Eucatops (Eucatops) annulus 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 : 5

Eucatops (Eucatops) annulus Peck and Cook , new species

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Diagnostic description. Total length 2.5 mm; greatest width 1.4–1.5 mm. Reddish brown to dark reddish brown, shining; antennae and mouthparts paler. Antennomeres II and III subequal in length; club shorter than 6 basal antennomeres combined; width of antennomere VIII nearly twice length; apical antennomere shorter than antennomeres IX + X. Eye reduced to semicircle containing about15 facets. Elytra fused at suture; with densely punctate, transverse strioles. Without functional flight wings. Spermatheca ( Fig. 2 ) ring-shaped. Male unknown.

Type material. Holotype, female, with the following label data: “DOM.REP.: Santiago Prov. / PN A. Bermudez, 9km SW/ Cienaga , Redondo, 2000m / 24.VII.95, shrub litter/ S. & J. Peck, 95-49” ( SBPC) . Paratypes (2 females) with the following label data: same data as holotype (1, SBPC) ; DOM. REP.: Prov. Santiago, Par. Nac. Armando Bermudez, 19°02’N 70°57’W, 2485m, 08APR1992, M.A. Ivie, pine stump w/ slime molds (1, WIBF) .

Distribution. Known only from Hispaniola.

Remarks. Without male specimens we cannot place this species in relationship to the other 30 known species in the subgenus occurring in Central and South America ( Salgado 2010).

Etymology. The epithet annulus (Latin, ring) refers to the shape of the spermatheca of this species.

Figures

Figures 2–11. Genitalic structures of Eucatops and Proptomaphaginus. 2) Spermatheca of E. annulus. 3, 4) Aedeagus, ventral and lateral views, of P.apodemus (from Szymczakowski 1969). 5, 6) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views, of P. darlingtoni (from Peck 1970). 7, 8, 9) Aedeagus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views of P. hispaniolensis (from Peck 1983). 10, 11) Aedeagus, dorsal and lateral views of P. puertoricensis. Scale line = 0.15 mm, Fig. 2; 0.30 mm, Fig. 3–11.