Calvariopsis, Ruta, 2019

Ruta, Rafał, 2019, Calvariopsis gen. nov., a new genus of Neotropical Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), Zootaxa 4604 (1), pp. 1-41 : 35

Calvariopsis sp., female, Colombia, Gorgona Island

( Figs 2A , 8C , 27 C–D)

Material examined. Female (NHM): “ Colombia: \ Gorgona Island. \ Oct. 1924 \ St. George Expedn. \ C. L. Col- lenette”; “On \ herbage”; “Brit. Mus. \ 1924.—488.”.

Notes on morphology. Body of moderate size (TL 2.8 mm), brown, each elytron with two round concavities in apical portion ( Fig. 8C ), small hooked tuft of setae present in adsutural portion of each elytron. Bursal sclerite missing in the studied specimen, only ovipositor and sternite VIII present. Gonocoxites widely triangular ( Fig. 27C ), with subapical gonostyli.

Remarks. Included in group I due to the following characters: elytra with distinct foveate excitators, wide gonocoxites with subapical gonostyli.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Calvariopsis gen. nov., females, dorsal view.A) C. sp., Colombia; B) C. sp., Costa Rica; C) C. sp., Ecuador; D) C. sp., Ecuador; E) C. sp., French Guiana; F) C. sp., Panama; G) C. sp., Paraguay; H) C. sp., Peru. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 8. Calvariopsis gen. nov., group I (A, C, E–F) and group II (B, D), females, apical portion of elytra, excitators. A) C. pittieri; B) C. brasiliense, an arrow indicates patch of modified setae; C) C. sp., Colombia, Gorgona Island; D) C. sp., Ecuador, an arrow indicates patch of modified setae; E) C. sp., Paraguay; F) C. sp., Peru.

FIGURE 27. Calvariopsis gen. nov., females. A–B) C. sp., Bolivia; C–D) C. sp., Colombia; E–G) C. sp., Costa Rica; H) C. sp., Ecuador; I) C. sp., Ecuador; J) C. sp., French Guiana; K) C. sp., Panama; L) C. sp., Paraguay; M) C. sp., Peru. A, H, I–M) genital tract; B, G) bursal sclerite; C), E) ovipositor; D, F) sternite VIII.