Platyhydnobius latigra Peck & Cook, 2009
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2102.1.1 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D718473F-EA25-0C31-FF1C-FC0CF06253CF |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Platyhydnobius latigra Peck & Cook |
status |
sp. nov. |
Platyhydnobius latigra Peck & Cook View in CoL , new species
( Figs. 160 View FIGURE 160 , 167–171 View FIGURES 167–171 )
Type material. Holotype: ♂ ( CMNC). HONDURAS: Distrito Central: 23 km N Tegucigalpa, PN (Parque Nacional) La Tigra, Esperanza Trail , 15.VIII–12.IX.1994, 2000 m, S. & J. Peck, 94-32, moss forest FIT . Paratypes (12): HONDURAS: Distrito Central: with same data as holotype, ♂, 3♀♀ ( SBPC) . 21.5 km N Tegucigalpa , 15.VIII–2.IX. 1994, 1950 m, S. & J. Peck, 94-34, ridge oak forest FIT, 2♂, ♀ ( SBPC) ; Paraiso Department: Yuscaran, Cerro Monserrat , 18.VIII–3.IX. 1994, 1750 m, S. & J. Peck, 94-43, cloud forest FIT, ♂, ♀ ( SBPC) ; Olancho Department: 14 km N La Union, PN (Parque Nacional) La Muralla, 16.VIII–1.IX. 1994, 1450 m, S. & J. Peck, 94-35, wet montane forest FIT, ♀ ( SBPC) ; 14 km N La Union, PN (Parque Nacional) La Muralla, 16.VIII–1.IX. 1994, 1550 m, S. & J. Peck, 94-37, wet montane forest FIT, ♂, ♀ ( SBPC) .
Diagnostic description. Light reddish brown, shining. Length of pronotum + elytra = 2.5–2.7 (males), 2.7–2.8 (females). Head finely, irregularly punctate. Pronotum broad, widest at base, sides rounded, posterior angles obtuse; ratio length:width = 1:1.7; finely punctate with faint reticulate microsculpture. Elytra short, wider than pronotum, ratio length:width = 1:0.8; with 9 regular, closely punctate striae; striae 6 and 7 do not reach apex, stria 8 does not reach base, stria 1 weakly impressed; intervals minutely punctate, transversely striolate. Antennal club ( Fig. 167 View FIGURES 167–171 ) moderately slender, ratio club width:length = 1:3.4; width ratio of antennomeres 7:8:9 = 1.2:1:1.5. Mandibles ( Fig. 168 View FIGURES 167–171 ) stout, each mandible with a subapical tooth on inner margin. In both sexes, all femora unarmed; all tibiae slender, spinose on outer margin, protibiae and mesotibiae weakly widened apically, male mesotibia weakly curved. Male. Aedeagus ( Fig. 169 View FIGURES 167–171 ) with median lobe elongate, apex broadly rounded. Parameres longer than median lobe, flat, with lateral lobes near base. Paramere apices thin, narrowed to acute tips, with two dorsal setae and many small setae at apex. Female. Coxites ( Fig. 171 View FIGURES 167–171 ) elongate, narrow, with apical and subapical setae; styli moderately elongate, slender, inserted at apices of coxites. Sternite 8 ( Fig. 170 View FIGURES 167–171 ) rounded apically, anterior apophysis truncate apically.
Bionomics and distribution. The type and paratype specimens were taken in August–September in flight-intercept traps in mid-elevation wet forests ( Fig. 160 View FIGURE 160 ).
Etymology. Named with reference to the type locality, Parque Nacional La Tigra, Distrito Central,
Honduras.
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