Selenophorus irec, Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017

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 : 55

Selenophorus irec sp. n. Figs 35A, 37A, 38

Specific epithet.

Based on the coden " IREC" for the Institut de Recherches Entomologique de la Caribe, from which the type specimens were borrowed for this project.

Type material.

HOLOTYPE female, labelled: "Guadeloupe/ Vernou/ 10.8.71 Chalumeau" [IREC]. PARATYPE female, labelled: "Guadeloupe/ Vernou/ 14.9.73 Chalumeau" [IREC].

Type locality.

Vernou, Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.

Diagnosis.

This species is readily separated from the other two species in the nonseriatus species group by a combination of: broad pronotum with rectangular posteriolateral angles and elytral intervals distinctly convex.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 35A. Antennae, mouthparts and legs testaceous. Dorsal and ventral surfaces rufo-brunneous; elytral epipleuron paler. Elytra and ventral surface with faint bluish iridescence. Head, pronotum and elytra shiny, microlines not visible at 100 ×. Pronotum with posteriolateral impressions with only a few fine punctures next to shallow longitudinal fovea; posteriolateral angles rectangular. Elytral intervals distinctly convex. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Female with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Not known.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Fig. 37A. Gonocoxite 2 (gc2) somewhat falcate, moderately wide base. Bursa copulatrix (bc) short; moderately long spermatheca (bc) originating near base of common oviduct (co); melanized spermathecal basal sclerite (sbs) present, rather short; markedly long spermathecal gland duct (spgd) originating below mid-length of spermatheca apicad to spermathecal basal sclerite. Spermathecal gland (spg) sausage-like.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 38. This species is known only from the island of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

The range of this species overlaps the ranges of the other two species in the nonseriatus species group, though neither of the two has been collected on the island of Guadeloupe. Relationships of S. irec are not postulated beyond species group membership.

Material examined.

Type material only; for details, see above.