Cryptophagus aurelii Otero and López, 2011

Otero, J. C. & López, M. J., 2011, A New Species of Cryptophagus Herbst (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) from the Iberian Peninsula, The Coleopterists Bulletin 65 (2), pp. 185-188 : 185-187

Cryptophagus aurelii Otero and López , new species

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Description. Length 2.2 – 2.5 mm; body elongate and convex; coloration yellowish brown; pubescence simple and long (L= 51.91 – 57.55 m m); metathoracic wings completely developed. Head: Head punctures well defined (Ø = 62.72 m m); eyes normal (L = 138.56 m m, E = 0.8) ( Fig. 1 ) with ocular facets (Ø = 41.80 m m) ( Fig. 4 ) smaller than punctuation on head ( Fig. 5 ); antennae long (L = 0.805 mm) ( Fig. 3 ), extending beyond base of pronotum. Pronotum ( Figs. 1, 2 ): Slightly transverse (RD = 1.5), of normal convexity; anterior callosity small (1/5 length of side), projecting slightly from lateral border, forming an obtuse angle at a 36.5° angle from body axis, surface scarcely visible dorsally, glandular pore present but not visible from above; lateral tooth in middle of border; lateral border concave from callosity to lateral tooth; sides converging from lateral tooth to base; posterior angles right angled; basal groove present; punctation ( Fig. 6 ) well-defined, punctures separated by a distance smaller than their diameter (Ø = 131.48 – 150.26 m m). Elytra: Two and a half times longer than pronotum and wider in middle; punctures ( Fig. 7 ) as well defined as those on pronotum, separated by a distance equal to or greater than their diameter (Ø = 117.02 m m). Aedeagus ( Fig. 8 ): Length 0.841 mm; apically rounded; endophallic orifice visible in middle; sclerotized rods as in Fig. 9 ; parameres ( Fig. 10 ) 93.70 m m long, triangular, and two times longer than wide at base, with few pores, with and without setae; apical setae shorter (51.160 – 67.38 m m) than paramere.

Type Locality. Spain, Ciudad Real , Cabañeros National Park (39°23 ′ 47 ″ N 4°29 ′ 14 ″ W) .

Material Studied. Holotype (male) ( USC). Spain, Ciudad Real, Cabañeros National Park , Valle de Viñuelas, 12.IX.04-02.X.04 (leg. E. Micó) . Paratypes: 1 male ( USC). Spain, Ciudad Real, Cabañeros National Park , Valle de Viñuelas, 12.IX.04-02.X.04 (leg. E. Micó) ; 2 females ( USC and MNCN). Spain, Ciudad Real, Cabañeros National Park , Valle de Canalejas, 12.IX.04-02.X.04 (leg. E. Micó) ; 1 female ( UA). Spain, Ciudad Real, Cabañeros National Park , Gargantilla, 02.X.04-26. X.04 (leg. E. Micó) .

Etymology. The species is dedicated, in memoriam, to Aurelio Otero, father of the first author.

Distribution. Central Spain.

Habitat. The specimens of C. aurelii were collected in the Cabañeros National Park in Central Spain (Ciudad Real). The park consists of approximately 40,000 ha of well-preserved Mediterranean ecosystems including a range of woodland types ( Vaquero 1997). The elevation ranges from 620 to 1,148 m ( Serrano et al. 2005). The framework of the study of the saproxylic fauna of the park includes a total of five sampling plots that characterize the main forest habitats of sclerophyllus Mediterranean forest with cork oak ( Quercus suber L., Fagaceae ), deciduous forests ( Quercus pyrenaica Willd. , Quercus faginea Lam. ), and also a typical riparian forest characterized by Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl. (Oleaceae) .

Figures

Figs. 1–10. Cryptophagus aurelii. 1) Head, pronotum, and base of elytra; 2) Lateral margin of pronotum; 3) Antenna; 4) Size and shape of ocular facets; 5–7) Comparison of the punctation on the head, pronotum, and elytra, respectively; 8) Dorsal view of aedeagus; 9) Sclerotized rods; 10) Dorsal view of paramere.