Ebonius lineiger ( Marseul, 1870 )

Degallier, Nicolas, Leivas, Fernando W. T. & Moura, Daniel P., 2011, Histerid beetles of French Guiana. V. Revision of the genus Ebonius Lewis (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Omalodini), Zootaxa 2824, pp. 44-52 : 48

Ebonius lineiger ( Marseul, 1870)

( Figs. 3 C–D)

Omalodes lineiger Marseul, 1870:82 (description).

Homalodes lineiger: Schmidt, 1884: 150 (catalogue).

Ebonius lineiger: Lewis, 1905: 21 (catalogue); Mazur, 1997: 89 (catalogue).

Diagnosis. Body oval and subparallel; pronotum with a small smooth area in the middle of the posterior region; 1st– 4th dorsal striae and sutural stria complete, 5th dorsal stria indicated posteriorly; mesosternum finely punctuated.

Redescription. Length (pronotum+elytra): 6.7 mm; width: 4.5 mm. Pronotum with a small smooth area in the middle of the posterior region ( Fig. 3 C). Elytra with external subhumeral stria sinuous or interrupted near the middle and reaching the posterior margin; internal subhumeral stria apparent on the posterior third; 1st–4th dorsal striae complete, 5th indicated by a row of points at the posterior third, sutural stria complete ( Fig. 3 C). Pro-, meso-, metasternum and 1st abdominal sternum respectively 0.37, 0.04, 0.33 and 0.23 times as long as total length of these sterna (6.3 mm). Prosternum with carinal stria separated in middle by less than half the distance between procoxae ( Fig. 3 D); metasternum finely punctuated on the disc. Protibiae with irregular spaces between the teeth; mesotibiae with 4 teeth with spines on external margin. Propygidium 1.7 times as wide as long, with a reduced smooth surface on the disc; pygidium 1.2 times as wide as long.

Type material. The only known specimen is that illustrated by the figures 3C and 3D (labels). It is herein designed as the LECTOTYPE of the species ( MNHN). “ Omalodes lineiger ; Amazones; Bates 61 / MUSEUM PARIS; COLL. DE MARSEUL; 2842-90 / TYPE ”.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dorsal and ventral habitus photographs of type material and type labels. A-B. Ebonius politus Lewis, 1885; C-D. Ebonius lineiger (Marseul, 1870); E-F. Ebonius aequatorius Lewis, 1910.