Selenophorus solitarius Darlington

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 37

Selenophorus solitarius Darlington Figs 18C, 19 G–I, 21

Selenophorus solitarius Darlington, 1934: 106. HOLOTYPE male: Zaza del Medio, Cuba, Sept. 3, 1913 (AMNH). One female PARATYPE: Cayamas, Santa Clara, Cuba, Jan. 14, E.A. Schwarz (USNM).- Blackwelder 1944: 50.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 441.- Ball 1992: 85.- Lorenz 1998: 356.- Lorenz 2005: 377.- Peck 2005: 33.

Type locality.

Zaza del Medio, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba.

Diagnosis.

This species is readily separated from the other species in the latior species group by a combination of: elytra with mesh pattern slightly transverse, sculpticells about 1.5 –2× wide as long, pronotum with posteriolateral angles rounded and pronotum with posteriolateral impressions coarsely punctate.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 18C. Clypeus and labrum with anterior margin of each shallowly concave. Antennae with antennomere 1 rufo-testaceous to brunneous, antennomeres 2-11 darker; palpi infuscated, rufous to rufo-brunneous, tips testaceous; legs rufous to rufo-brunneous. Dorsal and ventral surfaces brunneous to brunneo-piceous; elytral epipleuron paler than disc. Male with faint bluish-green metallic luster; female with faint cupreous metallic luster. Male: head and pronotum shiny, few microlines visible at 100 ×. Female: head shiny, with mesh pattern isodiametric; pronotum shiny, few microlines visible at 100 ×. Elytra with mesh pattern slightly transverse, sculpticells about 1.5 –2× wide as long in both sexes. Pronotum with posteriolateral impressions coarsely punctate; posteriolateral angles broadly rounded. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Both male and female with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Figs 19 G–I. Apical portion of phallic median lobe long, narrowly tapered, tip curved up dorsally, hook-like; endophallus without spines or dark microtrichial fields; lamina widened distally, tip pointed. Ventral surface of shaft smooth.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Not studied.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 21. This species is known only from the Greater Antillean island of Cuba.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

The range of this species is allopatric in relation to the other members of the latior species group. Its relationships are not specified beyond group membership.

Material examined.

In addition to the holotype, we have seen one female paratype. See Appendix for details.