Cryptorhopalum ayolasi, HáVA, 2016

HáVA, Jiří, 2016, Two new species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Bolivia and Venezuela., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 21-24 : 22-23

Cryptorhopalum ayolasi sp. nov. ( Figs. 1-3 )

Type material. Holotype (♂)¡ Bolivia, Dept. Cochabamba, Prov. Carrasco, Serrania de Siberia, Chua Khocha, 27.VIII.1990 - 5.IX.1990.

Description.

Body measurements (in mm)¡ TL 2.8, EW 1.4. Body parallel, elongate, shiny, brown with grey setation, maximum width posteriorly to its middle ( Fig. 1 ). Head densely punctate, with short, grey, recumbent setation. Labial palpi ligth brown. Maxillary palpi very long, light brown. Antennae with 11 antennomeres, brown; antennal club consisting of 3 antennomeres, clearly distinct, covered by hardly visible procumbent setation and few solitary setae ( Fig. 2 ). Ocellus on front present. Pronotum shiny, brown, quite densely and coarsely punctate, almost twice as wide as long, narrowed anteriorly, broadest in its apical part, its distinct lateral margins completely visible from above; cuticle between punctuation shiny, covered by grey, long, recumbent setation. Posterior angles almost rectangular, with rounded edge, completely visible from above; anterior angles obtusely angulate and also visible from above. Antennal cavity occupying all hypomeron. Elytra with much finer punctuation compared to pronotum, space between punctures bigger than puncture diameter; cuticle shiny, brown with dark brown apical third (covered by brown, short setation), with recumbent, long, grey setation ( Fig. 1 ). Epipleuron brown. Abdominal visible sternites brown, with grey, short, recumbent setation, punctures in the middle sparse and fine, but increasing strongly in density and roughness towards lateral margins. Legs, light brown. Male genitalia ( Fig. 3 ).

Differential diagnosis. The new species belongs to the “ C. haplotes species group”. The species group includes five species. The new species differs from all known species by the bicolorous elytral cuticle and bicolorous setation on elytra, and structures of the antennal club and male genitalia.

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Etymology. Patronymic, dedicated to Juan de Ayolas (?1490-1537), Spanish conquistador. He was the first European to penetrate inland from the Atlantic into the Andes.

Distribution. Bolivia.

Figures

Figs. 1-3.- Cryptorhopalum ayolasi sp. nov: 1.- Habitus dorsal aspect. 2.- Head, pronotum and antenna. 3.- Male genitalia.