Cyclaxyra jelineki, Gimmel & Leschen & Ślipiński & Csiro, 2009

Gimmel, Matthew L., Leschen, Richard A. B., Ślipiński, S. Adam & Csiro, 2009, Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 511-528 : 521-523

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5319990

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5342680

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D48786-FFF6-EA2A-2987-9D118E7A0649

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Felipe

scientific name

Cyclaxyra jelineki
status

sp. nov.

Cyclaxyra jelineki sp. nov.

( Figs. 19 View Figs , 22–25 View Figs )

Type material. HOLOTYPE. J: “ NEW ZEALAND:KA, Mt.Fyffe , Hinau Loop, Kowhai Valley, 17.II.2009, K. Marske & R. Leschen, ex sooty mould at base of tree, night, 42°21.008′S, 173°34.077′E, 200 m, KM314 / HOLOTYPE Cyclaxyra jelineki design. R. Leschen, 2009 ” ( NZAC). GoogleMaps

PARATYPES (130 spec.): NEW ZEALAND: KA: same data as holotype, except KM312 & KM314, 87 ( NZAC), 10 ( ANIC), 10 ( LSAM), and 10 ( FMNH) GoogleMaps ; same data as holotype, except 5.IV.2004, RL846, R. Leschen, 2 ( NZAC) GoogleMaps ; Oaro , black sooty mould on tree, 20.III.1982, C.A. Muir & R.M. Emberson, 4 ( LUNZ) ; Blue Duck Scientific Reserve , 42°15′S, 173°46′E, leaf litter, 18.XI.1999, RL497, R. Leschen & R. Hoare, 2 ( NZAC). NC: Front Dismal [near Dismal Valley] (71ha), 42°37′S, 172°21′E, FIT 14 days, forest 64m ground, #1637-014, 11.II.2001, R.K. Didham, 1 ( AMNZ) GoogleMaps ; Glentui , Glentui Reserve, 43°12.023′S, 172°15.194′E, under logs, 5.II.2007, RL1284, R. Leschen, T. Buckley, & K. Marske, 4 ( NZAC) GoogleMaps .

Adult description. Total length: 2.00– 2.58 mm; body colouration of mature specimens usually deep black, teneral specimens often with base of elytra, pronotum anteromedially, and metaventrite darker than rest of integument; appendages rufous, antennal club usually concolourous with funicle; glabrous above; frons ( Fig. 19 View Figs ) with fine, dense punctation, punctures separated by 1 diameter; metaventrite with fine, dense punctation; hind wings reduced to short pads; pronotal length 0.40–0.56 mm; elytral length 1.22–1.70 mm; tegmen of aedeagus ( Figs. 22, 23 View Figs ) with long, curved basal strut, parameres proportionally long; penis ( Fig. 24 View Figs ) not including basal strut more that five times as long as wide; spiculum gastrale as in Fig. 25 View Figs .

Variation. The basal strut of the penis is variable in form. The thinly sclerotised posterolateral regions of the tegmen are often flexed inward as a result of clearing, making the tegmen appear narrowed apically.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Dr Josef Jelínek in recognition of his excellent work in Nitidulidae (including New Zealand work) and other microcoleoptera and for his kindness to fellow entomologists.

Differential diagnosis. Adults may be distinguished from C. politula by the finely, densely punctate frons and metaventrite, and by the characters of the male genitalia noted in the key.

Distribution. Known only from the northeastern regions of the South Island, New Zealand, from North Canterbury northward to at least Blue Duck Scientific Reserve. Most specimens were collected at Mt. Fyffe, on the Hinau Loop in Kowhai Valley which is predominantly a broadleaf forest, but other localities consist of stands of Nothofagus and broadleaf trees, or a mix of these trees with podocarps.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

LSAM

Louisiana State Arthropod Museum

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

LUNZ

Lincoln University Entomology Research Museum

AMNZ

Auckland Institute and Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Phalacridae

Genus

Cyclaxyra

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