Selenophorus paramundus Ball & Shpeley

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 51-52

Selenophorus paramundus Ball & Shpeley Figs 31B, 34

Selenophorus paramundus Ball & Shpeley, 1992: 98.- Ball 1992: 85.- Lorenz 1998: 356.- Lorenz 2005: 377.

Type material.

Complete label data for type material (holotype (BMNH)) are provided in the original description.

Type area.

Jamaica.

Diagnosis.

This species is readily separated from other members of the mundus species group by a combination of: dorsal surface without visible microlines and pronotum with posteriolateral impressions impunctate.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 31B. Labrum with anterior margin shallowly concave; clypeus with anterior margin moderately concave. Antennae and mouthparts testaceous to rufo-testaceous; legs rufo-brunneous. Dorsal surface dark brunneous; ventral surface rufo-brunneous, elytral epipleuron paler than disc. Pronotum with bluish metallic luster; elytra with greenish iridescence. Head, pronotum and elytra shiny, microlines not visible at 100 ×. Pronotum with posteriolateral impressions impunctate; posteriolateral angles rounded. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Female with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Male unknown.

Ovipositor and Female Reproductive Tract: Very similar to that of S. pseudomundus below, except the spermathecal gland duct is shorter, such that the distal tip of the spermathecal gland is just past the distal tip of the spermatheca.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 34. This species is known only from Jamaica.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

The range of this species is allopatric relative to the other species in the mundus species group. The form of the female reproductive tract suggests that this species belongs in the mundus species group. If a male of the species is collected, the form of the male genitalia will either confirm or refute this placement. Relationships of S. paramundus are not postulated beyond species group membership.

Material examined.

Only the female holotype.