellus present. Eyes large, bearing scarcely visible short microsetae. Antennae brown with yellow setation, consisting of 11 antennomeres and a 3-segmented antennal club (Fig. 7).Antennal fossa closed.</p><p>Pronotum. – Black with yellow decumbent setation; finely punctate.</p><p>Scutellum. – Black, shiny, small, triangular, without punctation or setation.</p><p>Elytra. – Blackwithbothblackandyellowsetae.Yellow setaeform anarrow transversefascia nearthepronotum,extendingfrom thehumerustothescutellum; elsewhere predominantly black decumbent setation. Elytra more densely and finely punctate than the pronotum.Each elytron with a small humeral bump.</p><p>Epipleuron. – Short, black, with some yellow decumbent setation.</p><p>Ventral surface. – Mesoventrum and metaventrum black, coarsely punctate, with yellow decumbent setation. Visible abdominal ventrites shiny, black, densely and coarsely punctate, with yellow decumbent setation. Pygidium brown, covered with yellow setation.</p><p>Legs. – Tarsilight brown,tibiaelight brown,femorabrown.Allsparsely covered with short, fine, decumbent setae, intermixed brown and yellow. Anterior tibiae with black spines along the shaft.</p><p>Male genitalia. – (Fig. 8).</p><p>Female. – Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. – The species is named after its type locality in La Vega Province</p><p>Differential diagnosis. – The new species closely resembles C. delacruzi Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013, but can be distinguished from that species and other Dominican representatives by the diagnostic traits provided in the following key.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B1EB03FD94AFFEEFC0B9951725CACDC	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.		Plazi	Háva, Jiří;Hodeček, Jiří	Háva, Jiří, Hodeček, Jiří (2025): Two additional new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic. Faunitaxys 13 (6): 1-5, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(06), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000835
2B1EB03FD948FFECFE669BD572DBA984.text	2B1EB03FD948FFECFE669BD572DBA984.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Cryptorhopalum Guerin-Meneville 1838	<div><p>Key of species recorded from the Dominican Republic.</p><p>1. (2) Body shape subovate; body and antennae brown.............................. C. davidsoni Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>2. (1) Body shape ovate; color variable.</p><p>3. (10) Elytral pubescence bicolored.</p><p>4. (5) Elytra without transverse bands or spots........................................ C. acevedoi Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>5. (4) Elytra with bands or spots.</p><p>6. (9) Each elytron with 1 transverse, narrow band.</p><p>7. (8) Elytral band situated in the middle of the elytron............................. C. delacruzi Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>8. (7) Each elytron with a humeral transverse band of yellow setae near the pronotum......... C. vegaensis sp. nov.</p><p>9. (6) Each elytron with 2 transverse bands......................................... C. pirkli Háva &amp; Hodeček, 2023</p><p>10. (3) Elytral pubescence unicolored.</p><p>11. (12) Apical part of parameres very broad. Body dark brown, antennae dark brown...... C. rawlinsoni Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>12. (11) Apical part of parameres thin (slender).</p><p>13. (14) Body brown; pronotum sparsely punctured and covered with light golden-brown setation; pygidium brown, finely punctured;abdominalsterniteIXspatula-likewithabroadlyroundedapex........ C. thompsonii Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>14. (13) Body black.</p><p>15. (16) Pronotum entirely sparsely punctured and covered with light gold setation; pygidium brown, finely punctured; tibiae withbrownspines;abdominalsterniteIXspatula-likewithaslightlynarrowedapex.... C. youngi Kadej &amp; Háva, 2013</p><p>16. (15) Pronotum finely punctured, with posterior lateral angles coarsely punctured and covered with yellow setation; pygidium black, coarsely punctured; tibiae with black spines; abdominal sternite IX spatula-like with a apex............................................................................. C. hodeceki sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B1EB03FD948FFECFE669BD572DBA984	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.		Plazi	Háva, Jiří;Hodeček, Jiří	Háva, Jiří, Hodeček, Jiří (2025): Two additional new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic. Faunitaxys 13 (6): 1-5, DOI: 10.57800/faunitaxys-13(06), URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JNN.0000000000000835
