Plumolepilius yolnabajensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson, 2016

Barrios-Izás, Manuel A., Anderson, Robert S. & Morrone, Juan J., 2016, A taxonomic monograph of the leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Plumolepilius new genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini) from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Zootaxa 4168 (1), pp. 61-91 : 85

Plumolepilius yolnabajensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson , new species

( Figs. 65–71 , 80, 89 , 98 , 99 )

Diagnosis. Male. Length (1.85 mm). Width (1.05 mm). As P. daryi but subovate, scales light brown, mesepisternum clothed with adpressed scales, elytra punctate-striate, tubercles larger, metaventrite not foveate or depressed, metafemora unarmed. Pedon widening from base to apex, apical setae present, median foramen wide, genital sclerites sting-like in shape.

Female. Length (1.80–1.95 mm). Width (1.00– 1.25 mm). Elytra tuberculate, femora unarmed, spiculum ventrale bifurcated at apex.

Geographic distribution. Guatemala (Huehuetenango). Fig. 99 .

Derivation of the specific name. Named after Yolnabaj Lake, the name of which is derived from the Mayan language Chuj, meaning “brave lake”.

Material examined. 1Ƌ, 3♀♀ (CMNC). Holotype Ƌ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA : Huehuetenango, Nenton, Bendicion de Dios, 1555,m, 16.027041N 91.541578W, 4.VII.2009, F. Camposeco, 2009-303, winkler funnels, leaf litter / WWD0072885 / Holotype Ƌ Plumolepilius yolnabajensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson sp. nov. Aedegus extracted . Paratypes: same data as Holotype / WWD0072884 (1Ƌ, CMNC) . WWD0072886 (1♀, CMNC). WWD0072887 (1Ƌ, CMNC).

Figures

FIGURE 99. Map of Plumolepilius species distribution, each color dot represents species distribution. P. trifiniensis (red), P. branstetteri (yellow), and P. yolnabajensis (blue).

FIGURES 65 – 71. Plumolepilius yolnabajensis. 65, Male dorsal habitus. 66, Male lateral habitus. 67, Aedeagus lateral view. 68, Aedeagus dorsal view. 69, Male abdominal ventrites 1 – 5. 70, Female dorsal view. 71, Female lateral view.

FIGURES 72 – 89. Male aedeagus. 72, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 73, P. c an oi. 74, P. c or tez i. 75, P. da r y i. 76, P. longinoi. 77, P. macalajauensis. 78, P. schusteri. 79, P. trifiniensis, 80. P. yolnabajensis. Male genital sclerites. 81, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 82, P. canoi. 83, P. c o r t e z i. 84, P. d ar y i. 85, P. longinoi. 86, P. macalajauensis. 87, P. schusteri. 88, P. trifiniensis, 89. P. yolnabajensis.

FIGURES 90 – 98. Female genitalia. 90, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 91, P. canoi. 92, P. cortezi. 93, P. da r y i. 94, P. longinoi. 95, P. macalajauensis. 96, P. schusteri. 97, P. trifiniensis, 98. P. yolnabajensis.