Cyrtosoma grenadense Marcuzzi, 1999

Spiessberger, Erich L. & Ivie, Michael A., 2018, Revision of the West Indian Cyrtosoma Perty (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini), with Descriptions of Three New Species, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4), pp. 825-837 : 831-832

Cyrtosoma grenadense Marcuzzi, 1999 ( Figs. 3 , 9 )

Cyrtosoma herminieri ; Champion 1896: 28 (in part, Grenada record only).

Cyrtosoma lherminieri ; Leng and Mutchler 1914: 463 (in part, Grenada record only); Blackwelder 1945: 538 (in part, Grenada record only); Marcuzzi 1984: 102 (in part, Grenada record only); Woodruff et al. 1998: 44 ( Grenada record only); Peck 2006: 190 (in part, Grenada record only), 2010: 48 (in part, Grenada record only), 2016: 164 (in part, Grenada record only); Peck et al. 2014: 86 (in part, Grenada record only).

Cyrtosoma grenadensis Marcuzzi 1999: 85 ; Peck 2016: 164.

Cyrtosoma lherminierii ; Soldati and Touroult 2014: 104 (in part, Grenada record only).

Cyrtosoma grenadense ; Bousquet et al. 2018: 298.

Type Material. HOLOTYPE: 1 ♀: GRENADA, Grand Etang; N.P., Beausejour View; Tr., ± 1970, IX-4 -1991; C.W.&L.B.O’ Brien/ (handwritten by Marcuzzi) Cyrtosoma ; grenadensis ; Marcuzzi/ (red label) HOLOTYPUS / (yellow label) HOLOTYPUS; Cyrtosoma (s. str.); grenadensis ; MARCUZZI, 1999 ( HNHM).

Other Material Examined. 1 6: Balthazar; (Windward side); Grenada, W.I.; H.H. Smith.; 107/ W. Indies.; 96-98 ( BMNH). 1 ♀: La Force Est.; (Windward side); Grenada, W.I; H.H. Smith.; 96/ W. Indies.; 96-98 ( BMNH) . 6 66, 4 ♀♀: GRENADA: Par. St. John; Closier; 27-X-1990; RE Woodruff, at night (5 66, 3 ♀♀ FSCA, 1 6, 1 ♀ WIBF) . 1 6: GRENADA: Par. St. Andrew; Grand Etang Lake; 21-II-1990, at night; R.E.Woodruff, A. Thomas; J. Telesford ( FSCA) . 1 ♀: WEST INDIES: GRENADA; Par. St. Andrew; Grand Etang For. Pres.; 9-VI-1990; coll. M. C. Thomas ( FSCA) .

Description. A description of the adult ( Fig. 3 ) is available in Marcuzzi (1999). We add the following characters for a better definition of the species: Gena strongly punctate, genal groove short ( Fig. 9 ); prosternal process with a raised, smooth lateral margin between coxae to posterior apex, median disc not depressed and separated by shallow fine groove, bearing fine golden setae ( Fig. 9 ). Metaventrite and first ventrite without post-coxal, pit-like crenulations.

Distribution. Grenada.

Figures

Figs. 1–6. Cyrtosoma species, dorsal habitus. 1) C. lherminierii; 2) C. martiniquense; 3) C. grenadense; 4) C. dominicae; 5) C. luciae; 6) C. vincenti.

Figs. 7–12. Cyrtosoma species, head and prosternum, ventral view. 7) C. lherminierii; 8) C. martiniquense; 9) C. grenadense; 10) C. dominicae; 11) C. luciae; 12) C. vincenti.