Cyrtosoma martiniquense Marcuzzi, 1999

Spiessberger, Erich L. & Ivie, Michael A., 2018, Revision of the West Indian Cyrtosoma Perty (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini), with Descriptions of Three New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 825-837 : 831

Cyrtosoma martiniquense Marcuzzi, 1999 ( Figs. 2 , 8 )

Cyrtosoma martiniquensis Marcuzzi 1999: 83 ; Peck 2011: 31, 2016: 164; Touroult and Poirier 2012: 49; Soldati and Touroult 2014: 104; Touroult et al. 2017: 41.

Cyrtosoma martiniquense ; Bousquet et al. 2018: 299.

TypeMaterial. HOLOTYPE:1 6: MARTINIQUE,2; km.Est.Espri; May 17,1985; C.W.& L.B.O’ Brien/ (handwritten by Marcuzzi) Cyrtosoma ; martiniquensis ; Marcuzzi/ (red label) HOLOTYPUS / (yellow label) HOLOTYPUS; Cyrtosoma (s. str.); martiniquensis ; MARCUZZI, 1999 (HNHM).

Other Material Examined. 1 6: Antilles ; Martinique; Morne Rouge; June 13, 1960; C. & P. Vaurie ( AMNH) . 2 66: (handwritten) GUADELOUPE; WI.72.1043; at San Juan; #2275 ( NMNH, mislabeled, see discussion below). 1 ♀: FWI: Martinique , Case-; Pilote, Côte bois d’ Inde; 14.69°N, 61.1198°W; 06 NOV 2016, 780m; N. Moulin colr, 16-Z47 ( WIBF) . 1 6, 1♀: FWI: Martinique; Rivière- Pilote : Morne Camp; 14.5146°N, 60.8970°W; 30OCT2016; N. Moulin colr, ZN48-HC ( WIBF) . 1 6: FWI: Martinique; Le Marin, Rocher Zombis; 14.4854°N, 60.8846°W; 01NOV 2016, 125m; N. Moulin, 16-ZN23-UV ( WIBF) . 1 6: MARTINIQUE: Marin ; Morne Aca, 250m; 14.4612°N 60.9003°W; 22NOV2017; N.MOULIN & T. RAMAGE/ WIBF 059331. 6 ♀♀, 4 66: LES. ANT.: MARTINIQUE ; 5 km SE LeMarin, Forêt Creve ; Coeur, N 14°27.16, W60°51.11; 55m, 20.VII.2012, dryforest; Night colln, S. Peck 12-65 ( CMNC) .

Description. A description of the adult ( Fig. 2 ) is available in Marcuzzi (1999). We add the following characters for a better definition of the species: Gena impunctate, genal groove short ( Fig. 8 ); prosternal process with a raised, smooth lateral margin between coxae to posterior apex, median disc depressed and separated by a shallow, fine groove, bearing fine, golden setae ( Fig. 8 ). Metaventrite and first abdominal ventrite without post-coxal, pit-like crenulations.

Distribution. Martinique.

Remarks. The two male specimens from the NMNH labeled “ Guadeloupe ” represent specimens intercepted by USDA port inspectors at San Juan, Puerto Rico. These specimens were misidentified by T. J. Spilman as C. lherminierii , in contrast to a female of the true C. lherminierii from Guadeloupe that he determined as C. picea . Unfortunately, the records for the port identification numbers are lost (S. Lingafelter and P. A. Touhey, in litt.). The locality on the labels indicates the last port visited by the inspected vessel. These specimens are clearly C. martiniquense and must have been picked up in Martinique on the way to San Juan via Guadeloupe. No Guadeloupe record is justified by these specimens.

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Cyrtosoma species, dorsal habitus. 1) C. lherminierii; 2) C. martiniquense; 3) C. grenadense; 4) C. dominicae; 5) C. luciae; 6) C. vincenti.

Figs. 7–12. Cyrtosoma species, head and prosternum, ventral view. 7) C. lherminierii; 8) C. martiniquense; 9) C. grenadense; 10) C. dominicae; 11) C. luciae; 12) C. vincenti.