Paratillus atali OPITZ, 2016

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 600

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5417172
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1DAECF4D-BF16-4E97-AC0C-D2EF2CFEED57
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6492370
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C1387F2-034D-9C20-37D9-43C4A13F1E55
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Paratillus atali OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Paratillus atali OPITZ , nov.sp. ( Figs 17 View Figs 2-21 , 40 View Figs 22-40 , 54 View Figs 51-54 , 74 View Figs 71-82 , 93 View Fig )

Holotype: Ƌ. NEW CALEDONIA 11199, 22°21' Sx 166°58'E, 200 m, Port Boise (G. Kanua), 18Nov2002, G. Monteith, pyrethrum, trees & logs ( MNHN).

Paratypes: Twenty-one. New Caledonia: Mt. Koghis, 22°11'S 166°01'E, 500m, 22Nov.2000, G. B. Monteith, pyrethrum, trunks & logs ( QMBA, 1) GoogleMaps ; Fort Boise , 22°21'S 166°58'E, 20 m (G. Kanua), 18Nov. 2002, G. Monteith, pyrethrum, trees & logs ( QMBA, 12) GoogleMaps ; Pic du Pin , 22°15'S 166°50'E, site 1, 23Dec. 2004, 280 m, G. Monteith, pyrethrum ( QMBA, 3) GoogleMaps ; idem, 22°15'S 166°49'E, 25Nov.-23Dec.2004, Malaise, Burwell, Wright, rainforest ( QMBA, 1) GoogleMaps ; Col de Petchecara , middle, 21°34'S 166°06'E, 28Jan.2004, G. Monteith, pyrethrum, trees & logs ( QMBA, 1) GoogleMaps ; Pic du Grand Kaori, site 2, 22°17'S 166°53'E, 250 m, Monteith Burwell, pyrethrum, rainforest ( QMBA, 2) GoogleMaps ; Mount Mou base, 22°05'S 166°22'E, 350 m, 4Feb.2004, G. Monteith, pyrethrum, trees & logs ( QMBA, 1) GoogleMaps .

D i a g n o s i s Paratillus atali OPITZ , new species, specimens may be distinguished from the superficially similar specimens of P. carus by the presence, in the former specimens, of a diffuse white setal tuft on the basal 1/4 th of the elytral sutural margin.

D e s c r i p t i o n. Size: Length 3.0 mm; width 0.7 mm. Form: As in Fig. 54 View Figs 51-54 . Integument: Forebody red, elytra predominantly black, with a slight blue tinge, elytral disc with a white transverse fascia that does not reach sutural margin, profemora black, mesofemora, and metafemora yellow at base, infuscated distally, abdomen black, except 6 th visible sternite yellow. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons much wider than width of eye (FW/EW-32/8); antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform, 9 th and 10 th antennomeres triagonal, 11 th oval ( Fig. 17 View Figs 2-21 ). Thorax: Pronotum densely punctate at sides, sparsely punctate at middle, with glabrous streaks at center of disc, without lateral tubercle ( Fig. 40 View Figs 22-40 ) ( PL /PW- 50/43); elytral disc with prominent asetiferous punctation that extend just beyond white transverse fascia, elytral preapical region subglabrous, ( EL /EW- 115/26). Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised at middle of anterior margin; phallobase slightly sclerotized ventrally, lobes very small, phallobasic rod bifid distally, phallobasic struts contiguous with phallobasic apodeme, phallic apex triangular, phallic plates narrow, spicular apodemes not fused ( Fig. 74 View Figs 71-82 ).

V a r i a t i o n. Size: Length 3.0- 4.3 mm; width 0.6-1.0 mm. The forebody may be black and the white midelytral fascia may reach the sutural margin.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: Specimens were collected in November, December, and February, at altitudes ranging from 20- 500 m. G. B. Monteith collected all but one specimen by spraying felled logs with pyrethrum. One specimen was collected in a Malaise trap.

D i s t r i b u t i o n ( Fig. 93 View Fig ): This species is known only from New Caledonia.

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet atali is a patronymic dedicated to the Grand Chief Atal of the Kanak indigenous people of New Caledonia.