Floromadane tumens PRENA, 2009
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.59.1.239-246 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7D7E2C8-7894-42AE-BB65-E363DEFB01B5 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5212827 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/50B6978A-1624-4397-99A2-B5128322073E |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:50B6978A-1624-4397-99A2-B5128322073E |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Floromadane tumens PRENA |
status |
sp. nov. |
Floromadane tumens PRENA , sp. n.
Holotype male, dissected, Costa Rica, labeled: “ Panamá: Panamá Pr./ Cerro Campana , 850m. / 8˚ 40' N, 79˚ 56' W/ 13 May 73 Stockwell”, “ HOLOTYPE / Floromadane / tumens / Prena, 2009” ( CMNC).
Paratypes: 2 males. PANAMA: Panamá Prov., Cerro Campana , 26.6.1971, H. A. Hespenheide ( HPSC), ditto, 16.7.1976, W. Clark ( USNM) .
Description:
Total length 4.8-6.5 mm, standard length 4.6-6.1 mm, width 2.7-3.7 mm; integument dark brown, ochre scales in incomplete dorsolateral and median pronotal vittae and in irregular clusters particularly on apical half of elytra ( Fig. 5-6 View Fig ); pronotum gibbous, disk distinctly arched in lateral view, punctures confluent, intervals granular, confluent in midline; scutellum square, apex round to acuminate; elytra subtriangular, conjointly rounded and completely covering pygidium, interstriae costate except for flat portions of disk; ventral tooth variously reduced on profemur, largest on mesofemur; tibiae with praemucro indistinct, male with sparse fringe of long hairs on ventral edge of protibia; claws subconnate at base; male genitalia similar to those of F. atrorubens .
Plant association:
Unknown.
Distribution:
The species is known only from Cerro Campana in central Panama.
Epithet:
A Latin present participle derived from tumeo meaning “swollen”.
USNM |
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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