Megarthrus cavianae Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela, 2020

Rodríguez, William David, Navarrete-Heredia, José L., Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel & Cuccodoro, Giulio, 2020, Two new species of Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from Mexican Cloud Forests, Zootaxa 4778 (3), pp. 571-583 : 578-581

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.8

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848002

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scientific name

Megarthrus cavianae Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela
status

sp. nov.

Megarthrus cavianae Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 27-39 View FIGURES 25–28 View FIGURES 29–31 View FIGURES 32–38 View FIGURE 39 )

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Type material. (3♂, 2♀). Holotype ♂: labeled “ MÉXICO: Veracruz, San Andrés Tlalnelhuayocan, Piedra Parada, 19°30’58.6’’N 97°00’34.4’’W, 1522 msnm, Fragmento de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña ripario, Cernido de Hojarasca húmeda, extraída en Winkler , 5.V.2013, F. Alvarado, E. Arriaga, R. Chavero cols”, in CZUG GoogleMaps . Paratypes (4): labeled “ MÉXICO: Veracruz, Xico, Matlalapa, 19°26’24.8»N 97°02’37.2»W, 1532 msnm. Fragmento de Bosque Mesófilo de Montaña ripario, Cernido de Hojarasca húmeda, extraída en embudo de Berlesse , 20.VI.2012. F. Escobar, F. Alvarado, R. Chavero cols” GoogleMaps , 1♀ in CZUG , 1♂ in IEXA , and 1 ♂, 1♀ in MHNG.

Description. Similar to M. chiapas from which it differs as follows: Habitus as in Fig. 29 View FIGURES 29–31 . Combined length of pronotum and elytra = 1.0 - 1.4 mm; maximal pronotal width = 0.7 - 1.1 mm. Antennae as in Fig. 36 View FIGURES 32–38 . Elytra with humeral callus strongly convex; disc with humeral callus strongly convex, two conspicuous swellings similar to humeral callus along anterior and posterior portions of suture, moderately depressed posteriorly along lateral edge. Male: Frontoclypeal area not modified. Protarsomere 1 lacking ventral patch of modified adhesive setae. Mesofemora ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 32–38 ) as long as metafemora. Mesotibiae ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 32–38 ) shorter than metatibiae ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 32–38 ), the latter slightly compressed subapically. Peg-like setae present only on mesotrochanters ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 32–38 ; arranged in a single row), on distal two thirds of mesotibiae ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 32–38 ; grouped in a field) and on distal half of metatibiae ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 32–38 ; grouped in a field). Apical segments of abdomen similar to those in Figs 10-15 & 18 View FIGURES 10–18 ; tergite VIII as in Figs 38 View FIGURES 32–38 , with apex sinuate in dorsal view. Aedeagus as in Figs 32 & 37 View FIGURES 32–38 , with dorsal valve triangular.

Female: Abdominal tergite forming a medioapical projection, with dorsal outline subangulate subapically in lateral view VIII ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 29–31 ). Sternite VIII as in Fig. 30 View FIGURES 29–31 . Genital segments similar to those in Figs 19-21 View FIGURES 19–24 ; gonocoxal plate without mediodorsal ridge.

Comparisons and diagnostic notes. Megarthrus cavianae Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela sp. nov. is similar to M. chiapas Cuccodoro sp. nov., from which it differs by its more pronounced elytral relief, as well as several other features detailed in Comparisons and diagnostic notes under M. chiapas .

Distribution and natural history. Megarthrus cavianae Rodríguez, Navarrete-Heredia & Arriaga-Varela sp. nov. is apparently restricted to Mountain Cloud Forests in the south of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt ( Fig. 39 View FIGURE 39 ). The specimens were collected from sifted leaf litter in riparian remnants of cloud forests at an elevation of approximately 1500 m.

Etymology. The specific name is a composite word in honor to Carmen Moreno Jiménez, Virginia de Jesús Rodríguez, Ana Cricelia Rodríguez, and Ana María Jiménez, in recognition of their unconditional support of the first author.

CZUG

Universidad de Guadalajara,Centro de Estudios en Zoologia, Entomologia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Megarthrus

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