Anhelita lineata Jordan 1895
Creators: name: Trýzna, Miloš
name: Baňař, Petr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anthribidae
Anhelita
Anhelita lineata

description: Anhelita lineata Jordan, 1895
(Figs 1–18)
Anhelita lineata Jordan, 1895: 142.
Type locality. Madagascar, Antananarivo
Type material. Lectotype ♂ designated here (Figs 1–5): ‘ Antananarivo, / Madagascar. / ([Franz] Sikora [18]94) [p] // Karl Jordan Coll. / B.M.1940-109. [p] // Type [typical round label with red margin, p] // ♂ [h] // Anhelita / lineata / ♂-Type! Jord. / St. E. Z. 95 [Stettiner entomologische Zeitung, 1895, h] // LECTOTYPE / Anhelita lineata / Jordan, 1895 / M. Trýzna design. 2024 [red, p]’ (BMNH). Paralectotype ♀: ‘ Antananarivo, / Madagascar. / ([Franz] Sikora, 94) [p] // Karl Jordan Coll. / B.M.1940-109. [p] // ♀ [h] // Anhelita / lineata / 1895 Jord. [h]’ (BMNH).
Note: Jordan described this species based on 2 ♂♂ and 1 ♀; we have not found the second male paralectotype.
Other material examined. 1 ♂: Madagascar, Ambohitantely Spec. Res., circuit Botanique, 1623 m, S 18°11’44”, E 47°17’16”, 19.–25.xii.2019, M. Trýzna leg. (MTDC, Figs 6–10); 1 ♀: Madagascar, Analamazaotra env., E of Moramanga, 5.–11.xii.1996, Jiří Stolarczyk leg. (MTDC); 1 ♂: E Madagascar, Andasibe Nat. Park, Analamazaotra, circuit Aventure, 1020 m, S 18°57’07”, E 48°25’51”, 23.–31.xii.2016, M. Trýzna leg. (MTDC); 1 ♂: ditto but 16.–21.i.2017 (MTDC); 5 ♂♂, 1♀: E Madagascar, Maromizaha Res. Nat., 1093 m, S 18°57’57”, E 48°27’18”, 24.–25.xii.2016, M. Trýzna leg. (MTDC); 1♀: E Madagascar, 30 km E of Moramanga, Maromizaha, 1200 m, 7.–10.xii.1996, Bednařík leg. (MTDC); 1 ♂: Madagascar, Moramanga, 22.–28.ii.1995, Jiří Moravec leg. (MTDC); 1♀: ditto but 10.–12.i.1999 (MTDC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Madagascar, Tamatave prov., Moramanga env., 24.ii.–1.iii.1995, Ivo Jeniš leg. (MTDC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ditto but 14.–18.xii.1995 (MTDC); 1 ♀: ditto but 21.–24.xii.1996 (MTDC); 2 ♀♀: ditto but 27.–30.xii.1996 (MTDC); 1 ♂: ditto but 9.–12.i.2003 (MTDC); 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀: Madagascar, Moramanga distr., Antsahatsaka env., 12.–16.xii.1996, Jiří Stolarczyk leg. (♀ in Fig. 18, MTDC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ in CMNC); 2 ♂♂: ditto but 14.xii.1996, R. Kmeco leg. (MTDC); 2 ♀♀: Madagascar, Ranomafana Nat. Park, near Ranomafana vill., circuit Varibolo, 1033 m, S 21°16’01”, E 47°25’11”, 9.–14.i.2017, M. Trýzna leg. (MTDC).
Terminalia. Male terminalia. (Figs 11–14). Sternite 8 (Fig. 12) slightly bilobed, its halves only vaguelly separated [sternite slightly damaged during dissection]. Tergite 8 (Fig. 12) distinctly overlapping sternite 8 anteriorly, distinctly two-horned; horns long, narrow, equally wide throughout its length, distincty converging. Sternite 9 (= spiculum gastrale) turned (in situ). Aedeagus (Fig. 11) moderately slender. Tectum not overlapping pedon, apex of tectum narrow, beak-like, pointed. Pedon significantly wider compared to tectum, bluntly terminated. Apodemes of aedeagus (Fig. 11) as long as aedeagus. Internal sac (Fig. 11) with very fine serration, noticeable under high magnification only. Tegmen (Fig. 13) robust, tegminal plate very wide, apex of plate bilobed, each lobe with group of long and thick setae. Basal piece with two conspicuous, roughly sclerotized spurs oriented posteriorly. Pygidium (Fig. 14) transverse, apical margin rounded, ratio of the maximum length to maximum width 0.81.
Female terminalia. (Figs 15–17). Segment 8 (Fig. 17) with broadly concave anterior margin and strongly sclerotized apodeme. Ovipositor (Fig. 15) moderately long, lateral rods diverging, median rods converging. Hemisternites (Fig. 15) armed, with distinct toothed plates, teeth outward oriented. Pygidium (Fig. 16) transverse, apical margin rounded, ratio of the maximum length to maximum width 0.84.
Distribution. Central: Ambohitantely, Antsahatsaka, Moramanga; East: Analamazaotra, Maromizaha, Ranomafana.
description: Published as part of Trýzna, Miloš & Baňař, Petr, 2025, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Malagasy species of Anhelita Jordan, Lemurisintor Frieser and Sintor Schoenherr (Anthribidae: Coleoptera), pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5621 (3) on page 303, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15262745