Plumolepilius macalajauensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson, 2016

Barrios-Izás, Manuel A., Anderson, Robert S. & Morrone, Juan J., 2016, A taxonomic monograph of the leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Plumolepilius new genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini) from Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Zootaxa 4168 (1), pp. 61-91 : 78-79

Plumolepilius macalajauensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson , new species

( Figs. 44–50 , 77, 86 , 95 , 100 )

Diagnosis. Male. Length (1.90–2.05 mm). Width (1.15–1.20 mm). Subovate, dark orange, infused with yellow, coarsely punctate. Vestiture of clavate, recumbent scales, yellow, adpressed, triangular on mesepisternum. Rostrum stout, surface almost smooth, antenna setulose, scape clavate, slightly longer than desmomeres 1 and 2 together. Pronotum constricted at apex, subquadrate, coarsely punctate. Elytra with humeri angulate, not produced, multituberculate, most of tubercles torous, 2 large conical tubercles at elytral declivity extending from fourth interstice to first striae. Abdominal ventrite 5 with 2 tufts of setae at apex. Femora unarmed. Pedon subparallel, apodemes 2.4X longer than pedon, anterior genital sclerite as basal ring with two projections forming capsule, posterior sclerite broad, flat.

Female. Length (2.10 mm). Width (1.10 mm). Elytra tuberculate, but tubercles laterally flattened.

Geographic distribution: Guatemala (Quiche). Fig. 100 .

Derivation of the specific name. Named after the village of Macalajau in Quiche.

Material examined. 2ƋƋ, 2♀♀ (CMNC). Holotype Ƌ ( CMNC): GUATEMALA: Quiche, 1.4km SW Macalajau , 15.40558 -90.83807 ± 20m, 2360m, 15.IX.2008, cloud forest leaf litter, M.G.Branstetter # MGB 959 /, WWD0093095 / Holotype Ƌ Plumolepilius macalajauensis Barrios-Izás & Anderson sp. nov. Aedeagus extracted.

Paratypes: same data as holotype / WWD0093051 (1♀ CMNC) . WWD0093052 (1Ƌ CMNC). GUATEMALA : Quiche, 3km S Joya Larga , 15.40538°N 90.83805°W, 2350m, 15.IX.2008, oak/cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter, R. S. Anderson, RSA 2008 -123 / WWWD0028823 (1♀ CMNC).

Figures

FIGURE 100. Map of Plumolepilius species distribution, each color dot represents species distribution. P. longinoi (red), P. schusteri (yellow), and P. macalajauensis (blue).

FIGURES 44 – 50. Plumolepilius macalajauensis. 44, Male dorsal habitus. 45, Male lateral habitus. 46, Aedeagus lateral view. 47, Aedeagus dorsal view. 48. Male abdominal ventrites 1 – 5. 49, Female dorsal view. 50, Female lateral view.

FIGURES 72 – 89. Male aedeagus. 72, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 73, P. c an oi. 74, P. c or tez i. 75, P. da r y i. 76, P. longinoi. 77, P. macalajauensis. 78, P. schusteri. 79, P. trifiniensis, 80. P. yolnabajensis. Male genital sclerites. 81, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 82, P. canoi. 83, P. c o r t e z i. 84, P. d ar y i. 85, P. longinoi. 86, P. macalajauensis. 87, P. schusteri. 88, P. trifiniensis, 89. P. yolnabajensis.

FIGURES 90 – 98. Female genitalia. 90, Plumolepilius branstetteri. 91, P. canoi. 92, P. cortezi. 93, P. da r y i. 94, P. longinoi. 95, P. macalajauensis. 96, P. schusteri. 97, P. trifiniensis, 98. P. yolnabajensis.