Diutius sexpunctatus (Kirsch)

Opitz, Weston, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part VI. New taxonomic placement for Pelonium sexpunctatum Kirsch, Insecta Mundi 2016 (496), pp. 1-5 : 1-2

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5170665

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DOI

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scientific name

Diutius sexpunctatus (Kirsch)
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Diutius sexpunctatus (Kirsch)

Figures 1, 2, 4 View Figures 1-4 , 5 View Figures 5-8 .

Pelonium View in CoL ? sexpunctatum Kirsch, 1874: 398 . Lectotype. Female. PERU, Pozuzu, M. Kirsch (SMTD). Corporaal 1950: 290 ( Corinthiscus View in CoL ). Kirsch did not specify as to the number of specimens that were involved in his description. Therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species.

Diagnosis. Specimens of this species resemble superficially those of Diutius gallerucoides ( Spinola, 1844: 372) , but in Diutius sexpunctatus (Kirsch) specimens the elytral disc shows 6 maculae ( Fig. 5 View Figures 5-8 ) not 8 ( Fig. 6 View Figures 5-8 ) as is the case in its congener.

Redescription. Size: Length 10.0 mm; width 3.2 mm. Form: Oblong, short, rectangular ( Fig. 5 View Figures 5-8 ). Color: Mouthparts testaceous, except mandibles brown; antenna mostly testaceous, posterior margin of capitulum brown; thorax, legs, and abdomen testaceous; elytra mostly testaceous, with 6 brown maculae. Head: Funicular antennomeres progressively shorter, capitulum longer than combined length of funicular antennomeres, capitular antennomeres very long ( Fig. 1 View Figures 1-4 ); eyes coarsely facetted and bulgy, frons slightly narrower than width of eye (EW/FW 22/20). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 2 View Figures 1-4 ) slightly transverse (PW/ PL 72/70), side margin with shallow tubercle, disc finely sparsely punctate; elytral without asetiferous punctation (EL/EW 240/60). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

Variation. Size: Length 9.0-10.0 mm; width 3.0- 3.2 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

Distribution. In addition to the lectotype, I examined one specimen from: Peru: Tarapoto, Mai a Aut, 1886, M de Mathan. Specimens are deposited in MNHN and SMTD.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Diutius

Loc

Diutius sexpunctatus (Kirsch)

Opitz, Weston 2016
2016
Loc

sexpunctatum

Kirsch 1874: 398
1874
Loc

Corinthiscus

Fairmaire & Germain 1861
1861
Loc

Pelonium

Spinola 1844
1844
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