Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) loriae ( Senna & Calabresi, 1919 ) Senna & Calabresi, 1919

Mantilleri, Antoine, 2010, A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini), Zootaxa 2516, pp. 1-26 : 14-15

Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) loriae ( Senna & Calabresi, 1919) , n. comb.

Carcinopisthius loriae Senna & Calabresi, 1919: 72 .

Material examined. Papua-New-Guinea. N. Guinea SE, Moroka, 1300 m, VII–IX.1893, Loria, Ψ lectotype and 3 ɗ paralectotypes ( MSNG).

Description. Total length: 4.8–8.9 mm. Width across humeral calli: 0.8–1.2 mm. Body red-brown without darker elytral area. Habitus of type: Fig. 18 .

Head ( Fig. 91 ) as long as broad, quite shiny. Vertex and frons grooved, this longitudinal groove reaching the base of prorostrum. Prorostrum 0.30–0.35 as long as head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Antennomere 3 weakly conical, longer than broad; antennomeres 4–8 subcylindrical, slightly longer than broad; 11th 1.45– 1.70 longer than 10th. Venter of head longitudinally grooved.

Pronotum shiny, smooth, deeply grooved. Prosternellum distinct. Underside of first protarsal segment slightly denticulate ( Fig. 95 ). Metasternum smooth, convex, shiny, deeply grooved. Interstria 3 abruptly stopped before the apical declivity but not forming a sharp tooth ( Fig. 92 ); interstria 8 not reaching the base of elytra. External border of apical "forceps" without small tooth at base; inner side of apical "forceps" with a short median tooth in female ( Fig. 92 ), the tooth missing in males ( Fig. 93 ).

Sternites III–IV of female ( Fig. 94 ) not very convexe, laterally carinate and longitudinally grooved. Tergite VII of female with long hair (as on Fig. 88 ). Apical teeth of tergite VIII ( Fig. 96 ) well developed. Gonopods IX similar to those of H. maximus . Spermatheca: Fig. 97 . Sternites III–IV of male laterally carinate, strongly grooved.

Remarks. Distribution map: Fig. 99 .

Figures

FIGURE 99. Distribution map of Hoplopisthius spp.

FIGURES 17 – 19. Hoplopisthius spp., types. 17, Hoplopisthius maximus n. sp., Ψ holotype; 18, Carcinopisthius loriae Senna & Calabresi, 1919, Ψ lectotype; 19, Hoplopisthius doriae Senna, 1893, ♂ holotype.

FIGURES 91 – 97. Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) loriae (Senna & Calabresi, 1919). 91, Head (Ψ), dorsal; 92, Apex of elytra (Ψ); 93, Apex of elytra (♂); 94, Abdomen (Ψ), venter; 95, Foreleg; 96, Tergite VIII (Ψ); 97, Spermatheca. Scale: 1 mm.

FIGURES 83 – 90. Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) maximus n. sp. 83, Head (Ψ), dorsal; 84, Apex of elytra (Ψ); 85, Abdomen (Ψ), venter; 86, Foreleg; 87, Apex of gonopods IX; 88, Tergite VII (Ψ); 89, Tergite VIII (Ψ); 90, Spermatheca. Scale: 1 mm, except fig. 87: 0.17 mm.