Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) westerduijni, Háva & Herrmann, 2007
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204760 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/297587F2-7E45-5B79-6E2B-FB63FD80FE89 |
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Felipe |
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Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) westerduijni |
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sp. nov. |
Caccoleptus (Bicaccoleptus) westerduijni sp. n.
Type material. Holotype (female): „ Peru, Loreto, Padre Isla, 100 m, 18.ii.2006, R. Westerduijn leg.“ . Holotype deposited in coll. A. Herrmann ( Stade , Germany) .
Description. Female habitus as illustrated ( Fig. 1 View Figs 1-2 ). Measurements: TL 1.8 EW 1.2 mm. Dorsal integument black and orange-red, pubescence white and black. Ventral integument brown, pubescence white. Head finely punctured, with black integument covered by long, white pubescence. Median ocellus on frons present. Antennae brown, 11-segmented, with 3- segmented antennal club ( Fig. 2 View Figs 1-2 ). Pronotum with black integument; with long white pubescence; finely punctured. Elytra with integument black with broad median orange-red transverse band, not reached sutura and orange-red apical part; elytra covered by subrecumbed white pubescence on orange-red parts and black on other parts; on humera coarsely punctured, other part finely punctured. Ventral surfaces with recumbent, white pubescence; integument of thoracic sterna dark brown; integument of abdominal sterna brown with white short pubescence. Prosternal
1(2) Integument of pronotum brown process broad. Mesosternum strongly transverse. Legs brown with short white setae. Male. Unknown.
Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the genus Caccoleptus Sharp, 1902 , subgenus Bicaccoleptus Háva, 2004b according to the bi- or tri-coloured integument of elytra. The subgenus contains two species, the new species differs from them by the following characters:
a(b) Integument of elytra tri-coloured, black, yellow and brown; each elytron with one small yellowish-orange transverse fasciae, not reaching the sutura and one circular black spot; prosternum narrow laterally ( Brazil) ………………………………………………………… C. (B.) ornatus Háva, 2004a
b(a) Integument of elytra bicoloured, orange and dark-brown; each elytron with one orange transverse fasciae, reaching the sutura and orange apical part; prosternum broad laterally ( British Guiana; Colombia; Panama; Venezuela) ………………………………….....……………. C. (B.) wicki Beal, 1978
2(1) Integument of pronotum black; integument of elytra bicoloured, orange and black; each elytron with one orange-red transverse fasciae, not reaching sutura and orange-red apical part; prosternum broad laterally ( Peru) …………………………………………………………… C. (B.) westerduijni sp. n.
Bionomy. Beating the foliage of fruiting Averrhoa carambola on annually flooded woodland.
Name derivation. Patronymic, dedicated to the collector of the new species, Mr. Rob Westerduijn ( Peru).
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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