Doliops kivlenieceae, Barševskis, 2014

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2014, New species and new records of the genus Doliops Waterhouse, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 14 (2), pp. 113-135 : 120-122

Doliops kivlenieceae sp. n.

( Fig. 5A, B )

Type material. Holotype: Female. Philippines: Mindanao, Bukidnon, San Fernando , 03.2014, local collector leg.

Description. Body black, very shiny, with bright coppery luster. Surface with pale, greenish scales, arranged in longitudinal lines. Body length: 14.2 mm, largest width: 7.1 mm.

Head glossy, with golden luster and longitudinal band of pale, iridescent scales between eyes and protruded antennal bases. Cheeks with well deweloped transverse spot of pale greenish scales. Labrum glossy, with golden-greenish luster, covered by light pubescence and row of dark setae. Head finely punctate and sometimes with fine microsculpture and pubescence. First three antennomere lustrous and tomentose. First antennomere golden-coloured, with bright metallic luster. Second antennomere very short, with light metallic luster. Third antennomere long, with widened apex and inner brush of dark setae. Remaining antennomeres cylindrical, reddish. Prono-tum convex, black, very shiny, with wide semicircular band of pale laterally, greenish iridescent scales and with large spots of longitudinal and transverse bands dorsally. Disc of pronotum shiny, with well distinct microsculpture and sparse punctures. Scutellum rounded and tomentose in apical part. Elytra very convex, black, shiny, on each side with longitudinal rows of pale greenish, iridescent scales. Elytra with wide transverse row of greenish scales basally and with longitudinal rows of coarse punctures; background of elytra finely punc-tate. Width of elytra at shoulders: 5.0 mm. Greatest width of elytra behind middle: 5.2 mm. Meso, meta-epimera and sternites with lateral spots, covered by pale greenish scales. Legs of holotype black, with metallic green luster, shiny. Femora witht small apical spot of greenish scales, more or less tomentose. Surface of tarsomeres black, with dark pubescence. Tibia and tarsus covered by numerous setae apically.

Diferential diagnosis. This new species is closely related with D. valainisi Barševskis, 2013 , and Doliops costatus Vives, 2012 , but differs from compared species by the characteristic pattern of the body surface. Disc of pronotum by new species with large spots of longitudinal and transverse bands, but basis of elytra with wide transverse band of pale scales, different as by D. valainisi ( Fig. 5C ) and D. costatus . Body of D. kivlenieceae sp. n. broader and more convex as by both other species.

Mimicry. D. kivlenieceae sp. nov. as well as D. valainisi Barš. mimics the weevil Pachyrrhynchus sp. & Matapocyrtus sp. ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( Fig. 5D, E ).

Etymology. This species is named after my colleague, Latvian coleopterologist Dr. Inese Kivleniece (Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia) in appreci-ation of cooperation.

Figures

Fig.5. A - D. kivlenieceae sp. n. (dorsal view), B - D. kivlenieceae sp. n. (lateral view), C - D. valainisi (dorsal view), D - Metapocyrtus sp. (dorsal view), F - Pachyrrhynchus sp. (dorsal view)