Stenomorphus cubanus Darlington

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 86

Stenomorphus cubanus Darlington Fig. 65

Stenomorphus cubanus Darlington, 1937: 135. HOLOTYPE male, labelled: "Cauto el Cristo/ (Cauto R.) Ote./ Aug. 16, 1936"; "Cuba 1936/ Darlington/ Collector"; "22488/ M.C.Z./ HoloType/ Stenomorphus/ cubanus D." [name handwritten; on red paper]; " Stenomorphus cubanus Darl." [handwritten] (MCZC).- Blackwelder 1944: 47.- Erwin and Sims 1984: 441.- Ball et al. 1991: 952.- Ball 1992: 85.- Lorenz 1998: 357.- Lorenz 2005: 378.- Peck 2005: 32.

Type locality.

Cauto el Cristo, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba. (Cauto el Cristo was previously in Oriente Province).

Diagnosis.

With features in “Recognition” for the genus, and found on the Greater Antillean island of Cuba.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus similar to that of S. californicus manni (Fig. 62). In the original description, Darlington stated that the membranous hind wings were vestigial, reaching slightly past the middle of the elytra. Both males and females with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Phallic median lobe similar to that of S. californicus manni , Fig. 63 A–C; differences expected in everted endophallus.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Not Studied.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 65. This species is known only from the type series collected in southeastern Cuba.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

See this topic under genus Stenomorphus .

Material examined.

We have not seen any material other than the specimens reported in Ball et al. (1991: 952).