Lodinus araguae (Marcuzzi) Kamiński & Lumen & Kanda & Smith, 2022

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Kanda, Kojun & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2022, Phylogenetic status of some unique species representing Blapstinina Mulsant & Rey (Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Opatrini), and implications for continued study of the subtribe, Zootaxa 5093 (5), pp. 519-532 : 524

Lodinus araguae (Marcuzzi) , comb. et stat. nov.

Austrocaribius venezuelensis araguae Marcuzzi, 1983: 259

Notes. Taking into consideration new morphological data concerning L. punctulatus and coarse differences in male genitalia structure (Figs 46 and 46 in Marcuzzi 1983; Figs 1 , 3D ) between the two previously recognized subspecies of L. venezuelensis (i.e., araguae and venezuelensis ), a decision is hereby made to elevate them to the species level.

While describing this species Marcuzzi (1983) did not designate a holotype, nor explicitly state the number of studied specimens. As a result a lectotype designation is needed to fix the taxonomic status of the species.

Studied material. LECTOTYPE (here designated), male ( MIZ PAN): “ Loma del Medio / San Sebastian / (Edo. Aragua)”, “BORDON leg. \ 3-VI-1962 ” ( Fig. 2E ) . PARALECTOTYPES, male ( MIZ PAN): same data as lectotype; female ( MIZ PAN): same data as lectotype with additional label: “ Paratypus 1986 \ Austrocaribius venezuelensis araguae ssp.\ Marcuzzi” ( Fig. 2F ) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Phylogeny of subtribe Blapstinina. Figured topology was recovered in maximum likelihood analysis using IQ- Tree. Ultrafast bootstrap values (1,000 replicates) (integers) and posterior probabilities (20 million generations) acquired in Bayesian analysis (decimals) are displayed in red. The three investigated Blapstinina species are displayed in blue. Male genitalia (1–4) of selected species (dorsal views) are illustrated on the left. Topologies of collapsed clades (‘remaining Opatrini’ & ‘Dendarini + Pedininini + Playtonotini’) are fully consistent with those presented in Lumen et al. (2020).

FIGURE 2. Morphology of studied Blapstinina species. Habitus photographs and diagnostic features. (A–C) Lodinus punctulatus comb. nov., (D–F) Lodinus araguae comb. nov., (G) Blapstinus tibialis, (H, I) Blapstinus grandis. (B) protarsus, (C) mesotarsus, (D) last 5 antennomeres, (I) apical tip of epipleura.

FIGURE 3. Morphology of female and male terminalia of selected Blapstinina species. (A–C) Lodinus punctulatus comb. nov., (D) Lodinus araguae comb. nov., (E, F) Blapstinus tibialis. (A, B, E) ovipositor, (C, F) genital tubes, (D) parameres. Abbreviations: ag—accessory gland, b—hooked baculus of c4, c1–c4—subsequent lobes of coxites, g—gonostylus, sp—sper- matheca, vag—vagina.