Dyscolus silvestris Moret sp. nov.

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Figs 52–53

Etymology

Latin adjective meaning ‘forest related’.

Type material

Holotype

ECUADOR • ♂; Napo Province, Termas de Papallacta; 3300 m a.s.l.; 1 Jul. 2001; P. Moret leg.; “sousbois”; QCAZ.

Paratypes (5 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀)

ECUADOR – Napo Province • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; CPM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Papallacta, Termas Jamanco, Waypoint 41; 0°22′24.6″ S, 78°10′5.5″ W; 3410 m a.s.l.; 25 Oct. 2015; P. Moret leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; QCAZ • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; CPM • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; COI voucher PM041-02, BOLD sequence SUM103-18; CPM • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; COI voucher in ethanol PM041-06, BOLD sequence SUM104-18; CPM • 2 ♀♀; Lago Papallacta; 3370 m a.s.l.; 9 Apr. 1986; A. Vigna; CPM • 1 ♀; Papallacta; 2700 m a.s.l.; 6–8 Apr. 1979; H. Frania leg.; UASM • 1 ♂; Lago Papallacta; 0°20′29″ S, 78°10′23″ W; 3400 m a.s.l.; 6 Nov. 1999; R. Anderson leg.; CMNC .

Diagnostic description

Habitus: Fig. 52. Wingless. Body length: 9.1–10.0 mm. Body colour variable, predominantly dark brown with reddish brown areas in some specimens; legs, antennae and mouthparts reddish brown. Elytral microsculpture isodiametric. Head broad and convex, neck slightly constricted, eyes moderately bulging. Pronotum subcordiform, the base much narrower than the apex; sides arcuate anterad, markedly sinuate posterad; hind angles obtuse, sharp; two pairs of lateral setae. Elytra subovate, moderately convex; striae entire, well impressed; intervals flat. Third elytral interval with 3–4 discal setae. Legs: protarsi of the male much broader than those of the female. Fifth metatarsomere asetose ventrally. Last visible abdominal ventrite with one pair (♂) or two pairs (♀) of setae along its apical margin. Male genitalia: Fig. 53. Median lobe arcuate, shortly and bluntly triangular at apex, endophallus unarmed. Female genitalia: unstudied.

Comparisons

Dyscolus silvestris Moret sp. nov. is similar to the shorter and broader individuals of Dyscolus denigratus . The main differences are: head slightly bigger and broader; sides of the pronotum sinuate basally, hind angles sharply obtuse (completely rounded in D. denigratus); femora of the male not swollen as in D. denigratus . The apex of the median lobe of the male genitalia has a shorter apex, and the endophallus is entirely unarmed (with a heavily sclerotized area in D. denigratus).

Habitat

Upper montane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Andes, from 2700 to 3400 m a.s.l. This species lives in the leaf litter.

Geographic distribution

Only known from the type locality around Papallacta in Northern Ecuador, probably microendemic.