Carlota coigue, Arias-Bohart, Elizabeth T., 2014

Arias-Bohart, Elizabeth T., 2014, Carlota, a new genus of Agrypnini from the Valdivian Forests of Chile (Elateridae, Agrypninae, Agrypnini), ZooKeys 417, pp. 57-69 : 60-64

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Elateridae

Carlota coigue sp. n. Figs 1, 4, 10, 15, 20, 24-26

Etymology.

This species is named after the evergreen tree coigüe (vernacular name of Nothofagus dombeyi ) is to be considered a noun in apposition.

Description.

Holotype ♂: Body brown; integument dull, body length 8.59 mm, width 2.16 mm (Fig. 1).

Head dark brown, deeply inserted into prothorax antenna same color as head. Antennomere 10 reaching apex of posterior pronotal angles, antennomere 3 smaller than antennomere 2, antennomere 5 through eighth similar in length, antennomere 11 about 1.6 times antennomere 10 (Fig. 24). Mandibles curved and acute (Fig. 25).

Prothorax anteriorly black and posteriorly with a reddish triangular area, with long gold semi-decumbent hairs, 1.36 times as long as wide. Punctate, punctures separated by more than one own diameter. Pronotal hypomeron base straight posteriorly.

Scutellum orange at middle. Elytra black or dark brown, 3.04 times as long as wide. Legs brown, vestiture black. Tarsomeres 2 and 4 more or less equal in length, tarsomere 4 only half as long as 1.

Male genitalia. Length 1.89 mm, and 0.35 mm wide. Parameres apex globose with a hook, with at least 3 strong setae (Fig. 26).

Distribution.

Chile provinces: Curicó, ñuble, Malleco, Cautín.

Type material.

HOLOTYPE. On a card, ♂genitalia // 15-CHILE IX Region / Flor del Lago Ranch Villarrica / 39°12'378"/ 78°08'182"312m // 12.XII.2003 /Canopy Fogging 60cc/l / Arias et al UCB // HOLOTYPE / Carlota coigue ♂/ E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005989// [MNNC]

PARATYPES. On a card //CHILE- ÑUBLE Shangri-lá / 6-11-12, 1998 / col. J. Mondaca // Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂ / E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10006002// [MNNC]

On a card // abdomen //15-CHILE IX Region / Flor del Lago Ranch Villarrica / 39°12'378" / 78°08'182"312m / 12.XII.2003 / Canopy Fogging 60cc/l / Arias et al UCB //

Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂/ E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005991// [ANIC]

On a card // female genitalia on a vial //15-CHILE IX Region /Flor del Lago Ranch Villarrica/ 39°12'378"/ 78°08'182"/312m / 12.XII.2003 / Canopy Fogging 60cc/l / Arias et al UCB //Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♀/ E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005990// [ETA]

On a card //Shangrila /VIII Region/30-10-1988 /Elizabeth Arias // Paratype / Carlota coigue ♂ /E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005993// [ETA]

On a pin //Chile Marimenuco /Lonquimay / 10-15.XII.1986 / Coll. L.E. Peña // Paratype / Carlota coigue ♂ / E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005996// [ETA]

On a card //CHILE: Cautín P.R.: P.N./ Conguillío, 1.5 Km East/Laguna Captrén, guard sta.1365m, / 38°38'7"S, 71°41.37'W, // 23.xii.1996-5.ii.1997 // Nothofagus dombeyi / deciduous spp., / Araucaria , with / Chusquea understory/ FMHD #96-229, flight/ intercept trap. A.New- / ton & M.Thayer 977/Field Mus. NAT. HIST. //Paratype / Carlota coigue ♂ / E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005994// [FMNH]

On a point //Chile, prov. Curicó, 15/ km. E. Potrero Grande, / Camino El Relvo, 19/ Leg. JE. Barriga T,/ S/N. alpina, N. obliqua/ 36011.14 S700 56.1W // Colección J. E. Barriga //CHILE 163778 // Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂// E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005998// [IRScBN]

On a card // male genitalia // Chile Talca 1300 m. /Altos de Vilches/ 26.I.69 Valencia // Ex-colección / Jorge Valencia / JVCC / Chile 003660 // Colección JEBC / Juan Enrique Barriga-Tuñon / Chile 0204053 // Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂ // E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005999// [JEB]

On a card // on a card male genitalia // Chile Arauco / Pichinahuel / 15.I.59 / G. Barria // Ex. Colección / Jorge Valencia /JVCC /Chile 003152 /Valencia //Ex- colección / Jorge Valencia /JVCC/ Chile 003660 // Colección JEBC /Juan Enrique/ Barriga-Tuñon /Chile 0204684 // Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂ //E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC100060000// [JEB]

On a point // CHILE prov. Ñuble / Shangri-lá, 1490 mt 36°52'34"S, 71°28'3"W, 7 / dic 2008. Fogging Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio) / leg J. E. Barriga-Tuñon // Colección / JE Barriga-Tuñon / Chile 122722 // Paratype/ Carlota coigue ♂ / E. Arias-Bohart 2013 // EMEC10006001 // [JEB]

On a card // male genitalia // Chile, prov. Curicó, 15/ km. E. Potrero Grande, Puente Morongos, 25/ nov 2003, fogging a/ Nothofagus dombeyi/ Nothofagus dombeyi/ S36°12'58.1"/ W70°58'37.4/ leg. J. E. Barriga// Colección J. E. Barriga // CHILE 148098 //Paratype / Carlota coigue ♂ // E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005997// [MNHN]

On a card, specimen & male genitalia //15- CHILE IX Region /Flor del Lago Ranch Villarrica /39°12'378"/78°08'182"312m / 12.XII.2003 / Canopy Fogging 60cc/l / Arias et al UCB // Paratype / Carlota coigue ♂ / E. Arias-Bohart 2013 //EMEC10005992// [SRC]