Neoplagionotus bednariki Lazarev 2022, sp. nov.

Neoplagionotus bednariki sp. nov.

Figs. 1–5

Type material. Holotype (Figs. 1–4): ♀, Turkey, Izmir, Bergama, Pergamon hills, 2.6.1991, Bednařík & Kovařík leg.— ML; Paratype (Fig. 5): ♂ with same label— MB.

Description. Body length: 14.0 (female)—18.0 (male) mm, body width: 4.0 (female)—5.3 (male) mm (at elytral bases); integument totally black with numerous areas covered by short recumbent yellow pubescence.

Head transverse, widest at eye level, glabrous between eyes; frons about as wide, as long, with fine scattered yellow setae; occiput and genae also with scattered yellow pubescence; eyes very big, about as wide as interantennal area, nearly reaching mandibulae insertions, strongly emarginated, so genae narrow; maxillary and labial palpi reddish with transverse apical joints.

Antennae reddish, reaching second transverse elytral band in holotype, or a little longer in paratype, slightly serrate from 6 th to 10 th joints; scapus wide, about as wide as 7 th joint and about 2.4 times longer than wide, about as long as 3 rd and longer than 4 th; pedicellum a little longer than wide.

Prothorax subglobulose, in male 1.25 times wider at middle than long, in female—about 1.1 times; in male more tapering anteriorly; pronotum regularly convex, with very small, dense punctation; two wide transverse yellow setae bands present; anterior band narrowed at middle, second band moved backwards and evenly curved; prosternum glabrous at anterior half.

Elytra about 2.2 times longer than basal width in male, or about 2.4 times in female; more converging posteriorly in male than in female, rounded apically; five wide transverse elytral bands are well developed; basal band is represented by two wide oval round spots with yellow scutellum in between; posthumeral band wide, strongly angulated and protruding anteriorly along suture; lateral humeral spot nearly reaching 2 nd elytral band; middle band rather wide, extends slightly backwards at middle; preapical bands are represented by 2 big round spots; apical band oval, totally covering elytral apices; epipleurae with yellow pubescence to about elytral middle.

Legs reddish, without erect setae, femora slightly widened, not clavate.

Thorax. Metasternum with scattered pubescence anteriorly, becoming denser posteriorly; metepisternum with dense yellow pubescence.

First visible abdominal sternite totally yellow; others glabrous anteriorly and densely pubescent posteriorly; last abdominal sternites and tergites rounded.

Distribution. The new species is known from West Turkey, Izmir prov., Izmir environs, Bergama, Pergamon hills.

Differential diagnoses. The new taxon is externally similar and very close to N. scalaris with glabrous metasternum, while N. bednariki sp. nov. is characterized by scattered metasternal pubescence (fig. 3); in N. bednariki sp. nov. metepisternum is totally pubescent, while in N. scalaris it is glabrous at anterior margin. Elytral design of N. bobelayei is also similar to N. bednariki sp. nov., but that species is much bigger, besides metepisternum in N. bobelayei is also glabrous at anterior margin. All elytral and thoracic yellow bands are relatively wider in the new species.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Michal Bednařík, who collected the type series.