Hispanioryctes wittmeri

Ratcliffe, Brett C. & Cave, Ronald D., 2011, Revisions of the Genera Endroedianibe Chalumeau and Hispanioryctes Howden and Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Hlspaniola, with Descriptions of New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 65 (1), pp. 1-14 : 11-14

Hispanioryctes wittmeri , dorsal habitus.

only from Nippes Department in the southern Fig. 22. punctate, with or without weak, transverse wrin-

kles; punctures sparse, small. Side laterad of

humerus with 3–4 weak rows of moderate to large

punctures, punctures becoming smaller apically.

Pygidium: Surface punctate; punctures small to

moderate in size, moderate in density, becoming

denser and rugulose in lateral angles and along

base, setigerous in basal half; setae short, reddish

brown. In lateral view, surface regularly convex.

Legs: Protibia quadridentate, teeth subequally spaced

from one another. Metatibia at apex with 2 lobe-like

to subacute teeth, usually with several small crenu-

lations between teeth. First metatarsomere with

apex subtruncate. Venter: Metasternum completely,

densely rugulopunctate, setigerous; setae long, Figs. 23–24. Hispanioryctes wittmeri , parameres. dense, reddish brown. Prosternal process small, 23) Caudal view; 24) Lateral view. narrowly subtriangular. Parameres (Figs. 23–24):

Form subparallel, apices broadly rounded, conver-

gent, apices setose on median surface, angulation Males. Head: Entire surface densely, coarsely present at mid-shaft in lateral view (no tooth). rugopunctate (1 specimen with occiput nearly Females. As males, except in the following smooth) and with several long, reddish brown respects: Head: Interocular width equals 2.5 transsetae mesad of each eye. Clypeus at center with verse eye diameters. Pygidium : In lateral view, weak to strong, conical tubercle, lateral margin surface weakly convex to nearly flat. constricted before ocular canthus; apex narrowly Distribution. Hispanioryctes wittmeri is known rounded or subretangularly truncate. Interocular from western Dominican Republic and western width equals 2.1–2.3 transverse eye diameters. Haiti. Antenna 10-segmented, club slightly longer than Locality Records ( Fig. 25 ). Six specimens segments 2–7 or almost as long as segments 1–7. examined and 15 records from Howden (1978). Mandibles exposed, with 2 broadly rounded lobes. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (18): La Vega (17):

Pronotum: Surface completely punctate; punc- Cazabita (Cordillera Central), Valle Nuevo, Valle tures mostly large, deep, some confluent in ante- Nuevo (5.2 km ESE; Valle Nuevo Field Station); rior half, becoming rugose in anterior angles; Peravia (1): La Nuez (3 km SW). HAITI (1): lateral margins with sparse, long, reddish brown Artibonite (1): Morne Basil. setae. Base lacking marginal bead, at least at Temporal Distribution. July (1), August (3), center. Elytra: Sutural stria impressed. Surface September (2), October (3), November (1).

. Map courtesy of NASA/JPL/NGA.

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Diagnosis. Hispanioryctes wittmeri is easily Lee Herman (American Museum of Natural Hisdistinguished by its long antennal club (short in tory, New York, NY) loaned us the allotype of all congeneric species), reddish brown setae on E. bozzolai . We are grateful to Fortuné Chalumeau, the head and pronotum (absent in all congeneric Gérard Chovet, and Daniel Marival (INRA, species), and metasternum completely, setigerously Guadeloupe) for accessing the holotype of punctate (anterior half densely punctate and E. bozzolai and Fortuné Chalumeau and Bernard setigerous, posterior half nearly impunctate in all Brochier ( Guadeloupe) for imaging the holotype. congeneric species). We gratefully acknowledge M. J. Paulsen and

Biology. Nothing is known of the biology of Angie Fox (both University of Nebraska State H. wittmeri . Specimens have been collected be- Museum) for providing, respectively, the Autotween the elevations of 1,432 and 2,400 m in pine montage images and digitized image files of the forests and cloud forests, indicating its habitat map and parameres. Thomas Rinkevich (Univeris montane. sity of Nebraska) provided assistance with the

Latin grammar on one of the new specific epi-

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HISPANIORYCTES thets. We thank Jens Prena and an anonymous

reviewer for their comments to improve the manu- 1. Antenna with club slightly longer than seg- script. This project was supported by an NSF/ ments 2–7 or almost as long as segments 1–7. BS&I grant (DEB 0716899) to B. C. Ratcliffe and Head with short, reddish brown setae mesad of R. D. Cave. eye. Clypeus with tubercle at center. Prontoum with sparse, reddish brown setae along lateral margin. Metasternum completely, setigerously REFERENCES CITED punctate; setae long, reddish brown ................. Blackwelder, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleop- ................. H. wittmeri Howden and Endrödi terous insects of Mexico, Central America, the 1′. Antenna with club subequal in length to seg- West Indies, and South America, part 2. Bullements 2–7. Head lacking short, reddish brown tin of the United States National Museum 185:

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H. paulseni Ratcliffe and Cave , new species

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ratcliffe, B. C., and R. D. Cave. 2006. The dynastine

scarab beetles of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El We thank John Rawlins and Robert Davidson

Salvador ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Dynastinae ). (both Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pitts- Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State 21: 1–424., and R. D. Cave. 2008. The Dynastinae : Scarabaeidae ) of the Bahamas with a

Gainesville, FL) for the loan of the specimens. ( Coleoptera description of a new species of Cyclocephala Ratcliffe, B. C., and M. A. Ivie. 1998 . New species of from Great Inagua Island. Insecta Mundi 0024: Hemiphileurus ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : 1–10. Dynastinae ) from the Dominican Republic with

Ratcliffe, B. C., and R. D. Cave. 2010. The Dynastinae a key to the West Indian species of Hemiphileurus . ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae ) of the Cayman Is- The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 201–208. lands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus Wheeler, Q. D., and N. I. Platnick. 2000 . The phyloadoceteus, new species ( Pentodontini ) and genetic species concept (sensu Wheeler and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species Platnick) [pp. 55–69]. In: Species Concepts ( Phileurini ). Insecta Mundi 0139: 1–15. and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate (Q. D.

Ratcliffe, B. C., and R.-P. Dechambre. 1983. New Wheeler and R. Meier, editors). Columbia Unicombinations, synonymy and distribution re- versity Press, New York, NY. cords for Neotropical Pentodontini and Oryctini ( Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Dynastinae ). The (Received 8 September 2010; accepted 2 December 2010. Coleopterists Bulletin 37: 267–272. Publication date 18 March 2011.)

Figures

Fig. 25. Distribution map for the species of Endroedianibe and Hispanioryctes

Figs. 11–12. Hispanioryctes paulseni. 11) Dorsal habitus; 12) Lateral view of head and pronotum of male paratype.