Calvariopsis, Ruta, 2019

Ruta, Rafał, 2019, Calvariopsis gen. nov., a new genus of Neotropical Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea), Zootaxa 4604 (1), pp. 1-41 : 37

Calvariopsis sp., female, Paraguay

( Figs 2G , 8E , 27L )

Material examined. Female (ZMHB): “ Paraguay \ leg. Fiebrig”.

Notes on morphology. Body of moderate size (TL 2.65 mm), oval, dark brown, covered with yellowish setae. Apical portion of each elytron with two deep concavities: smaller, situated in depressed adsutural area, with a tuft of hooked setae, and slightly larger, situated on a small tubercle. Gonocoxites wide, subtriangular, with subapical gonostyli ( Fig. 27L ), bursal sclerite subtriangular, widened in posterior portion, with small subconical outgrowth.

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.