Paulipalpina jeanneli, Gnaspini & Peck, 2019

Gnaspini, Pedro & Peck, Stewart B., 2019, Redescription of the ‘ older Adelopsis’ species (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) based on the analysis of type specimens, Zootaxa 4696 (1), pp. 1-62 : 55-56

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4696.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5923498

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8707879E-47EA-44FB-B970-F8F694E565B3

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scientific name

Paulipalpina jeanneli
status

sp. nov.

Paulipalpina jeanneli View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 256–261 View FIGURES 256–261 )

Adelopsis simoni ; Jeannel, 1936: 66 [and Fig. 97 View FIGURES 89–98 ; and maybe also Fig. 79 View FIGURES 76–88 —see Note] (misidentification—Gnaspini, 1996: 540, and see Notes under P. simoni , above).

Holotype, male ( BMNH). Type locality and data: Brazil: São Paulo State: Santo André, Parque Estadual de Paranapiacaba [given on type label as “ Alto da Serra ”], G.E. Bryant. 12.iii.1912, G. Bryant Coll. 1919-147. Note: specimen misidentified as Paulipalpina simoni ( Portevin, 1923) in Jeannel (1936: 66) —his Figs. 79 View FIGURES 76–88 and 97 View FIGURES 89–98 referred to the illustrated male as “from Venezuela ”, but he had at hand 1 female from Venezuela and 1 male from Brazil; therefore at least his Fig. 97 View FIGURES 89–98 (and maybe also Fig. 79 View FIGURES 76–88 ) refers to this male from Brazil, and not from Venezuela, as already mentioned in Szymczakowski (1968: 14) —see also Gnaspini, 1996: 540, and Notes under P. simoni , above. Note: the specimen was previously dissected, and the aedeagus was missing (but considered to be the one illustrated in Fig. 97 View FIGURES 89–98 in Jeannel, 1936) [see Note under MNHN, in ‘Methods and Materials’ – this specimen aedeagus might refer to a glass slide at MNHN collection, labeled ‘ Adelopsis simoni Alto della Sierra, Brésil (édéage)’]. Specimen here illustrated.

Length: 1.8 mm (our measurement—very different from the values from Jeannel, 1936 —either 2.2 or 2.5 mm—see Note under P. simoni ).

Short Description. Eyes normal ( Fig. 257 View FIGURES 256–261 ). (Seemingly) Wingless.Aedeagus missing. Spiculum gastrale of the genital segment short and straight ( Fig. 256 View FIGURES 256–261 ). Male mesotibia slightly curved internally ( Fig. 260 View FIGURES 256–261 ). Female unknown.

Etymology. The name is given in honor of René Jeannel, who examined the specimen, and for his large contribution to systematics of cholevines and many other beetles.

Distribution. Brazil: São Paulo State: known only from type locality.

Taxonomic Remarks. Considering the illustration in Jeannel (1936: Fig. 97 View FIGURES 89–98 ), the tip of the aedeagus of P. jeanneli sp. n. seems different from that of the remaining species described so far in the genus, although having a slight resemblance to that of P. claudicans (Szymczakowski, 1980) , also from Brazil, and P. clavigera Gnaspini and Peck, 1996 , originally described from Costa Rica and Panama. However, male specimens of the latter two species have mesotibia bent medially, whereas the specimen of P. jeanneli sp. n. does not.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Paulipalpina

Loc

Paulipalpina jeanneli

Gnaspini, Pedro & Peck, Stewart B. 2019
2019
Loc

Adelopsis simoni

Jeannel, R. 1936: 66
1936
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