Badioglobus tapanti, Short, 2005

Short, Andrew Edward Z., 2004, A New Genus and Species of Sphaeridiinae from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (4), pp. 534-537 : 536

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/375

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5398655

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A9063F-8243-FFB9-FE6C-FD02FC970D55

treatment provided by

Tatiana

scientific name

Badioglobus tapanti
status

sp. nov.

Badioglobus tapanti View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 1–4 View Figs )

Type Locality. Costa Rica, Cartago Province, Tapanti National Park .

Descripton. Length 6.7–7.5 mm. Dorsum and venter reddish brown. Punctation on clypeus dense, moderately impressed; distance between punctures 1.0–1.5 3 width of one puncture; punctation of pronotum and elytra less impressed and slightly less dense. Aedeagus ( Fig. 1 View Figs ) with parameres and median lobe equal in length; parameres flattened laterally; tips of parameres curved ventrally in lateral view. See generic diagnosis for additional characters.

Biology and Distribution. Broadly distributed in Costa Rica. Specimens were collected at lights, litter samples, and malaise traps. Immature stages unknown.

Material Examined. HOLOTYPE. Male. ‘‘Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapanti/ 1,230 m, Prov. Cart., COSTA/ RICA. May 1993. G. Mora./ L-N-194000, 560000,’’ ‘‘ Holotype / Badioglobus / tapanti/ A. E. Z. Short’’ ( INBIO). PARATYPES. (41). COSTA RICA: Cartago Province, Tapanti National Park, Quebrada Segunda, G. Morra, alt. 1,250 m. Various Dates: May 1992 ( AEZS, 1; CNCC, 1; INBIO, 1), June 1992 ( AEZS, 1; USNM 1; INBIO, 1), July 1992 ( AEZS, 1; CNCC, 1; INBIO, 4), Aug. 1992 ( CUIC, 2; USNM, 1; INBIO, 4), Sept. 1992 ( INBIO, 2), Oct. 1992, ( INBIO, 1), Mar. 1993 ( INBIO, 2), May 1993 (CNIC, 1; INBIO, 1), Oct. 1993 ( USNM, 2; NHMV, 1; INBIO, 2); Cartago Province, Grano de Oro, Chirripo, Turrialba, P. Campos, alt. 1,120 m, Sept. 1992 (NHMV, 1; INBIO, 1). Guanacaste Province: Rio San Lorenzo, C. Alvarado, alt. 1,050 m, Jul. 1991 ( INBIO, 1). Alajuela Province: Rio San Lorencito, Res. For. San Ramon, 5 km N. Col. Palmarena, alt. 900 m, Mar. 1990 ( INBIO, 1); San Ramon, Alberto Branes station, Rio San Lorencito, C. Rojas, alt. 800 m, 30 June 1999 ( INBIO, 1); San Ramon, Alberto Branes station, Rio San Lorencito, E. Ulate & A. Mora, alt. 850 m, 30 June–5 July 1999 ( INBIO, 1); Volcan Tenorio N. P., Upala, Bijagua, Sand Heliconias, A. Lopez, 17 Aug–17 Sept. 2000 ( INBIO, 1); Guanacaste N. P., San Ramon Sta., alt, 620 m, 10–21 June, 1994 ( INBIO, 1); Upala Bijagua, Heliconias Sta., A. Lopez, 680 m, 16 Sept. 2001 ( INBIO, 1); Upala, Alb. Heliconias, Send. Heliconias, alt. 700 m, A. Lopez, 3 Aug. 2000 ( AEZS, 1).

Etymology. Named after its type locality, Tapanti National Park.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

CUIC

Cornell University Insect Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Badioglobus

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