Brachypeplus glaber LeConte, 1878

Cline, Andrew R. & Skelley, Paul E., 2013, Discovery of new species and country records for the North American sap beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Zootaxa 3683 (2), pp. 101-116 : 109

Brachypeplus glaber LeConte, 1878

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Brachypeplus glaber LeConte, 1878: 398 ; Henshaw 1885: 58; Leng 1920: 195; Parsons 1943: 155; Arnett 1963: 762; Habeck 2002: 313.

Specimens examined. Holotype (MCZ) “/Enterprise 8.6 Fla/ 1568 / [red paper] Type 6961 / [hand written] Brachypeplus glaber Lec. /” (type examined, image available at MCZ type database, Perkins 2010). More than 100 other specimens were examined from the FSCA. These data are included in an upcoming manuscript on the biology of B. glaber (Cline et al. in prep.).

Diagnosis. Brachypeplus glaber is easily distinguished by its diminutive size, <4mm in length; lack of prominent body setation; scale-like micoreticulation on body proper; bicolored appearance; pentagonal scutellum; male genitalia with tegmen in lateral view evenly arcuate from base to apex, in ventral view with definitive row of sub-apical setae not extending beyond tegminal apex; median lobe of male genitalia possessing an acuminate apex with well-defined apicolateral angles, and with basal third of structure narrower than apical two-thirds.

Discussion/Notes. Brachypeplus glaber can be found wherever the cabbage palmetto occurs in the southeastern U.S. Specimens collected by D. Habeck are deposited in collections across the U.S., but most reside in the FSCA.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 14. Habitus images of North American Brachypeplus. (12) B. habecki n. sp., dorsal habitus; (13) B. habecki n. sp., ventral habitus; (14) B. glaber, dorsal habitus. Scale bar = 1 mm.