Paulipalpina aragua, 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 : 53-54

publication ID

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

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B20E4654-FF9F-FFA0-BAF4-28E3FD66C4E0

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scientific name

Paulipalpina aragua
status

sp. nov.

Paulipalpina aragua View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 245–249 View FIGURES 245–249 )

Adelopsis simoni ; Szymczakowski, 1968: 14 [and Figs. 2–3 View FIGURES 1–3 ] (misidentification—Gnaspini, 1996: 540, and see Notes under P. simoni , above).

Holotype, male ( MNHN). Type locality and data: Venezuela: Aragua State: Rancho Grande [ National Park north of Maracay ], Marcuzzi 449 . One male paratype with same data. Note: specimens misidentified as Paulipalpina si- moni ( Portevin, 1923) in Szymczakowski (1968: 14) —Gnaspini, 1996: 540, and see Notes under P. simoni , above. Specimens here illustrated.

Length: 1.9 mm (both specimens, our measurement).

Additional tentative material examined (Topotypes): 2 females in SBPC (now in CMNC). Labels: “ Venezuela / Rancho Grande / Ber 194 / 51 kg litter / S. Peck”. Specimens here illustrated. Length: 1.8 and 1.95 mm (our measurement).

Short Description. Eyes normal. Winged. Right lobe of the aedeagus slightly longer than left lobe ( Figs. 245, 248 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Right lobe pointy, with apex slightly curved and shortly projected ventrad in lateral view ( Fig. 233 View FIGURES 228–237 ), divided in dorsal view ( Fig. 248 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Dorsal opening of the aedeaus as a diagonal slit ( Fig. 248 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Flagellum shorter (about 4/ 5 in length) than aedeagus ( Fig. 248 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Proportion aedeagus/elytron = 0.40. Spiculum gastrale of the genital segment short and straight ( Fig. 246 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Spermatheca with 3-turns placed close to the spermatheca base, followed by additional 3-turns transversal to the spermatheca body, followed by a short body, ending in a rounded apical bulb ( Fig. 249 View FIGURES 245–249 ). Proportion spermatheca/elytron = 0.20–0.22.

Etymology. The name is given as a noun in apposition, referring to the type locality.

Distribution. Venezuela: Aragua State: known only from type locality.

Taxonomic Remarks. The bifid tip of the aedeagus of P. aragua sp. n., in dorsal view, markedly differs from that of the remaining species described so far in the genus, except for its slight resemblance to that of P. ecuatoriana Salgado, 2010 , from Ecuador.

The illustrations of the aedeagus in Szymczakowski (1968, Figs. 2-3 View FIGURES 1–3 ) differ from ours ( Fig. 248 View FIGURES 245–249 ) in showing a very large dorsal opening whereas we interpreted the dorsal opening to be a narrow slit. This may be explained by supposing that Szymczakowski’s illustration might be related to the ventral opening instead of the dorsal open-ing—in this case his illustration will agree with ours.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Paulipalpina

Loc

Paulipalpina aragua

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

Adelopsis simoni

Szymczakowski, W. 1968: 14
1968
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