A New Species of Pill Beetles of the Genus Curimopsis Ganglbauer, 1902 (Coleoptera : Byrrhidae) From South Siberia

Abstract

Curimopsis notiosibiricus Tshernyshev, sp. n. (Byrrhidae: Syncalyptinae) is described and illustrated from Altaiskii krai and Kemerovskaya oblast. It differs from all known congeners of the monticola species-group by small size (2,2 mm in length), inversely egg-shaped body distinctly narrowed posteriorly, short and round antennal club and needle-shaped aedeagus with apex slightly curved downwards.