Ichnea acanthomelina Opitz

Opitz, Weston, 2010, Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VIII. The Genera Acanthocollum Opitz, Stegnoclava Opitz, and Ichnea Laporte, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 9) 64, pp. 1-65 : 24-26

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-64.mo4.1

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scientific name

Ichnea acanthomelina Opitz
status

sp. nov.

Ichnea acanthomelina Opitz , new species

( Figs. 41, 144 View Figs , 158 View Figs , 187 View Figs ; Map 2 View Map 2 )

Holotype. ♀. Brazil, Rondônia, 62 km SW Ariquemes , nr Fzda. Rancho Grande, a second label that reads Nov. 1–7. 1997, B. K. Dozier, collector ( MZSP). (Specimen point mounted, gender label affixed to paper point; support card; locality label; collection date label; MZSP acronymic label; holotype label.)

Paratypes. Thirty specimens: Brazil: Pará, Jacareacanga , XII-1968, M. Alvarenga ( DZUP, 1; WOPC, 1). Rondônia, 62 km SE Ariquernes, 7- 18-XI-1996, W. J. Hanson ( EMUS, 5; WOPC, 2) ; idem, Fazenda Rancho Grande , 16-XI-1994, C. W. & L. O’ Brien ( JNRC, 1; WOPC, 1) ; idem, 5-16-XI- 1996, W. J. Hanson ( EMUS, 2; WOPC, 1) ; idem, 22- 31-1997, W.J. Hanson ( EMUS, 1) ; idem, Rancho Grande , 20-31-X-1997, B. K. Dozier ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, 1-14-XI-1997, B. K. Dozier ( EMUS, 3; WOPC, 2) ; idem, 1-17-1997, B. K. Dozier ( EMUS, 1; WOPC, 2) ; idem, 30-10-III-IV-1992, J. E. Eger ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, 6-15-XII-1990, D. A. Rider &

78) Protibia of Ichnea praeusta ; 79) Hindbody of I. praeusta .

J. E. Eger ( EMUS, 1). Mato Grosso, Diamantino Fazenda, Rio Arinos , II-1983, Eurides Furtado ( CMNH, 1; WOPC, 1); Vila Vera, X-1973, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 1); Sinop, Coordemadas, X- 1974, 350 m, M. Alvarenga ( WOPC, 1) .

Diagnosis. The more slender antennomeres of the antennal capitulum (compare Figs. 158 and 166 View Figs ) conveniently distinguish the members of this species from those of Ichnea atra Opitz , new species. Also, unlike in I. atra , the members of this species have the pronotum densely vested with golden setae.

Description. Size: Length 7.0 mm; width 2.8 mm. Form ( Fig. 144 View Figs ): Oblong subovoid. Integumental color ( Fig. 41): Cranium mostly black in upper frons, vertex, and upper epicranium, antennal apex yellow; pronotal integument mostly black, anterior angles yellow; elytra black. Head: HW/PW 1.0; frons indented; EW/VW 2.1; antennal funicle not compressed ( Fig. 158 View Figs ). Thorax: PL/PW 1.0; elytra subovoid, EL /PL 4.7; EL/EW 2.1; pronotum densely vested with golden setae; anterior margin of protibia with 11 spines. Male genitalia: Aedeagus as in Fig. 187 View Figs .

Variation. Size: Length 4.5–7.7 mm; width 1.7–2.5 mm. The extent of yellow at, and posterior to, the pronotal anterior angle varies. It extends to the posterior angle in two of the paratypes. Further- more, in some specimens there is a faint oblique fascia at the middle of the elytral disc.

Variation. Specimens have been collected during October through December, and during February; one at 350 m elevation.

Distribution. The species is known only from northwestern and central Brazil ( Map 2 View Map 2 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latin compound name stemming from the noun acanthus (= corner) and the adjective melina (= honey-colored) and refers to the light coloration on the anterior angles of the pronotum.

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Ichnea

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