Cenophengus zuritai Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero, 2021

Vega-Badillo, Viridiana, Morrone, Juan J. & Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, 2021, Revision of the genus Cenophengus LeConte, 1881 (Coleoptera, Phengodidae), with the description of four new species, new geographic records and a new synonymy, ZooKeys 1068, pp. 73-148 : 73

Cenophengus zuritai Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero sp. nov.

Fig. 33A-H

Type locality.

Cartago, Costa Rica.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♂: "COSTA RICA: Cartago/ 4 km NE Canon Genesis II/ 9.761°N, 83.916°W / FEB-MAR 1993, 2350 m/S.& P. Friedman. Malaise" "From the Michael Ivie Collection" |. Paratype ♂: "COSTA RICA: Cartago / 4 km NE Canon Genesis II/ 9.761°N, 83.916°W / FEB-MAR 1993, 2350 m/ S.& P. Friedman. Malaise" "From the Michael Ivie Collection" (2) | NMNH.

Remarks.

Cenophengus zuritai is morphologically similar to C. xiinbali , but can be distinguished by the interocular distance and terminal maxillary palpomere. In C. zuritai , the interocular distance is 3 times eye width, whereas in C. xiinbali , it is 2.5 times longer. The terminal maxillary palpomere is shorter than the preceding three combined in C. zuritai , whereas in C. xiinbali , it is as long as the preceding three combined.

Diagnosis.

Head orange-brown, pronotum orange, integument chagreened, head a little wider than the pronotum, antennae long, more than twice the length of pronotum; antennal rami 1.5 times the respective antennomere, terminal maxillary palpomere shorter than the preceding three combined and each elytron 1.8 times as long as wide; aedeagus with one spine at the inner apex of paramere.

Description.

Male. Body length 8.50-8.70 mm, maximum body width 0.86-0.88 mm (pronotum). Head orange-brown; antennae black to brown, pronotum orange; legs yellow to brown and two last sternites yellowish-coloured (Fig. 33A, B ). Head. Wider (0.90-1.10 mm) (1.0 ± 0.1 mm, n = 3) than long (0.65-0.67 mm) (0.65 ± 0.011 mm, n = 3) (Fig. 33C ), at eye level, a little wider than the pronotum, integument chagreened, punctures twice as long as eye facets and separated by approximately 0.5 punctured diameters, each puncture bearing a yellow-brown seta; interantennal distance (0.09-0.10 mm) (0.093 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3) wider than the length of antennomere 1 (0.19-0.20 mm) (0.196 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3); eyes 1/2 as long as head in lateral view, longer (0.33-0.35 mm) (0.343 ± 0.011 mm, n = 3) than wide (0.19-0.21 mm) (0.20 ± 0.1 mm, n = 3); interocular distance (0.60-0.63 mm) (0.613 ± 0.015 mm, n = 3) 3 times eye width; antennae long (2.40-2.48 mm) (2.426 ± 0.046 mm, n = 3) more than twice the length of pronotum; antennomere 1 (0.19-0.20 mm) (0.196 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3) longer than next two combined, antennomere 3 cup-shaped, 4 to 11 about equal in length (0.22-0.23 mm) (0.223 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3), 12 (terminal) (0.27-0.28 mm) (0.273 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3), antennal rami lanceolate in lateral view, 1.5 times the respective antennomere; terminal maxillary palpomere robust, securiform (0.30-0.33 mm) (0.31 ± 0.017 mm, n = 3), shorter than the preceding three combined; terminal labial palpomere spindle-shaped (0.10-0.11 mm) (0.103 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3), twice as long as the preceding one (0.05-0.06 mm) (0.053 ± 0.005 mm, n = 3). Thorax. Pronotum longer (1.10-1.15 mm) (1.116 ± 0.028 mm, n = 3) than wide (0.86-0.88 mm) (0.866 ± 0.011 mm, n = 3) (Fig. 33D ); integument chagreened, punctures twice as long as eye facets and separated by approximately 1 punctured diameter, each puncture bearing a yellow-brown seta, disc convex, weakly elevated dorsally, forming a small depression in the basal part of each side, posterior margin and sides almost straight, anterior and posterior angles rounded; mesosternal suture complete; scutellum with posterior margin rounded; each elytron 1.8 times as long (2.8-3.0 mm) (2.86 ± 0.115 mm, n = 3) as wide (1.50-1.70 mm) (1.56 ± 0.115 mm, n = 3), convex, without longitudinal costae, elytral apex rounded; hind wings with posterior radial vein (RP) length 3.8 times less than the length of MP1+2, radial cell closed, r3 vein absent, r4 vein reduced (not reaching the RP or the radial cell), those of the anterior anal and posterior anal sectors, evident (Fig. 33E ). Legs: tarsomeres 1 and 2 of pro- and mesothoracic legs with a similar length, tarsomere 1 of meathoracic legs is longer than 2. Abdomen. Integument shiny, punctured, with long dense setae, sternite 7 with margin sinuate, sternite 8 with margin notched; aedeagus with one spine at the inner apex of paramere (Fig. 33F-H ).

Female and immatures.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Costa Rica: Cartago (Fig. 19 ).

Etymology.

Species dedicated to our dear friend and colleague Dr. Martín Leonel Zurita García, entomologist who dedicated his life to the study of beetles.

Figures

Figure 19. Map of southern North America showing specimen localities for Cenophengus spp. (continued).

Figure 33. Cenophengus zuritai Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero, sp. nov., male. Habitus: A dorsal B ventral C head dorsal D pronotum E hind wing. Wing venation: CR = Radial Cell; r 4 = radial 4 vein; RP = Posterior Radial vein; MP 1 + 2 = Posterior Median vein; CuA = Cubital vein; AA and AP = Anterior and Posterior Anal veins. Aedeagus: F dorsal view G lateral view H ventral view.