Wednesday, March 21, 2018

N. 63: E. Orbach & L. Bartolozzi

G. it. Ent., 15 (63): 95-104
March 2018

Descriptions of two new species of
Calodromus Guérin-Méneville, 1832 from Indochina
(Coleoptera: Brentidae: Cyphagoginae)

by

E. ORBACH & L. BARTOLOZZI

Abstract - Calodromus nonae n. sp. is described based on one male and two female specimens from Laos. The new taxon is closely related to Calodromus bambii Orbach & Bartolozzi, 2017, but can be distinguished by the different shape of the first tarsal article of male posterior legs, and by the distal tubercle of the same article which is shorter than the second metatarsal one. Calodromus chelazzii n. sp. is described based on two male specimens from Thailand and Vietnam. This new taxon is related to Calodromus simplex Heller, 1910 and Calodromus vethi Kleine, 1915, but can be distinguished by the different shape of the first tarsal article of male posterior legs. The female of Calodromus bambii Orbach & Bartolozzi, 2017 is described and the species quoted from Laos for the first time. An updated key for the identification of the males of the known species of Calodromus is also provided.