Adelopsis luculenta Szymczakowski, 1963

Gnaspini, Pedro & Peck, Stewart B., 2019, Redescription of the ‘ older Adelopsis’ species (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) based on the analysis of type specimens, Zootaxa 4696 (1), pp. 1-62 : 39-40

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4696.1.1

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scientific name

Adelopsis luculenta Szymczakowski, 1963
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Adelopsis luculenta Szymczakowski, 1963 View in CoL

( Figs. 190–195 View FIGURES 190–195 )

Adelopsis luculentus Szymczakowski, 1963: 673 View in CoL [and Figs. 14–17 View FIGURES 4–16 View FIGURES 17–25 ].

Adelopsis luculenta View in CoL ; Gnaspini, 1996: 539 (holotype seen; spelling corrected to feminine gender); Salgado, 2010: 213 (assignment to group).

Note: see Taxonomic Note for erroneous/doubtfull citations of this species.

Type material examined: Holotype male in NMPC (Gnaspini, 1996: 541). Labels: “ São Paulo / Bras. Mráz lgt. / Mus. Pragense”. Note : the specimen was previously dissected, and the genital segment was missing. Specimen here illustrated.

Length: 3.7 mm (original description and our measurement). It is a very large size when compared to other species in the genus.

Type locality: São Paulo, [São Paulo State], Brazil .

Taxonomic Note. Salgado (2005: 971 [and Figs. 21–22 View FIGURES 17–25 ], 2015: 34) recorded this species from Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Unfortunately, he did not illustrate the aedeagus (which is “mandatory” for the proper recognition of species in Adelopsis ) and the genital segment illustrated (his Fig. 21 View FIGURES 17–25 ) fits any species in the subgroup grouvellei here established. The spermatheca illustrated (his Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17–25 ) is a 2-turns spermatheca, common to several species of the genus (as can be seen in several species here illustrated). Salgado (2005) recorded size range as ‘2.60–3.70 mm’, the latter being exactly the size recorded in the original description; however, he did not state if this measurement was taken from the specimens he had at hand or from the original description—in other words, it is not possible to know if he had specimens as large as the holotype (which seems to be a diagnostic feature of the species) or not. Yet, this record is far from the “type locality”, and other species occur in the area. Therefore, this record from Santa Catarina should, at least, be considered doubtfull. Other species of the subgroup grouvellei nov. recorded in Santa Catarina are A. grouvellei (type from Bahia) and A. asperoides (type from São Paulo) (both recorded for the first time in Santa Catarina also by Salgado, 2005), and A. aspera (type from São Paulo), recorded by Jeannel (1936) based on a female, all here considered doubtful records (see Taxonomic Note for each species). On the other hand, A. triangulifer is indeed recorded in both Santa Catarina and São Paulo States, based on the similarities of the aedeagus and genital segments based on illustrations, reinforcing the need for illustrating these features from several views, which was not done for the species cited in the previous phrase.

Short Redescription. Eyes normal. Winged. (It seems to have) No posterior projections on male ventrites. Right lobe of the aedeagus with a long arm and apex as an upside-down trapezoid with the apical margin straight ( Figs. 191, 193 View FIGURES 190–195 ), with a curved margin ending bluntly, in lateral view ( Figs. 190, 192 View FIGURES 190–195 ). Flagellum almost as long as aedeagus, strongly curved and projected laterally, forming a tape-shaped 1-turn coil ( Fig. 190 View FIGURES 190–195 ). Proportion aedeagus/ elytron = 0.24. Genital segment missing.

Female originally unknown. Salgado (2005) recorded this species from Santa Catarina, here considered a doubtful record, illustrating the spermatheca (his Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17–25 ).

Distribution. Brazil: São Paulo State (original description; here).

Note: Doubtfull records (see Taxonomic Notes above): Santa Catarina State ( Salgado, 2005, 2015).

Taxonomic Remarks.

1) The lateral view of the aedeagus ( Figs. 190, 192 View FIGURES 190–195 ), together with the frontal view of the tip of the right lobe of the aedeagus ( Figs. 191, 192 View FIGURES 190–195 ), seems to help in the recognition of this species.

The original illustration of the aedeagus ( Szymczakowski, 1963: Fig. 17 View FIGURES 17–25 ) is somewhat confusing because he did not highlight the presence of a coiled tape-shaped flagellum, but the axis of the flagellum is highlighted and resembles our figures.

This species is also distinctive by its large size when compared to other species in the genus and by the pointy tip of the antenna ( Fig. 194 View FIGURES 190–195 ), which has been rarely recorded in the genus (especially when the group benardi is considered).

2) This species is tentatively assigned to subgroup, since the genital segment (which is here considered important for subgroup assignment) is unknown.

NMPC

National Museum Prague

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Adelopsis

Loc

Adelopsis luculenta Szymczakowski, 1963

Gnaspini, Pedro & Peck, Stewart B. 2019
2019
Loc

Adelopsis luculenta

Salgado, J. M. 2010: 213
2010
Loc

Adelopsis luculentus

Szymczakowski, W. 1963: 673
1963
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