Kiskeya elyunque Konstantinov & Konstantinova

Konstantinov, A. S. & Konstantinova, A. A., 2011, New genus and species of flea beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from Puerto Rico, with comments on flea beetle diversity in the West Indies and a key to the West Indian Monoplatini genera, ZooKeys 155, pp. 61-87 : 70-73

Kiskeya elyunque Konstantinov & Konstantinova sp. n. Figs 28-41

Description.

Body length 0.81-0.92 mm, width 0.52-0.65 mm. Color black with light greenish luster. Femur dark brown, rest of legs and antenna dark yellow. Vertex smooth, without punctures or wrinkles. Supraantennal sulcus absent. Pronotum with tiny, sparse, sharp punctures. Antennal club with 3 antennomeres (Fig. 32). Elytron (Fig. 29) convex in lateral view [length (from apex to connection with pronotum) nearly equal to height], with tiny, sparse, barely visible punctures. Proportions of protarsomeres of female (starting with first) 4:2:3:10; mesotarsomeres 4:2:3:10; metatarsomeres 11:2:3:10. In male, proportions as follows: protarsomeres 5:2:3:10; mesotarsomeres 5:2:3:10; metatarsomeres 10:2:2:10. Apex of median lobe of aedeagus without acute denticle in ventral view (Fig. 38). Vaginal palpi with eight long setae posteriorly (Fig. 40), curved towards middle. Anterior sclerotizations widening anteriorly, strongly diverging. Spermatheca (Fig. 39) with receptacle longer and wider than pump. Outer and inner sides of receptacle nearly equally convex. Tignum curved laterally. Posterior sclerotization of tignum wider than middle, arrow shaped (Fig. 41).

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a noun in apposition based on the type locality.

Diagnosis and comparison.

Kiskeya elyunque is the only species of Kiskeya known to occur in Puerto Rico. It can be easily differentiated from the other two known species of the genus based on the key below.

Ecology.

Unidentified moss samples which contained Kiskeya elyunque were collected in the forest from a variety of substrates (rocks, tree stumps, trunks and branches) (Fig. 59, 60).

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, Puerto Rico: El Yunque, El Toro trail, 18°11.850'N, 66°29.533'W, 1066m, 14.VI.2008, moss (unsifted) leg. A. Konstantinov (USNM). Paratypes: 45 specimens, same label as holotype (USNM); 37 specimens, same label as holotype except the date, 16.VI.2008 and moss being “unsifted” (USNM).

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