Selenophorus obtusoides, 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 : 78

Selenophorus obtusoides sp. n. Figs 54A, 55 A–C, 57

Specific epithet.

From Latin, “obtusus”, in reference to the obtuse posteriolateral angles of the pronotum, and Greek “oides”, having the form of.

Type material.

A single male, Holotype, labelled: "Lomas de Soroa/ 5.VI.1963/ Pinar del Rio. CUBA"; "CZ Acc/ 7.101501" (IZAC).

Type locality.

Near Soroa, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba.

Diagnosis.

Readily distinguished from S. parumpunctatus by a combination of: smaller size, the obtuse posteriolateral angles of the pronotum and setigerous punctures of striae 2, 5 and 7 more foveate.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 54A. Clypeus and labrum with anterior margin of each very shallowly concave, nearly straight. Antennae with antennomeres1-3 testaceous, antennomeres 4-11 darker; palpi infuscated, rufous to rufo-brunneous, tips testaceous; legs rufo-testaceous. Dorsal surface brunneous; ventral surface rufo-brunneous; elytral epipleuron paler than disc. Head with mesh pattern isodiametric; pronotum with mesh pattern slightly transverse, sculpticells about 1.5 × wide as long; elytra with mesh pattern slightly transverse, sculpticells about 1.5 –2× wide as long. Pronotum with posteriolateral impressions punctate. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7; punctures of striae 2, 5 and 7 foveate. Male with two terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male Genitalia Fig. 55 A–C. Apical portion of phallic median lobe long, narrowly tapered, symmetrically rounded in dorsal/ventral aspect; endophallus with a row of six spines with large bases, medial in dorsal aspect; without lamina; ostium anopic.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Female unknown.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 57. This species is known only from the type locality of Lomas de Soroa in Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

The range of this species is broadly overlapped by the range of S. parumpunctatus , the only other known member of the parumpunctatus species in the West Indies. Relationships of S. obtusoides are not postulated beyond species group membership.

Material examined.

Only the male holotype known; for details, see above.