Drusilla sabahensis Pace 2014, nov.sp.

Drusilla sabahensis nov.sp. (Figs 44 and 181-182)

T y p e m a t e r i a l Holotype, Sabah, Danum Valley, B.R.L., f.i.t., 14-16.II.2007, G. de Rougemont leg. (CROU).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Length 3.93 mm. Body shiny, blackish-brown, antennae brown with the two basal antennomeres and the base of third yellowish-red, legs yellowish-red, the femora yellow with distal extremity brown. Second antennomere shorter than the first, third longer than the second, fourth to seventh longer than wide, eighth as long as wide, ninth and tenth transverse. Eyes very large, in dorsal view. Fore-body devoid of reticulation, that of the abdomen very transverse and superficial, but the male sixth free tergite with slightly transverse and evident reticulation. Puncturation of the head superficial and absent on the longitudinal median band. Puncturation of pronotum and elytra strong and very superficial. There is a transverse sulcus between the antennae. Pronotum with a deep median sulcus ending posteriorly in a deep dimple. Aedeagus: Figs 181-182. C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: In the form of the aedeagus and in the habitus the new species is similar to D. foeda PACE, 2008 also from Borneo, but the middle and posterior femora are clearly bicoloured, the intermediary antennomeres are longer than wide (transverse in D. foeda), and the apex of the aedeagus in ventral view is abruptly dilated, (not dilated in D. foeda).

E t y m o l o g y: The new species takes its name from Sabah.