Macratria pamelaschmidti Telnov, 2011

Telnov, Dmitry, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) of the Solomon Archipelago with notes on some Indo-Pacific Sapintus Casey, 1895, Zootaxa 5507 (1), pp. 79-103 : 97-98

Macratria pamelaschmidti Telnov, 2011 ( Figs 12 , 15 )

Telnov (2011a: 223, 266, 274, 279, pl. 31 figs 3‒5) original description, key, ecology, checklist, figures.

Type material. BMNH.

New material examined. 6♂ ♀ BMNH: SOLOMON ISLANDS, Choiseul (Lauru) Is., Kolombangara River valley, along Bislata stream, 1 km around 6°59’34”S 156°46’33”E, 28.iv.2023, 40–60 m, primary lowland rainforest, leg. D.Telnov.

First record from Choiseul Province and Choiseul Island.

Ecology. Specimens observed accumulated in small numbers on underside of leaves of riverside vegetation in shady conditions in primary lowland rainforest. Specimens were active at midday time, actively flying, arriving, and departing periodically from the same small batch of leaves.

Distribution. Endemic to the Solomon Islands and widely distributed across the archipelago. Yet recorded from Choiseul and Guadalcanal ( Fig. 15 ). ‘Nalimbiu R.’ and ‘Nalimbu’ on Guadalcanal as on labels on some paratypes to be read Ngalimbiu. Exact position of ‘Oyeke’ on Guadalcanal, the type locality, cannot be identified.

Morphology. The figures of male aedeagus as provided in the original description are suboptimal. Additional illustration is therefore provided herein ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Aedeagus of Macratria pamelaschmidti Telnov, 2011, specimen from Choiseul Island, Kolombangara River. A–General view; B–Apex of the apicale [not to scale].

FIGURE 15. Distribution records of Macratria Newman, 1838 in the Solomon Archipelago. White square–M. abscondita Telnov, 2011; Black and white circles–M. areare Telnov, 2011; squares–M. nguzunguzu Telnov, 2011; white and red circles–M. pamelaschmidti Telnov, 2011; star–M. vaturanga Telnov, 2011. Black line: schematic Pleistocene landmasses of the Greater Bukida and Greater Gatumbangara islands and other sea-minimum landmasses in the Solomon Archipelago.