First record of the genus Orthorhynchus Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera, Belidae) from Papuan Region

Abstract

A new species, Orthorhynchus (Australobelus) dmitrii Legalov, sp. nov., from the tribe Belini of the subfamily Belinae is described and illustrated. It is distinguish from Orthorhynchus (Australobelus) villosus (Lea, 1917) in a more convex forehead, more delicately sculptured pronotum and elytra, sparse light hairs on the body forming a row of spots near the suture and several spots in the apical half of the side of the elytra, and also a short median longitudinal stripe on the pronotum in front of the scutellum, yellowish hairs forming a stripe on the sides of the pronotum and spots on the mesepisternum and mesepimeron, on the base and apex of the metepisternum and on the sides of the abdominal ventrites. This is the first record of the Orthorhynchus Kirby, 1819 from New Guinea. Distribution map for the subtribe Belina is given.