Notopilo katherinensis, Bartlett & Lambkin, 2022

Bartlett, Justin S. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2022, Australian Opilonini (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) part I: A revised taxonomy for Australian Opilo Latreille including descriptions of new genera and species, Zootaxa 5220 (1), pp. 1-81 : 63-64

Notopilo katherinensis sp. nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:98BFA4B9-7E6E-4678-A1F6-0405A5568093

( Figs 59 , 95 , 131 , 174 ; Map 4)

HOLOTYPE ♁: Northern Territory: Australia 07, NT35, Scotts Ck. 65km sw Katherine , Victoria Hwy., 14.55.45S, 131.52.66E 126m, 11.11.2007. M.Baehr ( QM, type reg. T258554; ex RGCM) . PARATYPES (3): Northern Territory: Australia 07, NT33, King R. 30km sw Katherine, Victoria Hwy. , 14.42.43S, 132.04.44E 104m, 11.11.2007. M.Baehr (1 ♁, 1, RGCM) ; Australia 07, NT16, 10km ese Katherine , Stuart Hwy. 14.29.12S, 132.24.04E 100m, 5.11.2007, M.Baehr (1, RGCM) ; Tindal, N.T. 14.31S 132.22E 1-20 Dec. 1967 light trap W.J.M. Vestjens (1 ♀, ANIC) .

Diagnosis. Pronotal sides slightly angulate; disc extremely smooth; central impression conspicuous; tumescent areas either side of central impression indistinct; elytra dark with orange maculae (each elytron with a large central globular fasciate macula which is at least slightly curved at the suture plus an apical macula, which meets the external and sutural margins); some punctures with very small lateral nodules (easily misinterpreted as lacking nodules); 8 th stria beginning just anterior of the fascia; striae 1–8 or 1–9 reaching apical macula; striae with a single seta across interstrial width; femora yellow and brown; tarsi with three ventral tarsal pads.

Description. Habitus: Fig. 174 . Total length: 6–7.2 mm (holotype, 6.2 mm). Head: Vertex and frons black, clypeus and supra-antennal elevations reddish-brown, anteclypeus semi-transparent orange, labrum, antennae and palpi orange to orange-brown, venter dark reddish brown, gula paler; eyes separated by about 0.53–0.63 eye widths (holotype, 0.55); vertex and lower part of frons mostly smooth, vertex with only a few small punctures, lower part of frons with subtle transverse wrinkles, upper part of frons with some larger punctures; clypeus without strong punctation; genae and submentum wrinkled; exterior margins of terminal palpomeres about 1.5 times (maxillae) and 2.2 times (labium) the length of inside edges; antennae reaching base of pronotum; eyes and cranium with long and short pale erect setae, frons and vertex with occassional long erect setae and shorter medially-directed setae. Prothorax: Disc black infused with reddish brown; pronotum about 1.17–1.19 times longer than wide (holotype, 1.17), sides slightly angulate, middle wider than pronotal arch; subapical depression deeply vshaped; central impression conspicuous; disc extremely smooth in general appearance, punctation sparse, shallow; preapical tumescence indistinct; lateral impression inconspicuous; disc with short multi-directional, and erect, setae. Pterothorax: Ventrites black-brown, with fine mostly posteriorly-directed setae; elytra black-brown with orange markings (each elytron with a large central globular fasciate macula which is at least slightly curved at the suture plus an apical macula, which meets the external and sutural margins), length to width ratio 2.52–2.64:1 (holotype, 2.55:1); 8 th stria beginning just anterior of the fascia, striae 1–8 or 1–9 reaching apical macula; punctation circular, some punctures with minute lateral nodules (easily misinterpreted as lacking nodules; best observed in punctures near base and half way between fascia and apex); epipleurae extending into apical maculae; interstriae with single rows of moderately long to very long, posteriorly-directed, setae, intrafoveal setae short; hindwing with CuA 3+4 cross-vein complete (CuA 1 cross-vein not observed), MP 3+4 absent basad of CuA 1 cross-vein. Legs: Approximately basal three-fifths of profemora, two-thirds of mesofemora and three-quarters of metafemora yellow, remaining apical parts of femora brown; tibiae and tarsi brown, tibial carinae darker; ventral tarsal pads yellowish; profemora slightly more swollen than other femora. Abdomen: Ventrites orange. Male genitalia: Tegmen ( Fig. 59 ) narrowing between middle and the robust parameroid lobes, apex tapered to a short digitiform process, dorsal sinus just over one-third tegmen length, inner margins sub-parallel in middle, opening about twice as broad as innermost width, ventral sinus about half as long as dorsal sinus, apodeme about one-quarter tegmen length; median lobe as in Fig. 95 ; pygidium as in Fig. 131 .

Etymology. This species is named after the Katherine region of the Northern Territory.

Biology. Adults were collected in November and December.

Distribution (Map 4). Notopilo katherinensis sp. nov. is known from only three collecting localities between 10 and 65 km from Katherine, and from Tindal (near Katherine), in the Northern Territory.

