Tarsostenodes bullatus OPITZ, 2016

Opitz, Weston, G, Paratillus & B, Tarsostenodes, 2016, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, Linzer biologische Beiträge 48 (1), pp. 587-636 : 603

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5417172
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treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Tarsostenodes bullatus OPITZ
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tarsostenodes bullatus OPITZ , nov.sp. ( Figs 29 View Figs 22-40 , 43 View Figs 41-43 , 55, 89)

Holotype: ♀. Australia, Qld., Black Mountain , Kuranda For. Sta., 30, 31. XII. 1988, H. & A. Howden ( ANIC).

D i a g n o s i s: This is the only species of Tarsostenodes whose specimens have 4 white bullules on each elytron. Also, within Tarsostenodes , this is the only specimen whose forebody is entirely red; with the pronotal collar being more red-brown.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 6.0 mm; width 1.3 mm. Form: As in Fig. 55. Integument: Forebody red, except collar red-brown, rest of body and legs brown, elytron with 4 white bullules. Head: Cranium coarsely punctate, frons wider than width of eye (FW/EW-38/24); antennal funicular antennomeres subfiliform, 9 th antennomeres triagonal (10 th and 11 th antennomeres missing). Thorax: Pronotum obovate, constricted posteriorly ( Fig. 29 View Figs 22-40 ) ( PL /PW- 95/85), coarsely punctated, midbase of disc carinose, without tubercle at sides; elytral disc with prominent subbasal umbo, with anterior, epipleural, sutural, and posterior bullules ( Fig. 43 View Figs 41-43 ), large asetiferous punctation in elytral basal 2/3 and small setiferous punctations in apical half ( EL /EW- 228/40); disc constricted and compressed at middle. Abdomen: Female pygidium not incised at middle of anterior margin.

V a r i a t i o n: One specimen examined.

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The holotype was collected in December.

D i s t r i b u t i o n (Fig.): This species is known only from northeastern Australia

E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet bullatus (= inflated) is a Latin adjective. The name refers to the bullules in the elytral disc.