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, Ecuador, Sucumbios

( Figs 2D , 8D , 27I )

Material examined. Female (SEMC): “ ECUADOR: Sucumbios \ Sacha Lodge, 0.5°S, \ 76.5°W, 270m, 14–24-III \ 1994, Hibbs, ex: malaise”.

Notes on morphology. Body very small (TL 1.85 mm), brownish black, covered with erect setae. Apical por- tion of each elytron with small opaque area covered by dense, stout, black setae. Gonocoxites membranous, gonostyli apical ( Fig. 27I ), bursal sclerite rod-like, long.

Remarks. Included in group II due to the following characters: small body, membranous gonocoxites and lack of foveate excitators.

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.