Malalcahuello ocaresi, Arias-Bohart, Elizabeth T., 2015

Arias-Bohart, Elizabeth T., 2015, Malalcahuelloocaresi gen. & sp. n. (Elateridae, Campyloxeninae), ZooKeys 508, pp. 1-13 : 4-8

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Elateridae

Malalcahuello ocaresi sp. n. Figs 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11-13, 17, 18, 20, 22

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of Sergio Ocares Figueroa, long time friend, and excellent insect collector from Los Lleuques, Region VIII, Chile.

Description.

Holotype: male, total body length 11.63 mm, width 3.00 mm. (Fig. 1).

Head and mandibles dark brown; antenna same color as head.

Pronotum about 0.76-0.99 times as long at midline as its greatest width; reddish, with long, gold semi-decumbent curved hairs; punctate, punctures separated for more than one own diameter; prosternal spine about 0.63 times as long as diameter of procoxal cavity.

Scutellum black or same color than elytra, anterior border sometimes darker; with long, thin, gold semi-decumbent hairs; Elytra about 2.54-2.81 times as long at midline as its greatest width; black or dark brown; elytral punctures closely aligned in rows forming a defined striae; posterior edge of mesosternal cavity excavate. Legs brown, vestiture black; tarsomeres 2, 3 and 4 with lobes, lobes of tarsomeres 3 and 4 spongiose and extending well beyond tarsomere length apically (Fig. 18).

Aedeagus. Length 1.89 mm, and 0.35 mm wide; parameres apex globose with a hook, with at least 3 strong setae (Fig. 22).

Distribution.

Southern Chile. Provinces: Ñuble and Malleco.

Remarks.

Variation within species ranges in males 11.06-13.09 mm in length, and females 15.25-15.75mm in length; elytra color black to dark brown.

Type material.

HOLOTYPE: ♂Chile VIII Region/ Las Trancas 18/24/xii/2005 Malaise Trap/ Arias & Ocares UC Berkeley 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W //EMEC117539// [MNNC]

PARATYPES:♀ Chile Malleco/ Tolhuaca Curac./ 15.i.1950 L. Peña // Alotipo (red) 38°18'36"S, 71°38'42"W // EMEC113596// [SRC]

♀Chile Malleco/ Rio Blanco Cur. / 15.ii.1954 L. Peña E. // 38°13'00"S, 72°20'00"W // EMEC10006010// [JEB]

♀Chile Malleco/ Río Blanco Termas / 15.i.1974 L. Peña // 38°13'00"S, 72°20'00"W //Paratipo// (wings on a card) // Ex-COLECCION / Jorge Valencia / JVCC / Chile 003256 // EMEC10006013// [JEB]

♀Chile Malleco /I 1996/ A. /Ugarte // 38°13'00"S, 72°20'00W" //EMEC10006017// [MNHN]

♂ CHILE Malleco Pr.:/ Malalcahuello, 13.7 km E/ of on road to Lonquimay./ 1565m 38°26.15'S / 71°29.26'W // 24.xii.1996-6.ii.1997. / Nothofagus pumilio / Araucaria araucana / forests w/Chusquea // FMHD #96-234. Flight intercept trap/ A. Newton/ & M. Thayer 1978// EMEC117552 //[MNNC]

♂Chile VIII Region/ Las Trancas 18/24/xii/2005 Malaise Trap/ Arias & Ocares UC Berkeley 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W //EMEC10006015// [RBINS]

♂Chile VIII Region/ Las Trancas 18/24/xii/2005 Malaise Trap/ Arias & Ocares UC Berkeley 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W //EMEC113597// [ETA]

♂Chile Ñuble Shangrila/ 6-11/XII.1998. / J Mondaca / 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W //EMEC109681// [EMEC]

♂CHILE Malleco Pr.:/ Malalcahuello, 13.7 km E/ of on road to Lonquimay./ 1565m 38°26.15'S / 71°29.26'W // 24.xii.1996-6.ii.1997. / Nothofagus pumilio / Araucaria araucana / forests w/Chusquea // FMHD #96-234. Flight intercept trap/ A. Newton/ & M. Thayer 1978// EMEC110090 //[FMNH]

♂Las Trancas / VIII Region Chile. Enero 1982/ Coll. T. Curkovic. // 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W // EMEC10006011// [BMNH]

♂Chile Ñuble Prov. / Las Trancas 19.5 km/ E Recinto. 1250, / trap site 647/ 10.xii.82-3.i.1983/ Nothofagus Forests/ A. Newton & M. Thayer // Window/trap 647 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36" //EMEC10006012 //[FMNH]

♂Chile Malleco/ Rio Blanco Cur./ 15.ii.1954 L. Peña E. [JEBT] Ex-COLECCION / Jorge Valencia / JVCC / Chile 001619 // COLECCION JEBC / Juan Enrique / Barriga-Tuñon / Chile 0203579 // 38°13'00"S, 72°20'00" //EMEC10006013// [JEB]

♂ Chile 1400 mts/ prov. Malleco/ vn. Lonquimay/ 22-Dic-1994/ Leg. J. E. Barriga// Coleccion JE Barriga/ // 38°22'36"S, 71°35'00" // 46023//EMEC10006014// [ANIC]

♂CHILE REGION IX (LA ARAUCANIA)/ P.N. Villarrica. Paso Mamuil Malal/ Araucaria Picnic area/ S39°34 283, W71°29 908, 1100 m/ 19.January.2006 sweeping & beating/ A.B.T. Smith, M. J.Paulsen // in a vial// EMEC10006016// [ETA].

Other Material studied: Campyloxenus pyrothorax Fairmaire et Germain, 1860.

♂Chile Bío Bío / Los Angeles/ 26-12-1940 / 37°28'S 72°21'W; CHILE Region IX/ Parque Huerquehue, 2825' 39°92'S / 71°43.323'W, xii-11-2001. Malaise trap / Arias et al Berkeley; Chile Bío Bío / Los Angeles/ 26-12-1940/ B Orellana Colector 37°28'S 72°21'W; CHILE Region IX/ Parque Huerquehue, 2825' 39°92'S / 71°43.323'W xii-11-2001. Malaise trap / Arias et al., Berkeley; Chile VIII Region/ Las Trancas 18/24/xii/2005 Arias & Ocares UC Berkeley 36°54'26"S, 71°29'36"W; 52.- Chile X Region/ Oncol Park/ Calfuco Way/ Fogging 14:13PM. 150cc / l/ 07 / I / 2007. 515m 14°C / 39°42.114/ 73°19.244 / Saxegothaea conspicua 35m/ Arias et al., UCB; 8-CHILE VIII Region/ PN Nahuelbuta. Pichinahuel Exit/ 37°48.341'S / 73°02.112'W /1215m/ 05.XII.2001. Canopy Fogging GT/ Araucaria araucana F/ Arias & Andrews et al., UCB; ♀ (2): CHILE REGION IX (LA ARAUCANIA)/ P.N. Villarrica. Paso Mamuil Malal/ Araucaria Picnic area/ S39°34'283"W 71°29'908", 1100 m/ 19 January 2006 sweeping & beating/ A.B.T. Smith, M.J. Paulsen.