Labasiella machupicchu, nov.sp
| Main Author: | Opitz, Weston |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3804556 |
Daftar Isi:
- Labasiella machupicchuOPITZnov.sp (Figs 6, 33, 70, 85, 102) H o l o t y p e: ♂. Peru, 1985, W. Wittmer. A second label reads: Machu Picchu, 2000- 2400 M, 15- XII (NHMB). D i a g n o s i s: This little checkered beetle (3 mm) has a short and thick body. Also, it is the only member of the genus in which the funicular antennomeres are bicolorous. D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 3.8 mm; width 1.5 mm. Form: As in Fig. 85. Integument: Cranium and thorax dark castaneous, pronotum midline broadly light castaneous; antenna mostly testaceous, funicular antennomeres 3-5 black; mouthparts mostly testaceous, terminal maxillary and labial palpomeres and mandibles brown; legs mostly testaceous, femora infuscated distally, tarsi slightly infuscated; pterothorax brown; elytra mostly testaceous, basal margin, and 2 partially angular fasciae brown, posterior fascia broader than more anterior fascia. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform (Fig. 6), capitulum lax, antennomeres 9 and 10 triangular, antennomere 11 globose; eyes small, frons wide (EW/FW 10/30); last maxillary and labial palpomere subsecuriform. Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 33) with angular tubercle at sides, disc coarsely punctate, with 4 small knobs; elytral asetiferous punctation arranged into 9 punctiform striae, punctation binodal, punctation extends to elytral apex, epipleural margin serrulate near elytral apex. Abdomen: Aedeagus (Fig. 102) very short, distal region of phallobase slightly lobed, tegmen very reduced, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod long; phallic plates broad, phallic apex short triangular. D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig. 70): This species is known from Peru. E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, machupicchu, constitutes a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.
- Published as part of Opitz, Weston, 2019, ClassiIication, Natural History, and Evolution oI the SubIamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae). Part XIII. The New World genera oI checkered beetles of the Labasiella complex, pp. 127-170 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3762392