Acroleptus limai Ferreira, 2020

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2020, Revision of Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886 and descriptions of New Acroleptina taxa (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calopterini), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 53 (45 - 46), pp. 2739-2756 : 2748-2749

Acroleptus limai Ferreira new species

Figures 7 – 9, 18, 25.

Material examined (1). Holotype 1 ♂: Espirito Santo /Descowtils/6524/ Fry coll; 1905 – 100 ( NMNH).

Etymology. The species is named after Rodrigo Lima, born and raised in Vitória, Espírito Santo, and the lead singer and lyricist for the hardcore punk band Dead Fish.

Diagnosis. The pronotum and the sides of head yellow ( Figures 7 – 9), the irregular cells on elytra and the male genitalia distinguishes ( Figure 18) A. limai from other members of the genus.

Description. Head dark brown, sides yellow ( Figures 7, 9). Antennae reaching middle of elytra, densely setose; flabellum of antennomere III and IV subequal in length with their respective stems; flabellum of antennomere V about 1.5x longer than stem; flabellum of antennomeres VI twice the length of stem; flabella of antennomeres VII – X 3x longer than respective stems. Elytra: subparallel, 7x longer than pronotum; reticulate, cells irregular, with four elytral costae reaching apex of elytra ( Figures 7, 8). Male genitalia bilaterally symmetrical; exposed portion of median lobe twice the length of parameres, slightly tapered towards apex, rounded apically, with a membranous round structure in the apex of median lobe; folds in the basal inner margin of median lobe strongly developed; phallobase elongate, lateral margins subparallel, posterior margin round, with median suture absent ( Figure 18).

Length (pronotum+elytra): 5.0 mm. Width (across humerus): 1.2 mm.

Distribution. Espírito Santo, Brazil ( Figure 25).

Type locality. Espírito Santo, Brazil .