Selenophorus iviei, Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 55-60

Selenophorus iviei sp. n. Figs 35B, 36 A–C, 37B, 38

Specific epithet.

A Latinized eponym, genitive case, based on the surname of Michael A. Ivie, Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana who collected not only the type series of this species, but many other carabid species during his extensive field work in the West Indies.

Type material.

42 specimens. HOLOTYPE male, "Montserrat:Big River/ 16°45.719'N, 62°11.335'W / 05 JULY 2005, 1230ft/ I. A. Foley colr" (WIBF, to de deposited in USNM). PARATYPES, 41: 1 female: "Montserrat: Big River/ 16°45.719'N, 62°11.335'W / 05 JULY 2005, 1230ft/ I. A. Foley colr (WIBF, to de deposited in USNM). 1 male: "Montserrat: Centre Hills/ Jubilee Heights, 1600'/ 20JUNE2002, mesic forest/ M.A. Ivie & K.A. Guerrero/ Berlese leaf litter" (WIBF, to de deposited in USNM). 1 male: "Montserrat: Centre Hills/ Cassava Ghaut, 800'/ 16°45.944'N, 62°12.727'W / 22 JUNE 2000,/ M.A. Ivie & K.A. Guerrero" (WIBF, to de deposited in USNM). 1 male: "Montserrat: trail to/ Katy Hill just below/ heli pad, 2300 ft/ 11-14 AUG 2005/ WIBF group/ uv light trap" (WIBF). 1 male: "Montserrat:/ Cassava Ghaut/ 29MAR-11JUN2002/ K.A.Marske colr./ baited pitfall" (WIBF). 3 males, 1 female: "Montserrat:/ Cassava Ghaut/ 29 MAY 2002/ K. A. Marske colr./ berlese leaf litter" (WIBF). 1 female: "Montserrat:/ Cassava Ghaut/ 28 MAY 2002/ K. A. Marske colr./ berlese leaf litter" (WIBF). 1 male: "Montserrat:/ Cassava Ghaut/ 18 JUNE 2002/ K. A. Marske colr./ berlese leaf litter" (WIBF). 1 male: "Montserrat: Hope Ghaut/ 16°45.347'N, 62°12.560'W / 26 JUNE 2002, 315m/ M. Ivie & K. Marske/ at night" (WIBF). 1 female: "Montserrat:/ Gun Hill/ 16JUNE-07JULY2002/ K. A. Marske/ F.I.T. & pitfall" (WIBF, to de deposited in USNM). 2 females: "Montserrat:/ Jubilee Heights/ 04 JAN 2002/ K. A. Marske colr./ Heliconia leaf litter" (WIBF). 1 female: "Montserrat:/ Jubilee Heights/ 16°45.393'N, 62°12.58'W / 1441ft, 10JULY2003/ K. A. Marske, leaf litter" (10 of date handwritten over 08) (WIBF). 1 female: "Montserrat:/ Jubilee Heights/ 04 JUNE 2002/ K. A. Marske" (WIBF). 4 males, 3 females: "MARTINIQUE: Morne/ Constant, Diamant,/ 14.50836 -61.02125,/ intercept trap,/ 10.X.2015, E. Poirier/ & J. Tourlout (SEAG)" (JMLC). 1 male, 1 female, same as previous: (UASM). 1 male: "ST.LUCIA:Barre de L’Isle / 13.9368°N, 60.9593°W 340m/ 03-08JULY2009,uvlight/ M.L. Gimmel" (WIBF). 1 female: "ST:LUCIA:Barre de/ l’Isle trap site/ 13.9368°N, 60.9594°W 25-28JUNE2009, 340m/E.A.Ivie,uv light" (WIBF). 4 females: " ST.LUCIA:Barre de L’Isle / 13.93682°N, 60.95936°W / 340m,08 JULY 2009/ M.L. Gimmel colr/ at uv light" (WIBF). 2 males: "ST.LUCIA:Barre de L’Isle / 13.93682°N, 60.95936°W / 29JUNE-03JULY2009,340m/uv light trap/ C.A. Maier,M.L. Gimmel" (WIBF). 1 male: "ST. LUCIA:Quielles For.Res/ LaPorte cabin, 272m/ 13.84041°N, 60.97408°W / 05-07 MAY 2009,uv light/ I.A.Foley and R.C.Winton" (WIBF). 1 female: "ST. LUCIA:Quielles For.Res/ LaPorte cabin, 272m/ 13.84041°N, 60.97408°W / 10 MAY 2009,uvlight/ R.C.Winton and I.A.Foley" (WIBF). 1 male: "ST. LUCIA:Ravine Chabot/ 14.0010°N, 60.9734°W,62m/ 06JULY2009,litter berlese/ K.J. Hopp & M.L.Gimmel" (WIBF). 1 female: "WEST INDIES: St. Vincent/ Hermitage Forest, E of Spring/ Village, N 13°14.86' W 61°12.77 '/ 15-27.VIII.06, clearing malaise trap,/ 348 m, S. & J. Peck, 06-101A" (CMNC). 1 male: "WEST INDIES: St. Vincent/ Hermitage Forest, E of Spring/ Village, N 13°14.86' W 61°12.77 '/ 16-27.VIII.06, forest edge malaise,/ 340 m, S. & J. Peck, 06-104A" (CMNC). 1 male: "WEST INDIES: GRENADA/ Par. St. Andrews/ Mirabeau, Malaise trap/ 6.V.1990/ A. Thomas" (CMNC). 1 male: " WEST INDIES: GRENADA/ Par. St. Andrews/ Mirabeau, malaise trap/ 2-6.III.1990/ R.E. Woodruff" (CMNC).

Type locality.

Montserrat, Big River, 16°45.719'N, 62°11.335'W.

Diagnosis.

This species is most like S. nonseriatus , from which it can be readily separated by a combination of: elytral striae same width from base to apex and pronotum bicolored, with paler lateral margin.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 35B. Antennae and mouthparts rufo-testaceous to slightly darker. Legs with femora and tibiae testaceous to slightly darker, tarsus darker than femora and tibiae. Dorsal surface rufo-piceous to piceous, lateral bead of pronotum paler. Ventral surface rufo-brunneous to rufo-piceous, elytral epipleuron paler. Elytra moderately iridescent, ventral surface with less iridescence. Head, pronotum and elytra shiny, without microlines visible at 100 ×. Pronotum with posteriolateral impressions impunctate; without basal bead; posteriolateral angles obtuse, nearly rectangular. Elytral intervals distinctly convex, not flat. Elytral striae with interruptions, appearing punctate, in addition to the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Males with two terminal setae and females with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Fig. 36 A–C. Very similar to those of S. nonseriatus , apical portion of phallic median lobe symmetrically rounded in dorsal/ventral aspect; endophallus with two dark, dense microtrichial fields nearly the length of the phallic median lobe, left dorsal markedly long, medial ventral slightly shorter; without lamina.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Fig. 37B. Gonocoxite 2 somewhat falcate, moderately wide base. Bursa copulatrix markedly long, wide; markedly long spermatheca (sp) originating near base of common oviduct; melanized spermathecal basal sclerite (sbs) present, nearly half as long as spermatheca; moderately long spermathecal gland duct originating near mid-length of spermatheca apicad spermathecal basal sclerite. Spermathecal gland (spg) bulbous, with slight swelling of duct basad gland.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 38. This species is known only from the Lesser Antillean islands of Montserrat, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

The range of this species overlaps the ranges of the other two species in the nonseriatus species group. Relationships of S. iviei are not postulated beyond species group membership.

Material examined.

Type material only; for details see above.