Cryptorhopalum bastidasi, HáVA, 2016

HáVA, Jiří, 2016, Two new species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Bolivia and Venezuela., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 21-24 : 23-24

Cryptorhopalum bastidasi sp. nov. ( Figs. 4-6 )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ Venezuela, Merida Mucina, Tabay , 2300 m, cloud forest, 30.IV.1981.

Description.

Body measurements (in mm)¡ TL 3.4, EW 2.0. Body parallel, elongate, shiny, dark brown with golden-yellow and brown setation, maximum width posteriorly to its middle ( Fig. 4 ). Head densely puctate, with short, golden-yellow, recumbent setation. Labial palpi ligth brown. Maxillary palpi very long, light brown. Antennae with 11 antennomeres, brown; antennal club consisting of 3 antennomeres, clearly distinct, covered by hardly visible procumbent setation and few solitary setae ( Fig. 5 ). Ocellus on front present. Pronotum shiny, brown, quite densely and coarsely punctate, almost twice as wide as long, narrowed anteriorly, broadest in its apical part, its distinct lateral margins completely visible from above; cuticle between punctuation shiny, covered by golden-yellow and brown, recumbent setation; brown setation forming small defined two spots. Posterior angles almost rectangular, with rounded edge, completely visible from above; anterior angles obtusely angulate and also visible from above. Antennal cavity occupying all hypomeron. Elytra with much finer punctuation compared to pronotum, space between punctures bigger than puncture diameter; cuticle shiny, brown with recumbent brown and golden-yellow setation; golden-yellow setation forming two transverse fascia divided into spots ( Fig. 4 ). Epipleuron brown. Abdominal visible sternites brown, with golden-yellow, short, recumbent setation, punctures in the middle sparse and fine, but increasing strongly in density and roughness towards lateral margins. Legs, dark brown. Male genitalia ( Fig. 6 ).

Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the “ C. haplotes species group”. The species group includes five species. The new species differs from all known species belonging to the group by the bicolorous setation on elytra, and structures of the antennal club and male genitalia.

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Etymology. Patronymic, dedicated to Rodrigo de Bastidas (?1460-1527), Spanish seafarer. The discoverer of the northwestern coast of South America.

Distribution. Venezuela.

Figures

Figs. 4-6.- Cryptorhopalum bastidasi sp. nov: 4.- Habitus dorsal aspect. 5.- Head and antenna. 6.- Male genitalia