Castiarina suehasenpuschae Barker

Barker, Shelley, 2005, Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 1062, pp. 57-68 : 66-67

Castiarina suehasenpuschae Barker , new species ( Figs 1 i, 2 f)

Type material: Holotype male, Newcastle Range, Georgetown, Qld, 7.ii.2005, on Eucalyptus flowers, J. Hasenpusch, SAMA I 21 714. Allotype female, same data as holotype, SAMA I 21 715. Paratypes Qld: 3 males, 2 females, same data as holotype, JHQA.

Size. Holotype 10.3 x 3.8 mm. Range: Males, 10.1 x 3.5–10.3 x 3.8 mm; Females, 10.2 x 3.6–12.3 x 4.4 mm.

Description. Colour: Head green with or without coppery reflections. Antennae green. Pronotum green, with or without coppery reflections. Scutellum green. Elytra yellow with the following dark blue markings on each elytron: spot over humeral callus, in one specimen a small vertical mark near suture; short post­medial fascia from middle to margin with a diamond­shaped mark over suture connected broadly to a mark covering whole apex, in one specimen the apical marks all fused leaving a short transverse yellow pre­apical mark. Ventral surface and legs green. Setae silver.

Shape & sculpture: Head punctured with small shallow median sulcus, moderately elongate mouthparts. Antennomeres: 1–3 obconic; 4–11 triangular and elongate in males, smaller in females. Scutellum scutiform, punctured. Pronotum punctured, anterior margin straight, basal margin bisinuate, small basal fovea projecting to anterior margin as median glabrous line, laterally parallel­sided at base, rounded pre­medially and narrowed to apex. Elytra punctate­striate, laterally angled outwards from base, rounded at humeral callus, concave, rounded post­medially and narrowed to bispinose apex, marginal spine acute, minute sutural spine, interval between spines rounded and indented. Ventral surface punctured, short setae. S7 truncate males; rounded females.

Aedaegus: Parameres diverging outwards from basal piece, rounded at apex; penis pointed; apophysis of basal piece narrowed ( Fig. 1 i).

Remarks. This species can be grouped with C. inermis (Kerremans) and C. quadriguttata (Blackburn) both of which have enlarged antennomeres in males and slightly elongate mouthparts. Their genitalia are different ( Fig. 1 j).

Distribution. Newcastle Range, lower Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

Etymology. Named after Sue Hasenpusch, Garadunga, Innisfail, Queensland.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of male genitalia of Castiarina species: a. C. macarthuri sp. nov. b. C. turneri (Barker) c. C. setifera sp. nov. d. C. jacki sp. nov. e. C. mayoiana (Barker) f. C. purcellae sp. nov. g. C. keyzeri sp. nov. h. C. lycida sp. nov. i. C. suehasenpuschae sp. nov. j. C. inermis (Kerremans) k. C. quadriguttata (Macleay) l. C. allensundholmi sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.