Pseudolionothus insularis Peck and Cook, 2014

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 40

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5184089

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:84BA7373-8A5C-4E98-B132-8DDC2607CD48

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5192266

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D71E87FC-FFCF-FFEC-FF10-FD2CFE9C57CD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pseudolionothus insularis Peck and Cook
status

sp. nov.

Pseudolionothus insularis Peck and Cook View in CoL , new species

Figures 35, 36 View Figures 30–36

Diagnostic description. Total length = 1.56–2.08 mm; greatest width = 1.12-1.60 mm. Yellowishbrown to dark reddish brown, shining. Head with moderately fine, scattered punctures. Antennal club moderately robust; antennomere VII distinctly narrower than IX and X; antennomere VIII reduced to a disc, about one-half width of IX and X; antennomere XI narrower than IX and X. Left mandible with small tooth at apical third, right mandible with large triangular tooth at middle. Pronotum finely punctate; posterior angles rounded, base broadly rounded. Elytral punctation variable; strial punctures larger but usually discernible only posteriorly. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 35, 36 View Figures 30–36 ) broad, gradually flattening toward apex; evenly, weakly curved dorsoventrally; apex with a pair of inward-facing acute appendages reaching apex of median lobe. Parameres slender, nearly reaching apex of median lobe, each bearing two apical setae.

Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “DOM[INICAN] REP[UBLIC]: LaVega Prov. / PN. A. Bermudez, Cienaga / 19.VII–2.VIII.95, 1010m / trop. evgrn. for. FIT / S. & J. Peck, 95-33” ( SBPC) . Paratypes (28) have the following label data: same data as holotype (7, SBPC) ; same data as holotype except: 1000m, 95-32 (1, SBPC) ; same data except: 1020m, 95-34 (6, SBPC) ; same data except: 1100m, 95-36 (3, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: Santiago Prov. / PN. A. Bermudez, 9kmSW / Cienaga , Redondo, 2000m / 24.VII.95, shrub litter / S. + J. Peck, 95-49 (2, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago / Par. Nac. A. Bermudez / Los Tablones, 1,290m / M.A. & R.O. Ivie colr / flight intercept trap // on Rio Izquiera / 19°03’N, 70°50’W, / 09APR–07JULY1992 (1, WIBF) GoogleMaps ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago / N. slope Pico del Yaque / 2515m, 08APR–07JULY1992 / M.A. Ivie, P.N.A. Bermud / flight intercept trap (3, WIBF) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago / N. side Pico del Yaque / 19°03’N, 70°56’W, 2515m / JULY1992 – JULY1993 / flight intercept trap (1, WIBF) GoogleMaps ; DOMIN. REP.: Prov. SanJuan / 19°02’N, 70°56’W, 2545m / Aguita Fria, P.N.A. Berm / 08APR–07JULY1992, M.A. / Ivie, flight inter. trap (3, WIBF) GoogleMaps ; DOMIN. REP.: La Vega / 8kmS Constanza / 02SEP1997, P.W. Kovarik / Berlese cloud for. lit. (1, WIBF) .

Distribution. Known only from Hispaniola.

Etymology. The epithet insularis , Latin adjective (of islands), refers to the island distribution of this species.

WIBF

West Indian Beetle Fauna Project Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Pseudolionothus

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