Cleptometopus pepitoi, Barševskis, 2023

Barševskis, Arvīds, 2023, Two new species of long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Philippines, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 23 (2), pp. 249-254 : 252-253

Cleptometopus pepitoi sp. nov.

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covered with dense grey pubescence. Surface of head covered with dense grey pubescence and punctation. Head without longitudinal middle line, except basal portion of head behind antennae.

Labrum brown, shiny, pubescent. Clypeus brown, narrow, transverse, shiny. Mandibles dark, shiny, with acute apices, with very fine, punctures in basal part, covered with grey pubescence in basal portion. Antennae dark-brown, very long, covered with very fine pubescence; basal antennomere cylindric, black, with sparse fine punctures and pubescence and with row of bristles.

Pronotum almost sub-cylindrical, glossy, black. Pronotal disc dorsally with coarse dense punctures. Lateral sides of pronotal disc with elongated band of yellow pubescence. Basal portion of pronotum without acute angles. Frontal and basal portions of pronotum slightly neck-shaped.

Type material

Holotype: Male. Philippines, Palawan, / Roxas, 09.2022, / local collector leg. <handwritten> // HOLOTYPUS: / Cleptometopus / pepitoi sp. nov. / A. Barševskis det. 2023. <red label, handwritten>. Deposited in DUBC.

General distribution: Philippines: Palawan Island.

Description. Body elongate, very narrow, dark, lustrous, surface with brown, elongated, interrupted, lines. Body length: 9.5 mm, maximal width of elytra: 1.9 mm.

Head flat, wide, with almost parallel sides, with convex eyes. Cheeks not extended,

252 Scutellum small, rounded apically, covered with yellow pubescence. Pars stridens not visible, because it is under the posterior edge of the pronotum.

Elytra dark-brown, glossy, with relatively coarse, slightly impressed punctures in rows. Each elytron with slightly - developed humps between shoulders and suturae. Dorsal part of elytra behind middle with wide impression. Dorsal surface of elytra behind middle with four elongated brown short lines, covered with yellow pubescence and whith brown lateral portion behind shoulders. Apical part of elytra smoth, with large sharp extended projection.

Ventral surface of body black, with pubescence. Legs relatively short, dark-brown, slightly shiny, covered with very fine pubescence. Inner sides of tibia with fine yellow pubescence. Tarsomeres dark-brown, covered by fine pubescence.

Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from Cleptometopus camuripes Newman, 1842 by a different pattern on the elytra: dorsal surface of elytra behind middle with four elongated brown short lines, covered with yellow pubescence and whith brown lateral portion behind shoulders, but C. camuripes dorsal surface of elytra in the middle part with four short yellov lines and without yellow lateral portion behind shoulders.

Etymology. Patronym. This species is named after my good colleague Mark John Pepito (University of Mindanao, Davao, Philippines) in appreciation of excellent cooperation, and in gratitude for his contribution to Coleoptera research in Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 3. Cleptometopus pepitoi sp. nov. [holotype]