Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai, Serrano, 2024

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the tribes Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 and Rhopalomelini Alluaud, 1930 (Carabidae: Licininae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of two new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5397 (1), pp. 1-35 : 13

Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai n. sp.

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Type material. Holotype male: “Bissor„\ 16.XI.1983 \ SPEN Nº 197”\\ “ A. Serrano leg.” \\ “Miss. Ent. SPEN\ à Guiné-Bissau \ 16Nov a 7Dez83 ”\\ “ Chlaenius \ ( Chlaeniostenus ) \ anthracoderus \ (Laferté) \ Det. A. Serrano, 2003 \\ “Holotype male\ Chlaenius \ ( Chlaeniostenus ) \ silvai n. sp. \ A. Serrano det. 2023 [t] [h] [red card] .

Differential diagnosis: Head bright metallic green, pronotum bright green laterally, coppery in the centre, elytra silky green-copperish matte (except a lateral yellow band). Labrum, palpi, antennae and legs (except coxae that are blackish) yellow-reddish; distal half of mandibles dark brown; head almost smooth, surface of pronotum microreticulate, with scattered punctures; elytra microreticulate, lateral yellowish band reaching the 7 th stria, broader posteriad; aedeagus ( Figs 2c–e )

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FIGURE 2. Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) silvai n. sp. (a) habitus, holotype male (dorsal view); (b) habitus, holotype male (ventral view); (c) and (d) median lobe of aedeagus, holotype male (lateral and dorsal views, respectively); (e) right and left parameres of aedeagus, holotype male (lateral view).