Aglyptinus grandis Peck and Cook, 2014

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 49-50

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5184089

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:84BA7373-8A5C-4E98-B132-8DDC2607CD48

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5192296

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D71E87FC-FFD4-FFF6-FF10-FAACFA03522D

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Felipe

scientific name

Aglyptinus grandis Peck and Cook
status

sp. nov.

Aglyptinus grandis Peck and Cook View in CoL , new species

Figures 96, 97 View Figures 92–115

Diagnostic description. Length 1.9–2.3 mm; greatest width 1.5–1.8 mm. Shining; color reddish brown; pronotal margins, labrum, palps, antennae and tarsi usually paler. Head, pronotum and elytra moderately finely, sparsely punctate. Antennae long, reaching pronotal base. Maxillary palps unmodified. Eyes of moderate size. Wings fully developed. Metasternum medially and laterally with fine lines of microsculpture. Male protarsi and mesotarsi densely setose. Major male mesofemur broader than metafemur; metatibia elongate; inner metatibial spine elongate, curved, sinuate apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 96, 97 View Figures 92–115 ) elongate, slender, strongly curved dorsoventrally, sinuate before acute apex. Parameres broad basally, narrow apically.

Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “DOM[INICAN] REP[UBLIC]: LA VEGA PROV. / PN. A. Bermudez / 4km SW Cienaga , 1200 m / forest litter, 21.VII.1995 / S. & J. Peck, 95-42” ( SBPC) . Paratypes (49) with the following label data: with same data as holotype (15, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: La Vega Prov., 10 km NE Jarabacoa, Hotel Montana , forest FIT, 18.VII–4.VIII. 1995, 550 m, S. & J. Peck, 95-30 (1, SBPC) ; PN. A. Bermudez, Cienaga , 19.VII–2.VIII.1995, 1000 m, trop. evgrn. forest, FIT, S. & J. Peck, 95-32 (15, SBPC) ; same data except: 1010 m, 95-33 (9, SBPC; 3, FSCA; 3, MCZC; 3, FMNH) . Additional material examined. Dominican Republic: La Vega Prov., PN. A. Bermudez, Cienaga , 19.VII– 2.VIII.1995, 1020 m, trop. evgrn. forest, FIT, S. & J. Peck, 95-34 (15, SBPC) ; same data except: 21.VII.1995, trop. evgrn. forest litter, 95-44 (1, SBPC) ; same data except: 2km SW Cienaga , 2.VIII.1995, 1100 m, forest litter, 95-52 (7, SBPC) ; same data except: 1 km SW Cienaga , 1050 m, 95-53 (1, SBPC) same data except: 1100 m, 95-36 (17, SBPC) ; 10km NE Jarabacoa, Racquet Club , 550 m, FIT, 20.VII–4.VIII.1995, mixed for., S. & J. Peck, 95-37 (1, SBPC) ; Res. Cient. Ebano Verde , 19°01.9’N., 70°32.6’W, 4.IX.1997, 1000m, P.W. Kovarik (1, WBIF) GoogleMaps ; Res. Sci. Ebano Verde , 1440m, 5.IX.1997, cloud forest tree fern litter (1, WBIF) ; Constanza , 1150m, 30.VIII.1988, mixed secondary pine forest, M.A. Ivie, T.K. Phillips, & K.A. Johnson (2, WIBF) ; 8kmS Constanza , 2.IX.1997, P.W. Kovarik, Berlese cloud for. lit. (3, WIBF) ; DOM.REP.: Independencia, 32km NW La Descubierta, sabana Real , 1800 m, cloud forest moss and litter, 26.XI.1991, S. & J. Peck, 91-334 (5, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: Pedernales, 28kmN Cabo Rojo , 760 m, evergreen dry forest, 29.XI–3.XII.1991, FIT, Masner & Peck, 91-349 (1, SBPC) ; Las Abejas , 1225m, 18°09’03”N, 71°37’48”W, 28.VII–3.VIII.1999, G.O. Dominici, FIT (2, WIBF) GoogleMaps ; DOM.REP.: Santiago, Par. Nac. A. Bermudez, Los Tablones, 1290m, M.A. & R.O. Ivie, FIT, on Rio Izquiera , 19°03’N, 70°50’W, 9.IV–7.VII.1992 (24, WIBF) GoogleMaps ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Barahona, nr. Filipinas, Larimar Mine , 26.VI–7.VII.1992, R.E. Woodruff & P. Skelley, flight trap (7, FSCA) ; DOM. REP.: Pico Duarte , N19°08.22 W70°27.73, 1200–1400m. 17.VII.2004, A. Konstantinov, moss sifting (2, FSCA) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Known only from Hispaniola.

Etymology. The epithet grandis (Latin, large) refers to the relatively large body size of this species.

WIBF

West Indian Beetle Fauna Project Collection

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Aglyptinus

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