Aspitonis chiapas Opitz, 2015

Opitz, Weston, 2015, Systematics of the checkered beetle subfamily Platynopterinae SPINOLA (Coleoptera Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1513-1572 : 1530

Aspitonis chiapas Opitz , nov.sp.

( Figs . 119, 120, 151 , 173 )

Holotype: ♂. 16 mi. E. Teopisca, Chis. Mex. V.14, 1969, H. Howden ( CMNC).

Diagnosis: The elytral disc is completely black. This characteristic will distinguish the members of this species from congeners.

Description: Size: Length 5.5 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 151 . Color: Cranium black, lower frons and clypeus yellow; pronotum mostly black, upper sides reddish; mesoscutellum black; elytra black. Head: Antennal capitulum not available; antennal carina very prominent; EW/FW 10/13. Thorax: Pronotal anterior margin not projected at middle, side margin without tubercle; form elongate; PW/PL 30/35; elytral disc strongly deflexed at sides, elytral carina absent; EL/EW 140/30. Abdomen: Male pygidium not incised distally; aedeagus ( Figs. 119, 120 ) slightly sclerotized; tegminal lobes acuminate and fimbriate.

Natural history: The holotype was collected in May.

Distribution ( Fig. 173 ): Known only from the type locality.

Etymology: The specific epithet chiapas is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Figures

Figs 109-132: Aedeagi. (109) Ambonoides retinoides phallus; (110) A. retinoides tegmen; (111) A. caraguata phallus; (112) A. caraguata tegmen; (113) Artoadenus dius phallus; (114) A. dius tegmen; (115) A. regina phallus; (116) A. regina tegmen; (117) Aspitonis alarutinis phallus; (118) A. alarutinis tegmen; (119) A. chiapas phallus; (120) A. chiapas tegmen; (121) A. undulicornis phallus; (122) A. undulicornis tegmen; (123) Isoforma biguttula phallus; (124) I. biguttula tegmen; (125) Platynoptera carti phallus; (126) P. carti tegmen; (127) P. flavohumeralis phallus; (128) P. flavohumeralis tegmen; (129) P.humeralis phallus; (130) P. humeralis tegmen;(131)P.lyciformis phallus;(132)P.lyciformis tegmen.

Figs 149-152: Habitus illustrations of (149) Artoadenus similus, holotype; (150) Aspitonis alarutinis, holotype; (151) A. chiapas, holotype; (152) A. graminis, holotype.

Fig. 173: Geographic distribution of species as noted.