Madoniella divida Opitz, 2010

Opitz, Weston, 2010, New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), Insecta Mundi 2010 (123), pp. 1-28 : 15-16

Madoniella divida Opitz , new species

Figure 6 , 33 , 55 .

Holotype. Male. COLOMBIA Bolivar SFF Los Colorados Alto de Mirador 9 o 54' N 73 o 07’S 400m Malaise 6-21.iv.2001 E. Deulufeut Leg. M. 1602. A second label reads, IavH-E 70310. A third label reads, Instituto Humbolt COLOMBIA ( IAVH). (Specimen point mounted, antenna and gender label affixed to paper point; locality label; specimen identification number label; repository label; IAVH acronymic label; Holotype label; Plastic vial with abdomen and aedeagus.)

Paratypes. None.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 55 ): In the key of madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the Holotype extends to couplet 13(12), which accommodates Madoniella melina Opitz and M. zonula Opitz. Specimens of M. divida differ by the absence of the posterocental extension of the posterior block of the elytral insignia. Moreover, in specimens of M. divida the posterior block of the insignia is deeply incised posteriorly.

Description. Size: Length 4.0 mm; width 1.2 mm. Integumental Color: Cranium dark reddish- brown; pronotal disc brown, arch red; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block missing, posterocentral extension of posterior block missing, insignial posterior block broadly incised posteriorly at middle. Head: Vertex narrower than eyes in head dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 6. Thorax: Pronotal side margins very sinuous, anterior margin somewhat projecting at middle; elytral form oblong; elytral punctations large; anterior margin of protibia with 4 spines. Abdomen: Aedeagus as in figure 33; phallobasic rod extensive.

Variation. One specimen examined.

Natural History. The primary type was collected at 400 m in a Malaise trap sometime between the 6 th and 21 st of May.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The specific epithet divida stems from the Latin divido (= divided). I refer to division of the posterior region of the posterior block of the elytral insignia.

Figures

Figure 1-15. Antennae. 1) Amboakis ampla. 2) Amboakis capitata. 3) A. stenosis. 4) A. waodani. 5) Madoniella aspera. 6) M. divida. 7) Plocamocera quadrula. 8) P. clinata. 9) Amboakis antegalba. 10) A. diffusa. 11) Madoniella spilota. 12) Amboakis demagna. 13) Epiphloeus erwini. 14) Madoniella darlingtoni. 15) Plocamocera lena.

Figure 25-38. Aedeagi. 25) Amboakis ampla. 26) A. antegalba. 27) Amboakis demagna. 28) Amboakis capitata. 29) A. diffusa. 30) A. waodani. 31) Epiphloeus erwini. 32) Epiphloeus pulcherrimus. 33) Madoniella divida. 34) Plocamocera lena. 35) Pyticeroides latisentis. 36) P. moraguesi. 37) P. turbosiris. 38) P. ustulatis.

Figure 47-58. Habiti. 47) Amboakis ampla. 48) A. antegalba. 49) A. diffusa. 50) Amboakis demagna. 51) A. waodani. 52) Epiphloeus erwini. 53) Madoniella aspera. 54) Madoniella darlingtoni. 55). Madoniella divida. 56) Madoniella spilota. 57) Plocamocera clinata. 58) P. lena.