Five new species of Dipropus Germar (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from west-central North America, and a lectotype designation for Elater soleatus Say Author Johnson, Paul J. text Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-12-23 2016 523 1 27 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5171050 1942-1354 5171050 BB77DBBF-3E2F-4E4B-8C84-55B1D05C11D0 Dipropus sonora new species ( Fig. 5–6 , 15 ) Description . As for D. pericu , except: Length 10.4–12.4 mm , width 2.9–3.4 mm . Body piceocastaneous throughout, antennae piceous. Head with ocular index 53–64. Antenna moderately long, reaching to metafemoral angle of elytra, antennomere 8 reaching apex of hind angle, antennomeres 2–3, 7, 11 length ratio 1.0:6.7, 8.0, 10.3. Pronotum 1.2x longer than wide, with lateral margin strongly carinate at hind angle, weakening anteriorly; strongly arcuate toward anterior angle in anterior 0.25 of length. Metaleg with tibia 1.1 length of femur, tarsus same length as tibia; tarsomere length ratio 1.00:0.79:0.25:0.21:0.67. Aedeagus as in Fig. 11 ; basal piece 0.56 of total length, paramere 0.39 of total length, paramere apex 0.15 of paramere length. Female: As for male, except body form subparallel; pronotum 0.83x wider than long; antenna short, antennomere 10 reaching apex of hind angle, antennomere 2–4, 11 length ratio 1.0:2.8:2.4, 4.2; metatarsomere length ratio 1.00:0.40:0.25:0.20:0.70; ventrite 5 with punctures small, fine, evenly distributed. Type Material . Holotype male MEXICO : SONORA , 15.5 air km SW of Nogales , el. 1200m , 31.19728 , -111.10139 , leg. T.R. Van Devender , A.L. Reina-G., 12.vii.2012 / rocky canyon riparian forest/oak woodland ( USNM ). Paratypes (45): MEXICO : SONORA , same as holotype (1, ASUT ) ; Rancho el Jarazos , 22.4 km N of Nacozari de Garcia , Sierra la Púrica , 30.57556ºN 109.73250ºW , 1595m , 16 July 2013 , T.R. Van Devender , A.L. Reina-G .; rocky cyn, oak woodland (1, PJJC ); 10 mi. E. Navajoa , 13.viii.1959 , blacklight trap , W.L. Nutting & F.G. Werner (1, UAIC ) . UNITED STATES : ARIZONA , Pima Co ., Badoquavari [sic!] Mts. , e.s.l. 31 mi N. Sasabe / see note 356, 24.vii.1958 , R.H. Arnett , Jr. (1, FSCA ). Santa Cruz Co. , Pena Blanca , 12.viii.1983 , G.W. Ulrich , U.V. (2, PJJC ) ; at light, 13.vii.2013 , Col. Gareth S. Powell / WGS84 31.3883 , -111.0929 , elv 1190 m (1, GSPC ) ; 3.2 km S Pena Blanca Lake , 1250 m ., 28.vii.1989 ; R.S. Anderson & S. McCleve : UV light (1, TAMU ) ; at light 415, 16.vii.1959 , R.H. Arnett , Jr. (3, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 419, 19.vii.1959 , R.H. Arnett Jr , ER VanTassell (2, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 420, 20.vii.1959 (2, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 421, 21.vii.1959 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 417, 18.vii.1959 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 424, 23.vii.1959 (1, FSCA ) ; 1250 m ., 28.vii.1989 ; R.S. Anderson & S. McCleve : UV light (1, TAMU ) ; Pena Blanca , Pajarito Mts. / Lot No. 536, 31.vii.1961 , R.H. Arnett , Jr. , E. VanTassell (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 568, 9.viii.1961 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 524, 28.vii.1961 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 506, 25.vii.1961 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 557, 5.viii.1961 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 511, 26.vii.1961 (2, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 560, 6.viii.1961 (3, FSCA ) ; lot no. 534, 30.vii.1961 (4, FSCA ) ; lot no. 600, 6.vii.1962 (1, FSCA ) ; Lot No. 498, 20.vii. 1961 (2, FSCA ) ; lot no. 600, 1.viii.1962 (1, FSCA ) ; lot no. 600, 10.vii.1962 (3, FSCA ) ; Pajarito Mts. , Pena Blanca / Lot no. 840, 28.vii.1964 , R.H. Arnett , Jr, ER . Van Tassell (1, FSCA ) ; Lot no. 763, 24.vii.1963 (2, FSCA ) ; 1 mi. N. Nogales , Mariposa Canyon , 11.viii.1971 , R.L. Jacques (1, FSCA ) . Etymology . The species epithet “ sonora is treated as a noun in apposition and is after the Free and Sovereign State of Sonora (Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ), Mexico . Distribution . MEXICO : Sonora ; UNITED STATES : Arizona . Notes . This species is one of the more commonly collected Dipropus species in the region, especially in southwestern Arizona .