Aporrhipis milleri Ferreira, 2020

Ferreira, Vinicius S., 2020, Revision of Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886 and descriptions of New Acroleptina taxa (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calopterini), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 53 (45 - 46), pp. 2739-2756 : 2753-2754

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2020.1733120
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10527260
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/91139A67-1D2C-F26A-AFB1-5B6BFD82ADB8
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Aporrhipis milleri Ferreira
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Aporrhipis milleri Ferreira new species

Figures 22, 24, 25.

Material examined (1). Holotype 1♂: BRASIL: Para; nr. Maraba, nr.; Bacuri ; 24-X-1974; J.F. Reinert; malaise trap ( FSCA).

Etymology. This species is named in honour of the great North American Lycidae systematist, Richard Stuart Miller.

Diagnosis. The bicoloured body, the presence of a weakly developed cell in posterior portion of pronotum ( Figure 22) and the male genitalia ( Figure 25) helps to distinguish Aporrhipis milleri from other species in the genus.

Description. General colour dark brown; head, scape, pedicel, humeral region and base of femora and tibiae yellow. Antennae reaching subapex of elytra, densely setose; flabellum of antennomere III twice the length of stem; flabellum of antennomere IV and V 2.5x longer than stem; flabellum of antennomere VI about 4x longer than stem; flabellum of antennomere VII about 3x longer than stem; flabella of antennomeres VIII – X about 2.5x longer than respective stem. Elytra: subparallel, 8x longer than pronotum; reticulation vestigial and hardly identifiable, with four elytral costae. Legs: slender, elongate; trochanters tubular; femora and tibiae elongate, femora subparallel, tibiae clavate. Male genitalia bilaterally symmetrical; exposed portion of median lobe subequal in length of parameres, rounded apically; folds in the basal inner margin of median lobe strongly developed, only present in basal third of exposed portion of median lobe, membranous, with apices acuminate; apices of parameres hooked; phallobase elongate, 1.5 x longer than parameres, lateral margins subparallel, posterior margin round, median suture absent ( Figure 24).

Length (pronotum+elytra): 4.5 mm. Width (across humerus): 1.3 mm.

Distribution. Pará, Brazil ( Figure 25).

Type locality. Marabá, Pará, Brazil .