. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 154 Volker Assing. Elytra short, times as long as pronotum (Fig. 5); humeral angles weakly marked; punctation shallow and ill-defined; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Hind wings completely reduced. Abdomen broader than elytra; punctation fine and mod- erately dense, sparser on posterior tergites; posterior mar- gin of tergite VII without palisade fi'inge. c?: protarsomeres I-IV strongly dilated; stemite VII im- pressed along the middle, posterior margin broadly and weakly concave (Fig. 6); stemite VIII impressed along the middle, the
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 154 Volker Assing. Elytra short, times as long as pronotum (Fig. 5); humeral angles weakly marked; punctation shallow and ill-defined; interstices without distinct microsculpture. Hind wings completely reduced. Abdomen broader than elytra; punctation fine and mod- erately dense, sparser on posterior tergites; posterior mar- gin of tergite VII without palisade fi'inge. c?: protarsomeres I-IV strongly dilated; stemite VII im- pressed along the middle, posterior margin broadly and weakly concave (Fig. 6); stemite VIII impressed along the middle, the impression with numerous weakly modified setae, at posterior margin with pair of elevations with con- spicuously dense setae, posterior margin weakly bisinu- ate in the middle (Fig. 7); aedeagus (Figs 8-9) approxi- mately mm long, with slender and apically acute ven- tral process, with lamellate, but distinctly sclerotised dor- sal plate, and with long, sclerotised internal structures. $: protarsomeres I-IV dilated, but somewhat less so than in male; stemite VIII much longer than tergite VIII, distinctly produced and finely pubescent posteriorly (Fig. 10); tergite IX with fine median suture; tergite X slightly longer than tergite IX in the middle. Comparative notes. This species is most similar and ev- idently closely related to the following 14 species, from which it is distinguished particularly by the different shape of the ventral process of the aedeagus, as well as by the conspicuous modifications of the male stemite VIII. Distribution and natural history. The type locality is sit- uated between Mulkharka [27°46'N, 85°26'E] and Thare Pafi [28°02'N, 85°29'E] to the northeast of Kathmandu. The additional material was found near Thare Pati, Mere Dara (ca. 5 km south of Thare Pati), and Malemchi Bonn zoological Bulletin 61 (2): 142-209 ®ZFMK. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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