Hyponotum macrocephalum, Constantin, 2020

Constantin, Robert, 2020, A contribution to the genera Plectonotum Gorham and Hyponotum Wittmer, with the description of sixteen new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (34), pp. 1-27 : 23

Hyponotum macrocephalum sp. nov.

( Figs. 21 , 44 , 87-88 , 113 , 119 )

Type material: Holotype ♂ ( MUSM): Peru, provincia de Huánuco, túnel de Carpish, lado norte, cabañas del camino viejo, 09°43′S, 76°06′W, 2,700 m, 28.III.2015, leg. R. Constantin.

Description: Holotype. Length 4.4 mm. Head black, the front margin of the clypeus light brown. Mandibles yellow. Antennomeres I-II rusty brown with yellow ventral face, III-XI black. Pronotum, elytra and abdomen black. Legs black, protibiae yellow, tarsi brown. Head as wide as pronotum. Eyes elongate, flattened, feebly convex. Frons flat between the eyes, the surface alutaceous and dull, with dense, thin punctation and sparse, thin whitish setae. Temples long, arcuate, narrowed basally. Antennae slender, as long as three-quarters of the body. Pronotum 1.5 times wider than long. Apical edge right, basal edge feebly bisinuate, lateral edges regularly rounded, apical angles obtuse, basal angle right. Disc wide, moderately convex, separated from the border by a furrow. Lateral borders wider and more explanate than the front and rear borders. Elytra 2.8 times longer than the combined width at the base, not costate, subseriately and strongly punctate, the punctations 1.5 times wider than their intervals, covered with sparse, long (0.08-0.1 mm), whitish setae, obliquely backwards directed. Legs simples. Claws thin, without basal denticles. Abdominal sternite VIII with arched lateral edges, narrowing apically in a short tip. Aedeagus: tegmen elongate, the apico-ventral edge with two long, narrow apophyses. Lateral sclerites narrow, not denticulate. Median lobe with narrow tip.

Figures

Figure 119. Map of distribution of the Peruvian Plectonotum and Hyponotum species. (1) Plectonotum altomayo sp. nov.; (2) P. amazonas sp. nov.; (3) P. bicoloricolle sp. nov.; (4) P. carpish sp. nov.; (5) P. celendin sp. nov.; (6) P. costae sp.nov.;(7) P.howdeniWittmer;(8)P.huariacasp.nov.;(9)P.huascaran sp.nov.; (10) P. huertoae sp. nov.; (11) P. inca Wittmer; (12) P. leymebamba sp. nov.; (13) P. longissimum (Pic); (14) P. luteipes sp. nov.; (15) P. martinezi Wittmer; (16)P.neoruficollenom.nov.;(17)P.oxapampasp.nov.;(18)P.peruanumWittmer. (19)P.rubrithoraxsp.nov.;(20)P.shipasbambasp.nov.;(21) Hyponotummacrocephalum sp.nov.;(22)Hyponotumsucchabamba sp.nov.

Figures 17-23. Plectonotum and Hyponotum species,habitus dorsal. (17) Plectonotum oxapampa sp. nov.; (18) P.peruanum Wittmer. (19) P.rubrithorax sp. nov.; (20) P.shipasbamba sp.nov.;(21) Hyponotum macrocephalum sp.nov.;(22) H. succhabamba sp.nov.;(23)H. philippii (Gemminger).

Figures 36-46. Plectonotum and Hyponotum, head and pronotum. (36) Plectonotum longissimum (Pic); (37) P. luteipes sp. nov.; (38) P. martinezi Wittmer; (39) P.neoruficolle nom. nov.;(40) P.oxapampasp. nov.;(41) P.peruanum Wittmer.(42) P.rubrithorax sp.nov.;(43) P.shipasbamba sp.nov.;(44) Hyponotum macrocephalum sp.nov.;(45) H.succhabamba sp.nov.; (46) H.philippii (Gemminger).

Figures 79-92. Plectonotum and Hyponotum species,aedeagus (dorsal,ventral).(79-80) Plectonotum oxapampa sp.nov.;(81-82) Plectonotum peruanumWittmer. (83-84) P.rubrithorax sp. nov.; (85-86) P. shipasbamba sp. nov.; (87-88) Hyponotum macrocephalum sp. nov.; (89-90) H. succhabamba sp.nov.; (91-92) H. philippii (Gemminger).Scale bars:0.2 mm.

Figures 110-115. Plectonotum and Hyponotum species,aedeagus (lateral).(110) Plectonotum peruanumWittmer.(111) P.rubrithorax sp.nov.;(112)P.shipasbamba sp.nov.;(113) Hyponotum macrocephalum sp.nov.;(114) H.succhabamba sp.nov.;(115) H.philippii (Gemminger).