Cephennium cavallomontis, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Kahlen, Manfred & Eckelt, Andreas, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of the Italian species of the genus Cephennium MÜLLER & KUNZE, 1822 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 69-109 : 97

Cephennium cavallomontis nov.sp. ( Figs 59-62 )

T y p e M a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: Italy / Belluno , Monte Cavallo, Casera Palantina, 1450-1500 m, 46.1194°N, 12.4743°E, 14.7.1934, lawn litter, leg. E. Pechlaner. / Cephennium cavallomontis nov.sp. ♁ det. Kahlen / Holotype ( TLMF) . Paratypes: 1♁ 1♀: Italy / Belluno , Monte Cavallo, Tambre [d´Alpago], 900-950 m, 46.1288°N, 12.4236°E, 9.7.1934, sifted from Rhododendron sp. leaflitter, leg. E. Pechlaner ( TLMF) ; 6♀♀: Bosco del Cansiglio , 1000-1200 m, 46.0923°N, 12.4204°E, 11.7.1934, beech leaf litter, leg. E. Pechlaner ( TLMF) .

E t y m o l o g y: The species name derives from its occurrence in the endemic-rich Monte Cavallo massif.

Description Habitus as in Fig. 59 . Body length 1.2-1.25 mm. Body uniformly light reddish-brown and glossy, hair sparsely and moderately long, slightly erect. Head with scattered isolated punctures, pronotum finely and sparsely punctured, elytra scarcely coarser and denser punctured. Pronotum in males without basal bulge, elytra distinctly narrower. In males, the tibiae are inconspicuous, without markings. Underside: ♁ with metaventrite glossy, moderately deeply incised, finely and sparsely punctured throughout the center, then almost abruptly coarser and very densely punctured at the edges, towards the outer sides the punctures become slightly finer and sparse. Hair sparse, short, and appressed ( Fig. 61 ). Genitalia: Length 0.37 mm. Dorsal Fig. 60 , lateral Fig. 62 .

Figures

Figs 59-62: Cephennium cavallomontis. (59) male habitus holotype, sb: 0.5 mm; (60) aedeagus dorsal view holotype, sb: 0.1 mm; (61) ventral view of metaventrite; (62) aedeagus lateral, sb: 0.1 mm (Figs 61-62 paratype).