Paranillopsis piguensis, Cicchino & Roig-Junent, 2001

Cicchino, Armando C. & Roig- Juñent, Sergio, 2001, Description And Relationships Of Paranillopsis New Genus, Two New Species From Argentina, And A Key To The Neotropical Genera Of The Subtribe Anillina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 55 (2), pp. 185-193 : 191

Paranillopsis piguensis , new species

Figs. 1–18 , 23

Types. Holotype: female, Pigüe , Prov. Buenos Aires, 8­IV­1979, col. A. Delgado ( MLP) ; Paratypes: 5 females, Pigüe , Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8­IV­1979, col. A. Delgado ( MLP and IADIZA) .

Specific epithet. The word piguensis is the Latinized adjectival from of Pigüe, the place which includes the known range of this species.

Type Locality. Pigüe , Prov. Buenos Aires, Argentina .

Diagnosis. See key for diagnostic features.

Description. Habitus as Figure 1 . Length 1.06–1.38 mm. Color yellow­brown with reddish hues. Short pubescence over entire body ( Fig. 2 ).

Head as long as broad (length/width = 1.00–1.14); mentum tooth rounded, large ( Fig. 6 ); submentum with four to eight setae; labial palpomere 3 thin, as long as the 2 ( Fig. 6 ); glossal sclerite bisetose, with the apex strongly bilobated ( Figs. 6–7 ); maxillar palpomere 3 globose, palpomere 4 conical and short ( Fig. 10 ); mandibles as long as wide ( Figs. 8–9 ). Antennae moniliform ( Fig. 1 ), antennomeres with pubescence short and dense over entire surface ( Fig. 3 ).

Pronotum transverse ( Fig. 1 ) (length/width = 0.75–0.81), constricted posteriorly, with posterior angles dentate.

Elytra long (length/width = 3.35–3.80); not covering the abdominal tergum VIII ( Fig. 1 ); humeral angle obtuse ( Figs. 1 , 18 , and 23).

Gonocoxites long (length/width = 2.00), stylus arcuate ( Fig. 13 ).

Distribution. The material was collected in Pigüe, Buenos Aires province ( Argentina). The samples were taken from humus, within the first 10–13 cm below the surface of the ground.

Figures

Figs. 1–10. Paranillopsis piguensis new species. 1) Habitus, dorsal aspect; 2) microsculture mesh pattern and pubescence; 3) antennomere 10 and 11; 4) labrum, ventral aspect, showing epipharynx; 5) labrum and clypeus, dorsal aspect; 6) labium, ventral aspect; 7) labium, apex of glossal sclerite; 8) right mandible, ventral aspect; 9) left mandible, ventral aspect; 10) maxillary palpomeres 3 and 4. Legend: cl, clypeus; e,­

Figs. 11–15. Paranillopsis piguensis new species. 11) left protibia, dorsal aspect; 12) right protibia, ventral aspect; 13) sclerites of ovipositor, ventral aspect; 14–15) female genitalia, spermatheca. Legend: as, apical spur; ds, dorsal spur; es, ensiform seta; ns, nematiform seta; pas, preapical spur.

Figs. 16–18. Paranillopsis piguensis. 16) Head, dorsal aspect; 17) pronotum; 18) elytron, dorsal aspect. Figs. 19–21. Paranillopsis pampensis. 19) Head, dorsal aspect. 20) pronotum; 21) elytron, dorsal aspect. Figs. 22–23. Elytral base, dorsal aspect. 22) Paranillopsis piguensis; 23) P. pampensis. Figs. 24–25. Ovipositor, gonocoxites of Paranillopsis pampensis. 24) Ventral aspect; 25) dorsal aspect. Legend: bs, basal seta; bsp, basal setigerous puncture; cs, clypeal seta; es, ensiform seta; fs, frontal seta; lfc, lateral frontal carina; ns, nematiform seta. os, ocular seta; sos, supraorbital seta; us 1, 4, and 8, umbilical seta 1, 4,and 8; usp 1, umbilical setigerous puncture 1.