Colliuris noah Darlington, 1934

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Colliuris noah Darlington, 1934

Colliuris noah Darlington, 1934: 123 . Type locality: «Soledad (near Cienfuegos), Cuba » (original citation).

Type material. Darlington originally described this species from three specimens. I have seen one specimen of the original series in MCZ labelled "Soledad Cuba Cienfuegos X-21 1926 Darlington/ M.C.Z. Paratype C. noah D. [partly handwritten]/ Figured [handwritten]/ Colliuris noah Darl. [handwritten]."

Description. COLOR. Body more or less uniformly dark reddish-brown dorsally with head usually darker than pronotum and elytra, elytra without pale spots; antennae and legs uniformly pale yellow. MICROSCULPTURE. Body without meshes or microlines dorsally. PROTHORAX. Tergosternal suture faint but distinct over entire length of pronotum. ELYTRA. Strial punctures distinct on basal half only, widely spaced, fine to moderately coarse. Interval 3 without longitudinal depression before middle of elytra; intervals 7 and 8 without preapical swelling. MALE GENITALIA. Median lobe as illustrated ( Fig. 7 ).

Body length: 4.9–5.4 mm.

Geographical distribution. This species is presently known only from the type locality in Cuba. Besides the paratype, I have seen only two other specimens, also from Soledad, collected by Darlington (MCZ).

Habitat. Darlington (1934: 124) reported taking all specimens of the original series "in floating debris during a very heavy flood".

SUBDISTINCTA GROUP

Procolliuris Liebke, 1930: 658 . Type species: Casnonia rugicollis Dejean, 1825 , by original designation. - Liebke (1938: 47, 53).

Diagnostic description. Body with pubescence dorsally. HEAD. Vertex short. Frons with an extra pair of supraorbital setae; middle supraorbital seta located in front of level of posterior edge of eye, posterior one located behind posterior edge of eye and more medial in position. PROTHORAX. Pronotum without punctures, with conspicuous transverse wrinkles and short dorsal swelling; lateral groove distinct, shallow; side with eight to ten setae. Proepisternum without punctures but with transverse wrinkles; prosternum without punctures. ELYTRA. Lateral edge extended anteriad humerus. Discal setae black, stiff. Intervals 1, 3, 5 and 7 each with several setae. ABDOMEN. Sterna with pubescence; last sternum of male with median notch along apical edge.

Note. According to Liebke (1938: 53–54), the subgenus Procolliuris also includes C. arrowi Liebke ( Argentina; Paraguay), C. crispa Klug ( Brazil; Peru), C. crispella Liebke ( Argentina; Paraguay), C. cuyabana Liebke ( Brazil) , C. funcki Putzeys ( Brazil; Venezuela), C. inaequalis Dejean ( Brazil; Colombia), C. irregularis Bates ( Guatemala) , C. laeviceps Liebke ( Mexico; Peru), C. maculipennis Liebke ( Brazil; Peru), C. marmorata Chaudoir (Amazonia; Bolivia), C. pubescens Chaudoir ( Brazil) , and C. rugicollis Dejean ( Brazil) .

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 9. Median lobe of Colliuris. 2. C. tristigma; 3. C. pensylvanica; 4. C. lengi; 5. C. sulcicauda; 6. C. marginestriata; 7. C. noah; 8. C. pilatei; 9. C. subdistincta.