Cregya maura OPITZ, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 1001

Cregya maura OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 91 , 115 , 323 )

Holotype: ♀. Type locality: BRAZIL: Manaus, AM. INPA/ Smithsonian fst, 2°25'S 59°50'W, R. K. Didham. Ii.1994. A second label reads: Canopy fog Frst Edge transect, 420 metres 2/65 ( BMNH).

D i a g n o s i s: The body dorsum of this very small (3 mm) beetle is entirely black. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 3.0 mm; width 1.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 323 . Color: Cranium and prothoracic venter yellow; antenna black. pronotum, pterothorax, elytra, and abdomen black; legs bicolorous, femora and tibiae yellow, tarsi brown. Head: Cranium finely punctate; antenna ( Fig. 91 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres shorter towards capitulum, capitular antennomeres 8 and 9 triangular, antennomere 10 ovoid; eyes large, coarsely facetted, eye broader than frons (EW/FW 18/15). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 115 ) quadrate (PW/PL 50/50), disc coarsely punctate, lateral tubercle well developed; elytra sculptured with 9 striae of asetiferous punctures that dissipate at elytral distal 2/3 rd (EL/EW 220/65). Abdomen: Pygidium scutiform.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected by fogging tree canopy, in February at 420 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: ThisspeciesisknownfromBrazil.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, maura, is a Greek adjective that stems from mauras (= dark); with reference to the dark body color of this beetle.

Figures

Figs 61-91: Antennae; (61) Madoniella muralla; (62) M. nota; (63) M. acicula; (64) M. aspera; (65) M. baja; (66) M. delta; (67) Amboakis bermejo; (68) Pujoliclerus variolus; (69) Megatrachys irrasis; (70) Cregya arima; (71) Nelsopelonium aspikelum; (72) Cregya vicosa; (73) Pujoliclerus abditus; (74) P. dexus; (75) Cregya triguttula; (76) Pyticeroides brevitubulus; (77) Pujoliclerus lasiosus; (78) Cregya biguttula; (79) Sirpa acara; (80) Parapelonides naranjo; (81) Cregya livida; (82) Amboakis collucoatis; (83) Ampleris jatai; (84) Megaphloeus yasuni; (85) Pelonium implacide, male; (86) Epiphloeus prolixicornus; (87) Pelonium implacide, female; (88) Epiphloeus mantillerii; (89) Amboakis mitaraka; (90) Ellipotoma makrosa; (91) Cregya maura.

Figs 101-117: Pronota; (101) Aphelocerus ligulus; (102) A. yoro; (103) Ridica achira; (104) R. merida; (105) Ampleris cacuminis; (106) Plocamocera catalexis; (107) Aphelocerus tigra; (108) A. sparicapillus; (109) A. nolus; (110) A. magnipannus; (111) Pyticeroides desodes; (112) Cregya petalosa; (113) C. livida; (114) C. tobagoensis; (115) C. maura; (116) Pujoliclerus flavidus; (117) Amboakis collucoatis.

Figs 322-325: Habitus; (322) Cregya livida; (323) C. maura; (324) C. petalosa; (325) C. tobagoensis.