Apetasimus sordidus (Sharp) Sharp, 2006

Ewing, Curtis, 2006, Revision of the endemic Hawaiian sap beetle genus Apetasimus Sharp 1908 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Zootaxa 1385, pp. 1-30 : 27-28

Apetasimus sordidus (Sharp) comb. nov.

Brachypeplus sordidus Sharp, 1881: 514 .

Orthostolus sordidus: Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 455.

Diagnosis

Dark brown to black, base of elytron with brick red marks. Pronotum transverse with lateral margin strongly convex ( Fig. 7A ). Elytron with lateral margin narrow, 2x width of bead at middle, sometimes wider at humeri ( Fig. 7 D). Pale marks on elytra most prominent along base, often continuing along suture to apical margin. Male pygidium narrow, subtruncate to shallowly emarginate, anal sclerite with lateral apical margin concave and convergent, apex acuminate ( Fig. 7 F), broader at base than apex of pygidium. Length 4.6–5.5mm, Width 1.9–2.3mm.

Lectotype Ψ, glued to card, card labeled: " Brachypeplus sor,-didus, Type D.S., Mauna Loa. Hawaii / " Type H.T." / "Sharp Coll., 1905–313." [from original description: "Found on Mauna Loa at Kilauea, near the "lake of fire", by beating, at an elevation of about 4000 feet." ( Sharp 1881: 515)] (BMNH).

Paralectotypes 4 Ψ, 2 ɗ (BPBM).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A. A. sordidus, pronotum (dorsal view); B. A. guttatus, prosternum (lateral view); C. A. guttatus, prosternum (ventral view); D. A. atratus, left elytron, dashed line indicates explanate margin; E. A. sordidus, left elytron, dashed line indicates explanate margin; F. A. sordidus, anal sclerite (ventral view); G. A. kauaiensis, apex of anal sclerite; H. Orthostolus nsp., metafemur (ventral view); I. A. guttatus, metafemur (ventral view); J. A. guttatus, labial palp (ventral view); K. Eupetinus impressus, labial palp (ventral view); L A. atratus, anal sclerite (ventral view).