Cryptognatha gayle González and Hanley, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3674855 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3680640 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E5F8790-C74A-9533-8D90-D1C5210AF8F8 |
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Felipe |
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Cryptognatha gayle González and Hanley |
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sp. nov. |
19. Cryptognatha gayle González and Hanley , new species
Description. Male holotype. Length 2.9 mm, width 2.8 mm. Dorsal surface shiny with little trace of microsculpture. Color dark brown; head, epipleuron yellow; pronotum with lateral 1/5 yellow; elytron with elongate macula next to scutellar shield, macula narrowly extended posteriorly parallel to suture ending in triangular macula at apex of apical declivity, lateral 1/3 reddish brown from base to apex ( Fig. 103 View Figures 103–112 ); venter reddish yellow; abdomen mostly yellow. Head without punctures; pronotal punctures small, separated by less than a diameter to twice a diameter; elytral punctures smaller than on pronotum, separated by less than to 3 times a diameter, becoming gradually larger toward lateral margin; prosternal punctures small, nearly absent, mesosternal punctures small, nearly invisible, metasternal punctures small, widely separated medially, absent in lateral 1/3; basal abdominal ventrite with fine, indistinct punctures in median 1/3, lateral 1/3, ventrites 2–4 with punctures apparently absent, ventrite 5 with dense, fine punctation. Head with frons parallel-sided, medially depressed, nearly twice width of eye, apex truncate, lateral 1/8 slightly retracted, angle acute ( Fig. 104 View Figures 103–112 ); eye canthus long, about 3/4 width of eye. Prosternum with lateral carina on each side extended from apex of intercoxal process slightly more than 1/2 distance to apex of prosternum, slightly curved laterally. Epipleuron strongly descending externally. Postcoxal line on basal abdominal ventrite evenly curved, extended 3/4 distance to rear margin of ventrite. Genitalia with phallobase lost; penis short, robust, apical 1/4 wide; penis capsule with inner arm long, slender, apically tapered to abruptly rounded apex, outer arm short, wide, apex truncate ( Fig. 105 View Figures 103–112 ).
Female. Similar to male in all external characteristics, genitalia not examined.
Variation. None observed.
Type material. Holotype male: On Paw Paw, 33, Collector F. J. Simmonds. ( USNM) . Paratypes (3): 1, On Paw Paw , Paramaribo, Suriname, April 1951, Collector F. J. Simmonds ; 2, Paramaribo, DG Jan. 54, van Dinther. ( USNM) .
Remarks. A distinctive dorsal color pattern distinguishes this species from other taxa of Cryptognatha . It is relatively large in size and most likely a member of the auriculata group, but without male genitalia this cannot be conclusively stated.
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
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