Description
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Body length. 2.24–2.56 mm (n=8).
9th abdominal sternite (Fig. 14J). Strut comparatively short, cut at anterior 2/5, diverging gradually, branches comparatively long and wide. Lateral sclerites elongate, slightly curved inwards, apical sclerites pointed.
Aedeagus (Fig. 14K, L). Parameres fused with phallobase, wide, short, posterior and lateral portions punctuated sparsely, densely punctuated triangular areas in anterior portions, a few long setae and short setae on posterior half, several short folds around beginning of divergence of parameres, a few lines on upper densely punctuated areas. Phallobase stout, broad in lateral aspect, anterior margin straight, a few subparallel lines on posterior dorsal portion. Penis comparatively broad, flattened around apex, apical margin rounded, punctuated sparsely on apex.
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- Takahiro Yoshida, Toshiya Hirowatari
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- Yoshida T, Hirowatari T (2014) A revision of Japanese species of the genus Psammoecus Latreille (Coleoptera, Silvanidae) ZooKeys 403: 15–45
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- Takahiro Yoshida
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- Toshiya Hirowatari
Distribution
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JAPAN: Okinawa, Hateruma and Ishigaki Islands; Madagascar; India; Sri Lanka; Malaysia; Indonesia; Philippines.
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- cc-by-3.0
- copyright
- Takahiro Yoshida, Toshiya Hirowatari
- bibliographic citation
- Yoshida T, Hirowatari T (2014) A revision of Japanese species of the genus Psammoecus Latreille (Coleoptera, Silvanidae) ZooKeys 403: 15–45
- author
- Takahiro Yoshida
- author
- Toshiya Hirowatari