Sapintus airi Telnov, 2014

Telnov, Dmitry, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) of the Solomon Archipelago with notes on some Indo-Pacific Sapintus Casey, 1895, Zootaxa 5507 (1), pp. 79-103 : 93

Sapintus airi Telnov, 2014 ( Fig. 14 )

Telnov (2014: 266, 314, 318, 344, pl. 44 figs. 3‒4) original description, key, checklist, map, figures.

Type material. BMNH.

Ecology. Unknown.

Distribution. Endemic to the Solomon Islands. Yet recorded from Guadalcanal and Makira ( Fig. 14 ).

Note. Misspelt ‘ airii’ by Telnov (2014: 268) in the differential diagnosis. ‘Conga’ on one of the paratype’s labels should be read Konga.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Distribution records of Sapintus Casey, 1895 and Notoxinae Stephens, 1829 in the Solomon Archipelago. Black and white circles–S. airi Telnov, 2014; white circle–S. curvitibia Telnov, 2014; squares–S. francoisi (Pic, 1902) [locality in Santa Isabel is indicative for the whole island, since no exact locality information is available]; star–Mecynotarsus solomon Kejval, 2017. Black line: schematic Pleistocene landmass of the Greater Bukida and Greater Gatumbangara islands and other sea-minimum landmasses in the Solomon Archipelago.