Calidiopsis waoensis, Rukmane-Bārbale, 2020

Rukmane-Bārbale, Anita, 2020, To The Knowlegde Of The Genus Calidiopsis Heller, 1913 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Celeuthetini), With Description Of Two New Species From Mindanao Island (Philippines), Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2), pp. 141-146 : 145

Calidiopsis waoensis sp. nov.

( Fig. 4 ; 5.4 – 5.6 )

Type material. Holotype. Male : PHILIPPINES / Mindanao , Lanao, Wao / VII. 2016 / local collector leg. (white rectangular label) // HOLOTYPE / Calidiopsis waoensis / Rukmane-Barbale, 2020 / det. Rukmane-Barbale 2020 (red rectangular label).

Paratypes (5 males, 4 females): PHILIPPINES / Mindanao , Lanao, Wao / VI. 2016 / local collector leg. (8) // PHILIPPINES / Mindanao , Lanao, Wao / VII. 2016 / local collector leg. (1). All with additional red label : PARATYPE / Calidiopsis waoensis / Rukmane-Barbale, 2020 / det. Rukmane-Barbale 2020.

Distribution. Mindanao Island, Wao.

Description. Male. Dorsal habitus as shown in Fig. 4 . Length 6.4 – 6.7 (holotype 6.6; mean 6.5); width 3.6 – 3.8 (holotype 3.7; mean 3.7) (n=5). Body black, with markings of glossy green round to recumbent scales with golden tingle.

Head punctured, pubescent; forehead dorsally raised, with general scales and thick brownish hairs between eyes; eyes big, 1.5 times as wide as forehead, strongly prominent from the outline of the head, peak just in the middle. Rostrum divided from forehead by fine transverse groove; dorsally with general scales and thick brownish hairs, longitudinal medial groove from apex to middle, in dorsal contour straight. Antennal scrobe with long light hairs, widened from narrow base, then nearly equal in all length.

Prothorax same length and width (LP/WP 1), strongly punctured, rugose, with short light hairs; with the following markings: 1) two longitudinal lines on dorsum in all leangth, each slightly redirected laterally from the midline; 2) longitudinal band on each lateroventral part of the prothorax; in dorsal contour widened from the base, widest along basal 2/3, then decreased to apical ½, then widened to apical margin.

Elytra sub-globular, rugose, puncture intervals arranged in furrows; with long brown hairs; each elytron with irregularly dispersed scally patches and one more or less clear transverse medial line; in dorsal contour widest just at the middle, then gradually decreased to apex. Tarsi, tibia and femur densely marked with single scales, mingled with long golden hairs.

Male genitalia as illustrated in Fig. 5.4 – 5.6 .

Female. Same size as male, elytra slightly wider, apical 1/ 3 in dorsal contour impressed, apices more strongly rounded. Otherwise essentially as in males.

Differential analyses. Calidiopsis waoensis sp. nov. is similar to Calidiopsis bilineata sp. nov. by it’s markings on prothorax, but can be easily distinguished by the following features: 1) elytra of C. waoensis sp. nov. very short, strongly convex; 2) bigger eyes in C. waoensis sp. nov..

Etymology. Species name is Latinised adjective of place where current species is distributed.

Figures

Fig. 4. Dorsal habitus ofCalidiopsis waoensis sp. nov.; 1 – male, Holotype; 2 – female, paratype.

Fig. 5. 1 – 3 Male genitalia of Calidiopsis bilineatus sp. nov.; 4 – 6 Male genitalia of Calidiopsis waoensis sp. nov.; 1, 4 – aedeagus in lateral view; 2, 5 – sternite XI; 3, 6 – tegmen.