Neodiachipteryx davidsoni, Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017

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 : 24-26

Neodiachipteryx davidsoni sp. n. Figs 9B, 10B, 13

Specific epithet.

A Latinized eponym, genitive case, based on the surname of Robert L. Davidson, Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum who recognized the single specimen to represent a new species and provided the specimen to the authors so that it could be included in this paper.

Type material.

Holotype male, labelled: "DOMINICAN/ REPUBLIC/ Sabaneta Prov./ Santiago Rodrigues/ Zamba/ August 2, 1980" (CMNH).

Type locality.

Zamba, municipality of Sabaneta, province of Santiago Rodrigues, Dominican Republic.

Diagnosis.

This species is readily separated from N. cariniger , the only other species of Neodiachipteryx , by a combination of: labrum with anterior margin deeply notched medially and elytral intervals 3-5 moderately convex at the apex of the elytra.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 9B. Labrum with anterior margin shallowly concave; labrum with anterior margin deeply notched medially. Antennae and mouthparts rufo-testaceous; legs bicolored, femora rufo-brunneous, remainder of leg rufo-testaceous. Dorsal and ventral surfaces rufo-brunneous to dark brunneous; dorsal surface with greenish blue metallic luster. Head, pronotum and elytra shiny, microlines not visible at 100 ×. Labrum with mesh pattern slightly transverse, sculpticells about 1.5 –2× wide as long. Pronotum with posteriolateral angles rounded; posteriolateral impression impunctate. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Elytral interval 2 markedly convex at elytral apex; intervals 3-5 moderately convex at elytral apex (Fig. 10B). The membranous hind wings are folded, not reduced in length.

Male genitalia. Unknown, the abdomen is missing from the holotype.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Female unknown.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 13. This species is known only from the Greater Antillean island of Hispaniola.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

Both this species and N. cariniger are recorded from Hispaniola, but their known ranges do not overlap.

Material examined.

Only the male holotype; for details, see above.