Dyscolus piscator Moret sp. nov.

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Figs 37, 40, 41 (below)

Etymology

Latin adjective meaning ‘fisherman’, in allusion to the feeding habits of this riparian species which preys on small water invertebrates.

Type material

Holotype

ECUADOR • ♂; Napo Province, Guamaní, Paso de la Virgen, Waypoint 283; 0°21′0.6″ S, 78°11′52.4″ W; 3890 m a.s.l.; 11 Mar. 2017; P. Moret and M. Gobbi leg.; QCAZ.

Paratypes (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀)

ECUADOR • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; CPM • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; COI voucher in ethanol PM283-01, BOLD sequence SUM239-18; CPM .

Diagnostic description

Habitus: Fig. 37. Wingless. Body length: 9.6–10.9 mm, bigger than D. placitus Moret sp. nov. Ventral surface paler, abdominal ventrites entirely reddish-testaceous. Elytral microsculpture slightly less transverse. Head bigger, genae slightly but distinctly convex in dorsal view (flat in D. placitus Moret sp. nov.); apex of the labrum bisinuate (straight in D. placitus Moret sp. nov.); mandibles much longer, finely acute at apex (length of the right mandible / width of the frons between the anterior setae = 0.95 in D. piscator Moret sp. nov., 1.21 in D. placitus Moret sp. nov.). Third elytral interval with 3–4 setae, fifth interval with 2–4 setae, seventh interval with 0–1 seta; 11–13 umbilicate setae along the lateral margin (17–20 in D. placitus Moret sp. nov.). Male genitalia: Fig. 40. Apex of the median lobe slightly curved, not strongly bent downwards as in D. placitus Moret sp. nov., with a rounded tip, not hooked as in D. placitus Moret sp. nov.

Habitat

Riparian in the upper montane forest with Polylepis, at around 3900 m a.s.l. Under stones at the edge of a small stream. This biotope is 50 m away from that of D. placitus Moret sp. nov.

Geographic distribution

Microendemic species, restricted to the Guamaní area in the Eastern Cordillera.