Notopilo magnus, Bartlett & Lambkin, 2022

Bartlett, Justin S. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2022, Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species, Zootaxa 5220 (1), pp. 1-81 : 53-54

Notopilo magnus sp. nov.

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( Fig. 167 ; Map 5)

HOLOTYPE ♀: Western Australia: Moora W.Australia L.J. Newman // Agriculture (Dept) Western Australia 49870 ( WADA).

Diagnosis. Antennae short, flagellomeres thick-set; dark with orange to yellowish fasciate and apical maculations (humeral maculae absent), fasciae meeting at suture, 8 th stria beginning near base, all striae terminating before apical maculae; femora entirely dark.

Notopilo magnus sp. nov. is easily separated from N. reduncus stat. rev., nom. nov. by its antennae which are comparatively shorter and with thicker flagellomeres, and by the black area between the elytral fascia and apical maculae being no larger than the fascia.

Description. Habitus: Fig. 167 . Total length: 17.6 mm. Head: Vertex and frons black, clypeus, supra-antennal elevations and submentum reddish-black, gula orange, anteclypeus semi-transparent orange, labrum and antennae dark brown, palpi orange-brown; eyes separated by about 0.8 of an eye width (holotype); frons sculptured, base punctate and semi-rugulose, eyes bordered with denser punctation, deeply sulcate above narrowest point, bulging and partly smooth at and below narrowest point, laterally impressed either side at epipleural suture, clypeus uneven, laterally with small seta-associated punctures near supra-antennal elevations; genae and submentum wrinkled; exterior margins of terminal palpomeres about 1 times (maxillae) and 2.5 times (labium) the length of inside edges; antennae relatively short, not reaching base of pronotum, flagellomeres moderately thickened; eyes and most of cranium vested with erect pale setae, frons with slightly shorter setae, central sulcus with some medially-directed setae. Prothorax: Blackish-brown, venter, pronotal collar and arch (marginally) more reddish; pronotum 1.2 times longer than wide, sides broadly rounded, widest at middle; subapical depression v-shaped, disc centrally sulcate (sulcus smooth, more open than linear, lateral sulci absent, surface smooth in appearance though with noticeable seta-associated punctures; well-distributed with long erect setae and fewer shorter finer setae. Pterothorax: Ventrites reddish-brown, vested with pale, short, posteriorly-directed, setae; elytra blackish with orange markings (each elytron with a large apical macula and a broad fascia which broadens marginally and at the suture), length to width ratio 2.6:1; 8 th stria beginning at base, striae 1–3 and 9–10 terminating within or at the posterior margin of fascia, striae 4–8 incrementally terminating between fascia and apical macula (4 the shortest, 7 or 8 the longest), punctation large up to anterior fascia margin, then punctures of inner and outer striae getting smaller, circular, without nodules, interstriae smooth, epipleurae extending into apical curve, interstriae with very fine short semi-reclinate setae (>1 per puncture) and longer thicker erect setae (<1 per puncture). Legs: Entirely dark brown, ventral tarsal pads orange; profemora only slightly thicker than other femora. Abdomen: Ventrites orange.

Etymology. The specific epithet magnus (Latin, meaning large) refers to the large size of this species. It is only equaled in size by larger specimens of N. reduncus stat. rev., nom. nov.

Distribution (Map 5). The unique Holotype was collected in Moora, Western Australia.

Figures

FIGURES 162–173. Habitus: (162–165) Notopilo, cambageicola species group—(162) Notopilo cambageicola, paratype; (163) Notopilo interfabulatus, holotype; (164) Notopilo lawnhillensis, holotype; (165) Notopilo tanybasilaris, paratype; (166) Notopilo congruus (congruus species group), lectotype (of Opilo congruus); (167–168) Notopilo, reduncus species group—(167) Notopilo magnus, holotype; (168) Notopilo reduncus, paralectotype (of Opilo abdominalis Schenkling); (169–171) Notopilo, variipes species group—(169) Notopilo brevistriatus, paratype; (170) Notopilo gerstmeieri, paratype; (171) Notopilo variipes; (172–173) Notopilo, unplaced to species group—(172) Notopilo confusus, specimen from Western Australia; (173) Notopilo elstoni, holotype (scale bars: 1.0 mm).