Discheramocephalus capac, Darby, Michael, 2016

Darby, Michael, 2016, Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo, Zootaxa 4097 (3), pp. 416-425 : 420

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079374
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/56410E63-336E-4C42-9600-49357D2F83B1
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:56410E63-336E-4C42-9600-49357D2F83B1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Discheramocephalus capac
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Discheramocephalus capac View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs. 3 View FIGURES 2 – 7 , 9 View FIGURES 8 – 13 , 16, 18, 21, 27)

Habitus Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2 – 7 . Length 0.67 mm. Colour: head, pronotum and scutellum black, elytra, antennae and legs yellow. Antennomeres 3–11 0.24 mm long. Head with long setae, one third width of head before eyes, posterior margin without a medial depression. Mentum and submentum broad, the sides of the mentum swollen anteriorly Fig. 21 View FIGURES 20 – 24 . Width across eyes 0.20 mm. Pronotum 0.24 mm wide, 0.20 mm long, shining without sculpturation, and with short pubescence arranged in rows, two central channels slightly widening anteriorly Fig. 9 View FIGURES 8 – 13 . Elytra 0.43 mm long, 0.28 mm wide, shining, without sculpturation, pubescence short and scattered. Mesoventral collar and keel Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25 – 30 . Metaventrum without lines. Ventrite VIII with two large pits each more than one third the width of the segment Fig. 18. Mesofemora not overtly swollen apically, tarsi long Fig. 17. Pygidium with +/- 8 teeth. Aedeagus Fig. 18.

Etymology. Noun in apposition. After the Great Inca, Huayna Capac , who died in 1526.

Diagnosis. The dark head, pronotum and scutellum contrasting with the yellow elytra, and absence of visible sculpturation will distinguish this species from all others except D. malalae from which it may be separated by its larger size, more proximate longitudinal depressions on the pronotum, the form of the mesoventral collar and keel, and by the anteriorly swollen mentum.

Type data: Holotype: PERU: Cusco Dept.: Villa Carmen Field Station, cafeteria ~ 1.7 km west, research transect, 12.89221°S 71.41946°W, 560m, 26–28.V.2011, D.J. Bennett & E. Razuri, flight intercept trap, PER-11- FIT-014 ( MUSM). Paratypes: 2 exs, PERU, Madre de Dios Dept.: CICRA Field Station, trail 6, research plot, 12.55207°S 70.10962°W, 295m, 7–9.VI.2011, Chaboo team, flight intercept trap, PER-11-FIT-017 ( SEMC, BMNH) (one mounted as a slide); 1 ex, PERU: Madre de Dios Dept.: CICRA Field Station, exp. plot, North transect, 12.55261°S 70.11008°W, 295m, 13–15.VII.2010, Chaboo team, ex. yellow pan trap, PER-10-07-DJB-032 ( SEMC).