Parvocyrtusa hispaniolensis Peck and Cook, 2014

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2014, A review of the small carrion beetles and the round fungus beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), with descriptions of two new genera and 61 new species., Insecta Mundi 2014 (397), pp. 1-76 : 38-39

Parvocyrtusa hispaniolensis Peck and Cook , new species

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Diagnostic description. Total length 1.18–1.42 mm; greatest width = 0.84–0.92 mm. Reddish-brown, shining. Head densely punctate. Antennal club of four antennomeres, moderately robust; antennomere VII distinctly narrower than VIII and IX, antennomere X slightly narrower than VIII and IX. Left mandible edentate, right mandible with triangular tooth at anterior third. Pronotum finely punctate, short and broad; posterior angles obtuse; base broadly rounded, sinuate laterally. Elytral striae complete, clearly demarked by large punctures separated by less than one diameter; interstriae with smaller punctures. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Fig. 31, 32 ) cylindrical, angulate at base; apex narrow and down-turned medially, with a pair of inwardly curved lobed appendages laterally. Parameres slender, reaching apex of median lobe, each bearing two apical setae.

Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “DOM[INICAN REP[UBLIC]: LaVega Prov. / P.N. A. Bermudez, Cienaga / 19.VII–2.VIII.95, 1100m / trop.evgrn.for., FIT / S+J Peck, 95-36” ( SBPC) . Paratypes (66) have the following label data: same data as holotype (11, SBPC) ; same data as holotype except: 1020m, 95-34 (13, SBPC, 3, MCZC) ; same data except: 1010m, 95-33 (15, SBPC; 3, FSCA) ; same data except: 1000m, 95-32 (7, SBPC; 3, FMNH) ; DOM. REP.: Pedernales / 26 kmN CaboRojo , 565m / evergreen dry forest / 29.XI–3.XII.91, intercept / Masner & Peck, 91-347 (1, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Pedernales / Las Abejas , 1225m / 18°09’03”N, 71°37’48”W / 28 Jul–03 Aug 1999 / G.O. Dominici, F.I.T. (9, WIBF) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago / Par. Nac. A. Bermudez / Los Tablones, 1,290m / M.A. & R.O. Ivie colr / flight intercept trap // on Rio Izquiera / 19°03’N, 70°50’W, / 09APR–07JULY1992 (1, WIBF) .

Distribution. Known only from Hispaniola.

Etymology. The epithet hispaniolensis refers to Hispaniola where this species occurs.

Figures

Figures 30–36. Aedeagi of Isoplastus, Parvocyrtusa, and Pseudolionothus. 30) Aedeagus, dorsal view, of Isoplastus hispaniolensis. 31, 32) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views, of Parvocyrtusa hispaniolensis. 33, 34) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views, of Pseudolionothus andersoni. 35, 36) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views, of Pseudolionothus insularis. Scale line = 0.30 mm.