Aglyptinus martiniquensis 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 : 54

Aglyptinus martiniquensis Peck and Cook , new species

Figures 106, 107

Diagnostic description. Length 1.3–1.7 mm; greatest width 1.0– 1.3 mm. Shining; color reddish brown; antenna, pronotal margins and elytral epipleura paler. Head, pronotum and elytra finely, sparsely punctate. Antennae reach base of pronotum. Maxillary palps unmodified. Eyes large. Wings fully developed. Metasternum lacking microsculpture medially; dense lines of microsculpture laterally. Male protarsi and mesotarsi densely setose. Major male mesofemur broader than metafemur; metatibia elongate; inner metatibial spur elongate, curved, sinuate apically. Aedeagus ( Fig. 106, 107 ) evenly, roundly curved dorsoventrally, flattened and narrowly rounded apex. Parameres constricted before apex.

Type material. Holotype, male, with the following label data: “LES[SER] ANT[ILLES]: MARTINIQUE / 4km N Ste-Luce, Foret / Montravail, 300 m N14°29.9 / W60°55.7, 11–28.VII.2012 / Humid forest FIT, S. Peck, 12-53 ( SBPC) . Paratypes (16): with same data as holotype (11, SBPC) ; same data except: malaise, 12-52 (1, SBPC) ; Martinique : 4km SW LeMarin, Morne Aca, N14°27.8 W60°53.9, 260 m, 13–28.VII.2012, humid forest, hilltop clearing FIT, S. Peck, 12-55 (2, SBPC) ; 4km SE LeMarin, Foret Creve Coeur , N14°27.05 W60°50.91, 35 m, 10–28.VII.2012, dry forest malaise, S. Peck, 12-51 (2, SBPC) .

Distribution. This species is known only from Martinique.

Etymology. The epithet martiniquensis ( Martinique + the Latin suffix –ensis, locality) refers to the occurence of this species on Martinique.

Figures

Figures 92–115. Aedeagi, lateral and dorsal apical views, of Aglyptinus. 92, 93) A. puertoricensis (from Peck 1972). 94, 95) A. angulatus. 96, 97) A. grandis. 98, 99) A. longipalpus. 100, 101) A. hispaniolensis. 102, 103) A. kaszabi. 104, 105) A dominica. 106, 107) A. martiniquensis. 108, 109) A. luciae. 110, 111) A. parvus. 112, 113) A. grenadensis. 114, 115) A. vincentii. Scale line = 0.30 mm, Fig. 92-95, 98-115; 0.45 mm, Fig. 96, 97.