Paulipalpina consuelo, Gnaspini & Peck, 2019

Gnaspini, Pedro & Peck, Stewart B., 2019, Redescription of the ‘ older Adelopsis’ species (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) based on the analysis of type specimens, Zootaxa 4696 (1), pp. 1-62 : 55

Paulipalpina consuelo , new species

Paulipalpina simoni ; Salgado, 2014: 16 [and Figs. 14–15 ] (misidentification, here—see Notes under P. simoni , above).

Holotype, male ( FMNH, not examined, assignment made to the specimen illustrated in Salgado, 2014: Figs. 14–15 ; data taken from Salgado, 2014: 16). Type locality and data: Peru: Cuzco Department: Consuelo , Manu road km 165, 1-X-1982, rotten palm, L.E. Watrous & G. Mazurek leg . Paratypes (from Salgado , 2014: 16): 1 female with same data as holotype; same place as holotype, 5-X-1982, 1 male and 1 female, rotten palm fruit, L.E. Watrous & G. Mazurek leg. Note: specimens misidentified as Paulipalpina simoni ( Portevin, 1923) in Salgado (2014: 16) —see Notes under P. simoni , above).

Short Description (based on figures in Salgado, 2014 —see complete description there). Right lobe of the aedeagus slightly longer and much wider than left lobe. Right lobe pointy, with apex enlarged, slightly curved and shortly projected ventrad, in lateral view; as an upside-down trapezoid with apical margin emarginated, in frontal view. Dorsal opening of the aedeagus round and taking about 1/10 of aedeagus length. Flagellum shorter (about 3/ 4 in length) than aedeagus.

Female spermatheca not illustrated but described in Salgado (2014: 16) as being very similar to his Fig. 24 in Salgado (2005 — for ‘ P. claudicans ’—see Taxonomic Note 3 under that species), bearing 5 to 7-turns and having a very reduced apical bulb.

Etymology. The name is given as a noun in apposition, referring to the type locality.

Distribution. Peru: Cuzco Department: known only from type locality.

Taxonomic Remarks. In lateral view, the tip of the aedeagus of P. consuelo sp. n. resembles that of P. coatepec sp. n., from Mexico, and, slightly, that of P. claudicans (Szymczakowski, 1980) , from Brazil. However, in frontal view, it markedly differs from that of the remaining species described so far in the genus.

Figures

FIGURES 4–16. Adelopsis ascutellaris (Murray, 1856). 4-15, lectotype male in BMNH, from Caracas. 4, habitus; 5–9, aedeagus, left lateral, dorsal, right lateral, and ventral views, and frontal view of aedeagus apex; 10, last ventrite; 11, genital segment; 12, head, lateral view; 13, meso and metathorax, ventro-lateral view (of left side of specimen) [as = anapleural suture; cc = coxal cavity; mc = metastemal carina; msep = mesepimeron; mset = mesepisternum; mte = metasternum; mtet = metepisternum]; 14, mesotarsus and mesotibia; 15, metatarsus and metatibia; 16, paralectotype female in BMNH (same data), spermatheca. Scale lines = 0.5 mm; a for figs. 5–11, 16; b for figs. 4, 12–15.

FIGURES 17–25. Adelopsis ovalis Jeannel, 1936, holotype male in MNHN, from ‘Venezuela’. 17–20, aedeagus, left lateral, dorsal, and right lateral views, and frontal view of aedeagus apex; 21, head, lateral view; 22, antenna, dorsal view; 23, protarsus and protibia; 24, mesotibia; 25, metatibia. Scale lines = 0.5 mm; a for figs. 17–20; b for figs. 21–25.