Cenophegus saasil Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero, 2021

Vega-Badillo, Viridiana, Morrone, Juan J. & Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, 2021, Revision of the genus Cenophengus LeConte, 1881 (Coleoptera, Phengodidae), with the description of four new species, new geographic records and a new synonymy, ZooKeys 1068, pp. 73-148 : 73

Cenophegus saasil Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero sp. nov.

Fig. 26A-H

Type locality.

Honduras.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: HONDURAS: "HND: CR; Cusuco National Park; / Cantiles 15.5077°N 88.2336°W / 2028 m 19-25 Jun. 2014 Michelle/ D’Souza” "Barcode of Life DNA/ Voucher specimen/ Sample ID/ BIOUG19147-G03 /ProcessID/ GMHKB847-15" | CBG.

Remarks.

Cenophegus saasil is morphologically similar to C. wittmeri , but can be distinguished by pronotum colouration and r3 vein. In C. saasil , the pronotum colouration is uniform, whereas in C. wittmeri , it is dark brown near mid-line; the r3 vein is present in C. wittmeri and absent in C. saasil .

Diagnosis.

Body pale yellow, integument chagreened, head as wide as the pronotum, antennae long, more than twice the length of pronotum, antennal rami twice as long as the respective antennomere and each elytron 4.6 times as long as wide; aedeagus with three teeth at the inner apex of paramere.

Description.

Male. Body length 9.50 mm, maximum body width 0.90 mm (pronotum). Body pale yellow, except for the antennae and stripe on pronotum brown (Fig. 26A, B ). Head. Wider (0.90 mm) than long (0.65 mm) (Fig. 26C ), at eye level, as wide as the pronotum, integument chagreened, punctures twice as long as eye facets and separated by approximately 1 punctured diameter, each puncture bearing a yellow seta; interantennal distance (0.06 mm) less than the length of antennomere 1 (0.24 mm); eyes 1/2 as long as head in lateral view, longer (0.41 mm) than wide (0.21 mm); interocular distance (0.42 mm) twice as long as eye width; antennae long (3.10 mm) more than twice the length of pronotum; antennomere 1 (0.24 mm) longer than next two combined, antennomere 3 cup-shaped, 4 to 11 about equal in length (0.30 mm), 12 (terminal) (0.33 mm), antennal rami lanceolate in lateral view, twice as long as the respective antennomere; maxillary palpomeres of the holotype lost; labial palpomere 1 (0.03 mm). Thorax. Pronotum longer (1.10 mm) than wide (0.90 mm) (Fig. 26D ); integument chagreened, punctures twice as long as facets and separated by approximately 1.5 punctured diameters, each puncture bearing a yellow seta, disc convex, weakly elevated dorsally, forming a small depression in the basal part of each side, posterior margin curved with middle notch, sides almost straight, anterior angles rounded and posterior angles acute; mesosternal suture incomplete; scutellum of the holotype lost; each elytron 4.6 times as long (3.40 mm) as wide (0.74 mm), convex, with longitudinal costae, elytral apex rounded; hind wings with posterior radial vein (RP) length twice less than the length of MP1+2, radial cell closed, r3 vein absent, r4 vein developed (reaching the radial cell), those of the anterior anal and posterior anal sectors, present (Fig. 26E ). Legs: tarsomeres 1 and 2 of the prothoracic legs with a similar length and tarsomere 1 of meso- and metathoracic legs is longer than 2. Abdomen. Integument shiny, punctured, with long dense setae, sternite 7 with margin sinuate, sternite 8 with margin notched; aedeagus with three teeth at the inner apex of paramere (Fig. 26F-H ).

Female and immatures.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Honduras (Fig. 19 ).

Etymology.

The term sáasil means glow in the Maya language, which is spoken in Honduras.

Figures

Figure 19. Map of southern North America showing specimen localities for Cenophengus spp. (continued).

Figure 26. Cenophengus saasil Vega-Badillo, Morrone & Zaragoza-Caballero, sp. nov., male. Habitus: A dorsal B ventral C head dorsal D pronotum dorsal E hind wing. Wing venation: CR = Radial Cell; r 4 = radial 4 vein; RP = Posterior Radial vein; MP 1 + 2 = Posterior Median vein; CuA = Cubital vein; AA and AP = Anterior and Posterior Anal veins. Aedeagus: F dorsal view G lateral view H ventral view.