Selenophorus nonseriatus species group

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 : 54-55

Selenophorus nonseriatus species group

Recognition.

Small species without parascutellar stria, elytral punctures very small (i.e., easily overlooked) and female internal genitalia with spermathecal basal sclerite.

SBL. Males, 4.00-4.92 mm; females, 4.24-5.32 mm.

Color. Antennae and mouthparts testaceous to slightly darker rufo-testaceous. Legs testaceous to slightly darker rufo-testaceous, tarsi darker than tibia or not. Dorsal surfaces rufo-brunneous to piceous, lateral bead of pronotum paler or not. Ventral surface rufo-brunneous to brunneo-piceous, elytral epipleuron paler.

Luster. Shiny, with faint to moderate iridescence.

Dorsal microsculpture. Microlines not visible at 100 × on head, prontum and elytra.

Male genitalia.

Males of S. irec are not known. Apical portion of phallic median lobe symmetrically rounded in dorsal/ventral aspect; preapical orifice anopic, moderately long; endophallus with two dark, dense microtrichial fields nearly the length of the phallic median lobe, left dorsal markedly long, medial ventral slightly shorter; without lamina.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Gonocoxite 2 somewhat falcate, moderately wide base. Bursa copulatrix short to markedly long; moderately to markedly long spermatheca, originating near base of common oviduct; melanized spermathecal basal sclerite present, rather short to nearly half as long as spermatheca; moderately to markedly long spermathecal gland duct originating near mid-length of spermatheca apicad to spermathecal basal sclerite. Spermathecal gland bulbous to sausage-like.

Included species.

In the West Indies, the nonseriatus species group includes three species: S. irec sp. n., S. iviei sp. n., and S. nonseriatus Darlington.

Geographical distribution.

In the West Indies, the range of this species group extends from the Greater Antillean islands of Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola to the Lesser Antillean islands of Montserrat to Grenada.