Nothoodes taprobanae Guéorguiev & Liang 2020, comb. n.

23. Nothoodes taprobanae (Andrewes, 1923), comb. n.

(Figs 32 A–E, Table 5)

Oodes taprobanae Andrewes, 1923: 231 (type locality: ‘ Vavuniya’, Sri Lanka).

References.

Oodes taprobanae: Andrewes 1928: 170 (distribution in Sri Lanka); Andrewes 1930: 239 (‘ Ceylon: Vavuniya, Anuradhapura.’); Andrewes 1940: 204 (identification key; distribution: ‘Ceylon’); Döbler 1975: 144 (type material deposition); Lorenz 1998: 305; Lorenz 2005: 326.

Oodes (Oodes) taprobanae: Csiki 1931: 1011 (‘Ceylon’).

Type material. Oodes taprobanae Andrewes: holotype ♂, ‘Type H.T. [white rounded label with red band, p] // Ceylon 1922.215 [w, h] // Vavuniya ... 04. [w, h] / Oodes taprobanae Andr. Type H.E.Andrewes det. [w, h/p]’ (BMNH); paratype ♀, ‘Anuradhapura Ceylon W. Horn 1899 [w, p] // COTYPUS [r, p] // Oodes taprobanae Andr. Cotype ♀ H.E.Andrewes det. [w, h/p] // DEI Müncheberg Col–07196 [light green, p]’ (SDEI).

Other material examined. None.

TME: 2 specimens. TGE: 1♀ (only spermatheca studied; gonocoxae were not examined since terminal parts of two apical gonocoxites had been destroyed).

Diagnosis. This species is readily differentiated from other congeners by its small size, less than 12 mm, granulation in marginal furrow of elytra discontinuous, and lower EL/PL (Table 5).

Description (based on female paratype). Habitus. Specimen small for Nothoodes (BL: 10.1 mm, BW: 4.2 mm), with subelongate and moderately convex body (Fig. 32A). Ratios and measurements. See Table 5. Color and luster. Dorsal surface black, without iridescence; ventral surface brown, shiny, with iridescence; antennae, palpi, tibiae and tarsi rufopiceous. Punctuation. Dorsal surface without punctuation except posterolateral parts of pronotum, which are with large, relatively shallow punctures extended laterally to posterior half; proepisternum and ventrite 6 at apex with shallow punctures; pro- and metasternum at sides, meso- and metepisternum, and ventrite 1 at base with coarse punctures; ventrites wrinkled at sides. Head. Relatively narrow, half as wide as protonum (Table 5). Mentum tooth with apex rounded, with paramedial border situated more apically than in other congeners (Fig. 32B). Thorax. Pronotum with sides barely rounded toward posterior angles; maximum width close to posterior angles; laterobasal impressions distinct, moderately impressed; base slightly sinuate. Prosternum with shallow median longitudinal sulcus; prosternal process round, with border distinct subapically and very faint at apex (Fig. 32C). Metepisternum longer than wide (MA/MM: 0.92), its coadunation with epipleuron short, located anteriorly, less expressed than in N. angustatus (Fig. 32D). Elytra. Apical sinuation distinct, but weak. Basal margin distinct, forming a small denticle at shoulder, decreasing medially, reaching level of stria 3. Granulation in marginal furrow discontinuous, interrupted in second fifth of elytron. Parascutellar striola weakly developed, punctiform; striae 1–4 less impressed than other striae. Intervals 1–7 flat to subconvex, interval 8 convex. Male genitalia. Unknown. Female genitalia. Gonocoxite not studied (see remarks above). Bursa copulatrix sub-conical (as in N. angustatus); spermathecal gland connected at middle of seminal canal (Fig. 32E).

Distribution. Oriental region: Sri Lanka.

Bionomics. Nothing is known about the bionomics of this species.