Skelleyus Opitz, 2023

Opitz, Weston, 2023, Two new genera of Enopliinae, Skelleyus and Divulgoatus (Coleoptera: Cleridae), Insecta Mundi 2023 (994), pp. 1-14 : 5

Description of Skelleyus Opitz , new genus

Type species. Skelleyus leavengoodi Opitz. By present designation.

Diagnosis. In this genus the ninth and tenth capitular antennomere have a short distal branch.

Description. Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: Oblong rectangular, body not deep, about 5.5 times longer than broad. Vestiture: Dorsum profusely vested with very short pubescence; antennal funicle highly setose; elytra abundantly vested with minute setae, all setae emerge from minute punctures. Head: Cranium quadrate, frons wide; gula wide; labrum very shallow, broadly incised distally; mandible body stout; maxilla, terminal palpomere subsecuriform; labium narrowed, ligula deeply incised, ligular lobes not narrowed, terminal palpomere subsecuriform; eyes, ommatidia large, ocular notch deep; antenna comprised of 11 antennomeres, 9th and 10th with collateral lobes, antennomere 11 very long ( Fig. 3 ). Thorax: Pronotum slightly transverse, dorsolateral carina complete, disc convex and coarsely punctate, side margins convex; prointercoxal process trigonal; pronotal projections short, acuminate, not approximating prointercoxal process; elytral disc sculptured with rows punctations, asetiferous punctations obscure, elytra somewhat cribrate at apex; legs, profemora not swollen, tibial spur formula 0-2-2, tarsal sole formula 2-2-2, unguis without basal denticle. Abdomen: Aedeagus with uncus and phallus spinous; tegmen reduced ventrally, submembranous, phallobasic struts confluent with phallobasic apodeme, phallobasic rod present; phallus acuminate distally, phallic plates very narrow.

Distribution. Known from China ( Fig. 21 ).

Etymology. Skelleyus is a patronymic dedicated to Paul E. Skelley. The gender is masculine.

Description of Skelleyus species

Figures

Figures 1–3. Antennae. 1) Divulgoatus discrepans. 2) D. kelleri. 3) Skelleyus leavengoodi.

Figures 20–21. Geographical distributions of Divulgoatus and Skelleyus species. 20) India. 21) China.