Madoniella aspera Opitz, 2010

Opitz, Weston, 2010, New taxa of Epiphloeinae Kuwert (Cleridae) and Chaetosomatidae Crowson (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), Insecta Mundi 2010 (123), pp. 1-28 : 14-15

Madoniella aspera Opitz , new species

Figure 5 , 53 .

Holotype. Female. Colombia, Boyaca SFF Iquaque Canana, Mamaramus 2855 m. A second label reads, 5 o 25’N 73 o 27’W Malaise 8-25-vi-2000 M. Reina, leg. M-184 ( IAVH). (Specimen pin mounted, support card, antenna and gender label affixed to support card; locality label; collection date label, IAVH acronymic label; Holotype label.)

Paratypes. None.

Diagnosis ( Fig. 53 ): In the key of the madoniellan species (Opitz, in press), the Holotype extends to couplet 31(27'), which leads to Madoniella ignis Opitz and M. maxicornis Opitz. From the latter, M. aspera specimens may be distinguished by the spotted condition of the legs.

Description. Size: Length 5.8 mm; width 1.8 mm. Integumental Color: Cranium and pronotum dark brown; elytral disc with well-developed insignia, posterolateral extensions of posterior block present. Head: Vertex wider than eyes in head dorsal view; antenna as depicted in figure 5. Thorax: Pronotal side margins very sinuous, anterior margin slightly projected at middle; disc very roughened; elytral punctations large, not serially arranged near sutural margin; elytral disc roughened; anterior margin of protibia with 4 spines. Abdomen: Aedeagus not available for study.

Variation. One specimen examined.

Natural History. The primary type was collected in a Malaise trap at 2855 m, temporally between the 8 th and 25 th of June.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The generic name Madoniella Pic is feminine and the specific epithet aspera stems from the Latin asper (= rough). I refer to rough contour on the pronotum and elytra.

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 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.