Antoinettia, Skelley, 2020

Skelley, Paul E., 2020, A new Central American genus of pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from the Ischyrus-Megischyrus complex, Insecta Mundi 2020 (804), pp. 1-11 : 4

Key to species of Antoinettia

1. Pronotum with two central spots; elytra with banding pattern ( Fig. 7 ); brachypterous, hindwings lacking apical fold ( Fig. 6 ); Guatemala..................................... A. huhnei Skelley , n. sp.

— Pronotum with two stripes connected to the posterior margin, possibly to each other as one ( Fig. 12 , 17 ); each elytron with two central spots, not banded; hind wings fully developed................... 2

2(1). Pronotum with large single or doubled central stripe connecting anterior and posterior margins; elytra with humeral spot ( Fig. 12 ); Mexico................................... A. audbala (Skelley)

— Pronotum with two central stripes, connected to posterior margin but not or weakly connected to anterior margin; elytra without humeral spot ( Fig. 17 ); Belize................. A. kovariki (Skelley)

Figures

Figures 7–11. Antoinettia huhnei Skelley, holotype except as noted. 7) Dorsal view. 8) Ventral view, note deformity of abdominal ventrite II of this specimen only. 9) Lateral view.10) Anterior oblique view.11) Genitalia, male paratype from El Progresso.

Figures 1–6. Miscellaneous structures of Antoinettia Skelley, new genus.1) A. audbala (Skelley), holotype, ventral head and prosternum. 2) A. kovariki (Skelley), holotype, ventral head and prosternum. 3) A. kovariki (Skelley), allotype, female genitalia. 4–6) A. huhnei Skelley, new species. 4) Antenna, holotype. 5) Ventral head and prosternum, holotype. 6) Ventral view of elytra with abdomen removed to show brachypterous wings of this species, paratype from El Progresso.

Figures 12–16. Antoinettia audbala (Skelley), holotype. 12) Dorsal view. 13) Ventral view. 14) Lateral view. 15) Anterior oblique view. 16) Genitalia, media strut almost invisible in picture.

Figures 17–21. Antoinettia kovariki (Skelley), holotype except as noted. 17) Dorsal view. 18) Ventral view. 19) Lateral view. 20) Anterior oblique view. 21) Genitalia, paratype, arrow points to uniquely modified flagellum.