Ulrica eltoro Konstantinov & Konstantinova

Konstantinov, A. S. & Konstantinova, A. A., 2011, New genus and species of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from Puerto Rico, with comments on flea beetle diversity in the West Indies and a key to the West Indian Monoplatini genera, ZooKeys 155, pp. 61-87 : 73

Ulrica eltoro Konstantinov & Konstantinova sp. n. Figs 47-50

Description.

Body length 1.94-2.16 mm, width 1.18-1.29 mm. Color chestnut brown with appendages lighter (Fig. 47). Head surface shiny with few small punctures (Fig. 48), supraorbital pore much larger than a few small punctures on vertex. Supracallinal sulcus clearly separates antennal calli and vertex medially. Frontal ridge wide, longer than antennal calli. Anterofrontal ridge making long denticle about as long as half clypeus length. Pronotum and elytron with fine punctures. Interspaces of elytron flat. Proportions of tarsomeres of male as follows: protarsomeres 7:4:4:9; mesotarsomeres 7:4:4:9; metatarsomeres 10:4:4:9. Median lobe of aedeagus more or less parallel sided in ventral, median lobe view, with ridge in middle being wider at base, narrowing towards middle and widening and disappearing towards apex. In lateral, median lobe view slightly curved with bump on ventral side beyond middle (Fig. 50).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition based on the type locality.

Diagnosis and comparison.

Ulrica eltoro can be easily differentiated from Ulrica iviei based on the key below.

Ecology.

Unidentified moss samples that contained Ulrica eltoro were collected in the forest from a variety of substrates (rocks, tree stumps, trunks and branches) (Figs 59, 60).

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, Puerto Rico: El Yunque, El Toro trail, 18°16.850'N, 65°49.753'W, 1066m, 14.VI.2008, moss (unsifted) leg. A. Konstantinov (USNM). Paratype ♂, same label as holotype (USNM).