Agnatis curvabilis, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 971-972

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3746744
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809235
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A1879C-D859-FFD7-3CB4-FA6C3153FECF
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Agnatis curvabilis
status	nov.sp.

Treatment

Agnatis curvabilis OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 36 View Figs 28-42 , 172 View Figs 171-178 , 214 View Figs 213-218 , 279 View Figs 278-281 )

Holotype: ♂. Type locality: Estación Biol. Chamela, Jalisco , MEXICO, 15-23 July 1987, F. T. Hovore ( WFBM) . Paratypes: 41 specimens. Mexico: Estado de Jalisco, Estación Biologica Chamela , 7-15-VII-1987, at light, J. Chemsak, E. G. & J. M. Linsley ( EMEC, 4; WOPC, 3) ; idem, 12-15-VII-1987, at light, J. Chemsak, E. G. & J. M. Linsley ( EMEC, 3; WOPC, 3) ; idem, 14-VII- 1987, on Casearia tremula , F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 3; WOPC, 5) ; idem, 15-VII-1987, on Sapium pedicellatum, F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 1) ; idem, 16-VII-1987, on Casearia tremula , F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 2) ; idem, 25-VII-1988, on Coccoba sp., F. a. Noguera ( WOPC, 1) ; idem, 15-23-VII-1987, on blossoms of Casearia , F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 3; WOPC, 1) ; idem, 15-VII-1987, on Casearia tremuls, F. T. Hovore ( WFBM, 2; WOPC) ; idem, 19-VII-1987, blacklight + mercury vapor lamp, R. H. Turnbow ( RHTC, 1) ; idem, 10-20-VII-1985, E. Giesbert ( FSCA, 1) ; Route 200 km 165 N, Melaque Junction , 26-VI-1995, F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 1) ; Chamela , vicinity UNAM, 9-19-VII- 1993, J. E. Wappes ( ACMT, 1) ; 5.5 km SE Cuautla , 29-VI-1995, 1610 m, F. a. Noguera ( WFBM, 1) ; Estado de Oaxaca, 3 miles W Tehuantepec, reared from woody branch of Lonchocarpus , wood collected on VIII-1965, emerged on 21-VII-1966, G. H. Nelson ( WFBM, 1) ; Road to Micro. Ocotepec, 16.8220°N 96.3653°W, 6 km S Mazatlán, highway 190, 9-VI-2011, R. L. Westcott ( WFBM, 1). Guatemala : Departamento de Zacapa , 9 km W Teculuta, 3-VI-1991, Acacia thorn scrub, R. Anderson ( CMNC, 1) GoogleMaps .

D i a g n o s i s: Among the 2 heretofore known species of Agnatis OPITZ, A. curvabilis most closely approximate A. variabilis OPITZ, from which A. curvabilis specimens differ by showing an ovoid hind body.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 9.0 mm; width 4.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 279 View Figs 278-281 . Color: Cranium bicolored, frons, region behind eye, and gular region testaceous, epicranium and venter sides black; antenna, scape black; prothorax bicolored, venter brown; pronotum mostly testaceous, with narrow black vitta at middle; elytra testaceous; pterothorax brown, legs mostly testaceous, femora infuscated distally; tarsi black; abdomen with transverse brown and testaceous lines. Head: Cranium finely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 36 View Figs 28-42 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres gradually wider from pedicel to 8 th antennomere, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes small, ommatidia small, ocular notch large, eye much narrower than frons (EW/FW 25/50). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 172 View Figs 171-178 ) transverse (PW/PL 130/120), anterior transverse depression absent; disc coarsely punctate, lateral sides convex, disc concave paralaterally; elytral asetiferous punctures absent, setiferous punctures small and profusely distributed throughout elytral disc (EL/EW 380/140); Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 214 View Figs 213-218 .

Variation: Length 7.0-10.0 mm; width 3.7-5.0 mm. This species is highly variable in color. The dorsum may be almost entirely black with only the epipleura testaceous, or the dorsum may be nearly entirely testaceous with only the elytral apex slightly black. The mostly dark elytra may have a green iridescence.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimens were collected during June and July. One specimen emerged from wood of a species of Lonchocarpus HUBER (Euphobiaceae). They were also collected on blossoms of Casearia tremula (GRISEB.) GRISEB. Ex WRIGHT ( Salicaceae ), on a species of Coccoloba P. BROWNE ( Polygonaceae ), and on the branches of a species of Acacia MARTINS ( Fabaceae ). Altitudinally, these beetles were collected from 300 to 2100 m, with blacklights and mercury vapor lights.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: This species is known from Mexico and Guatemala.

E t y m o l o g y: Thetrivialname, curvabilis, is a Latin name with a meaning of "bent"; with reference to the curvature of the side margins of the elytra.