Figures

FIGURES 48–65. Tegmina, dorsal: (48–51) Notopilo, cambageicola species group—(48) Notopilo cambageicola, paratype; (49) Notopilo interfabulatus, paratype; (50) Notopilo lawnhillensis, paratype; (51) Notopilo tanybasilaris, holotype; (52) Notopilo congruus (congruus species group); (53) Notopilo reduncus (reduncus species group); (54–56) Notopilo, variipes species group—(54) Notopilo brevistriatus, paratype; (55) Notopilo gerstmeieri, holotype; (56) Notopilo variipes; (57–60) Notopilo, unplaced to species group—(57) Notopilo confusus, holotype; (58) Notopilo elstoni, holotype; (59) Notopilo katherinensis, holotype; (60) Notopilo obesus, paratype; (61) Platynotum bulli, paratype; (62) Platynotum culgoense, holotype; (63) Platynotum femorale; (64) Platynotum foveosetosa, holotype; (65) Platynotum gracile, holotype (scale bars: 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 66–101. Median lobes: (66) Ancyropilus brigalowae, paratype; (67) Ancyropilus emmotti, holotype; (68) Ancyropilus exossuarius, paratype; (69) Ancyropilus monteithi, holotype; (70) Ancyropilus noonbahensis, holotype; (71) Ancyropilus packsaddlensis, holotype; (72) Ancyropilus simplex, paratype; (73) Ancyropilus tricolor, holotype; (74) Ancyropilus hornensis, paratype; (75) Culcipternotus mareebensis, paratype; (76) Infectostriatus absentis, holotype; (77) Infectostriatus differens, holotype; (78) Monilonotum bunyense, paratype; (79) Monilonotum pascoei; (80) Monilonotum sundholmi, paratype; (81–85) Notopilo, beswickensis species group—(81) Notopilo beswickensis, holotype; (82) Notopilo calicis, paratype; (83) Notopilo tompricensis, holotype; (84) Notopilo xanthoimprocerus, paratype; (85) Notopilo xanthoprolatus, holotype; (86–88) Notopilo, cambageicola species group—(86) Notopilo cambageicola, paratype; (87) Notopilo interfabulatus, paratype; (88) Notopilo tanybasilaris, paratype; (89) Notopilo congruus (congruus species group); (90) Notopilo reduncus (reduncus species group); (91–93) Notopilo, variipes species group—(91) Notopilo brevistriatus, paratype; (92) Notopilo gerstmeieri, holotype; (93) Notopilo variipes; (94–96) Notopilo, unplaced to species group—(94) Notopilo elstoni, holotype; (95) Notopilo katherinensis, holotype; (96) Notopilo obesus, paratype; (97) Platynotum bulli, paratype; (98) Platynotum culgoense, holotype; (99) Platynotum femorale; (100) Platynotum foveosetosa, holotype; (101) Platynotum gracile, holotype (scale bars: 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 102–137. Male pygidiae: (102) Ancyropilus brigalowae, paratype; (103) Ancyropilus emmotti, holotype; (104) Ancyropilus exossuarius, paratype; (105) Ancyropilus monteithi, holotype; (106) Ancyropilus noonbahensis, holotype; (107) Ancyropilus packsaddlensis, holotype; (108) Ancyropilus simplex, paratype; (109) Ancyropilus tricolor, paratype; (110) Ancyropilus hornensis, paratype; (111) Culcipternotus mareebensis, paratype; (112) Infectostriatus absentis, holotype; (113) Monilonotum doddi; (114) Monilonotum pascoei; (115) Monilonotum sundholmi, paratype; (116–120) Notopilo, beswickensis species group—(116) Notopilo beswickensis, holotype; (117) Notopilo calicis, paratype; (118) Notopilo tompricensis, holotype; (119) Notopilo xanthoimprocerus, paratype; (120) Notopilo xanthoprolatus, holotype; (121–124) Notopilo, cambageicola species group—(121) Notopilo cambageicola, paratype; (122) Notopilo interfabulatus, paratype; (123) Notopilo lawnhillensis, paratype; (124) Notopilo tanybasilaris, holotype; (125) Notopilo congruus (congruus species group); (126–128) Notopilo, variipes species group—(126) Notopilo brevistriatus, paratype; (127) Notopilo gerstmeieri, holotype; (128) Notopilo variipes; (129–132) Notopilo, unplaced to species group—(129) Notopilo confusus, holotype; (130) Notopilo elstoni, holotype; (131) Notopilo katherinensis, holotype; (132) Notopilo obesus, paratype; (133) Platynotum bulli, paratype; (134) Platynotum culgoense, holotype; (135) Platynotum femorale; (136) Platynotum foveosetosa, holotype; (137) Platynotum gracile, holotype (scale bars: 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 174–180. Habitus: (174–175) Notopilo, unplaced to species group (continued)—(174) Notopilo katherinensis, holotype; (175) Notopilo obesus, paratype; (176) Platynotum bulli, holotype; (177) Platynotum culgoense, paratype; (178) Platynotum femorale, lectotype (of Opilo femoralis); (179) Platynotum foveosetosa, holotype; (180) Platynotum gracile, holotype (scale bars: 1.0 mm).