Adelopsis bellator Szymczakowski, 1968

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 : 25-26

Adelopsis bellator Szymczakowski, 1968

( Figs. 107–113 )

Adelopsis bellator Szymczakowski, 1968: 15 [and Figs. 5–12 ]; Salgado, 2010: 213 (restablishment of original spelling, not stated as taxonomic change, probably as a lapsus; assignment to group). Note: we here adopt the original spelling.

Adelopsis bellatrix ; Gnaspini, 1996: 539 (unjustified emendation—‘bellator’ is a noun, not an adjective) (holotype and paratypes seen).

Type material examined: Holotype male and 13 paratypes (males and females) in ZMHB (Gnaspini, 1996: 541). Labels : “ Peru, Dep Cuzco / Cajon, Bergland / 1500m / Garlepp S.V. / XII.1900 ” . Paratypes with same data except for different dates, between XI.1900 and I.1901 ( Szymczakowski, 1968: 18 refers to 15 paratypes). One paratype male (XII.1900 —aedeagus confers with that of holotype) and one female (I.1901) here illustrated .

Length: 2.2 mm (holotype) and 1.95–2.35 mm (paratypes) (original description; which confers with our measurement of the holotype examined); 2.0– 2.4 mm (males and females) (our measurement).

Type locality: Bergland , Cajon, Cuzco Department, Peru .

Short Redescription. Eyes normal ( Fig. 111 ). Winged. (It seems to have) No posterior projections on male ventrites. Apex of the right lobe of the aedeagus subquadrate with the apical margin curved outward, and densely covered with short setae ventrally ( Figs. 108, 109 ), thin, almost pointy, in lateral view ( Fig. 107 ). Flagellum shorter (about 1/ 4 in length) than aedeagus and with seemingly bifid apex ( Fig. 108 ). Proportion aedeagus/elytron = 0.27. Anterior sides of spiculum gastrale of the genital segment widening towards the apex, resulting in a pawn-shaped spiculum gastrale, with the apical width about twice as wide as the rounded base ( Fig. 110 ). Spermatheca with 1-turn placed close to the spermatheca base, followed by a long, seemingly twisted body ending in a sharp curve before the elongate apical bulb ( Fig. 112 ). Proportion spermatheca/elytron = 0.10.

Distribution. Peru: Cuzco Department (original description; here).

Taxonomic Remarks. This species can be easily recognized by its aedeagus, which is straight (unique in the genus), and with the ventral face of the right lobe thoroughly covered with short setae ( Fig. 109 ); the apical margin of the right lobe is rounded, also differently from other species in the group. In A. longipalpus Gnaspini and Peck, 2001 , from Colombia, the body of the aedeagus is also straight, but the tip is curved ventrad.

Figures

FIGURES 107–113. Adelopsis bellator Szymczakowski, 1968. 107–111, paratype male in ZMHB, from ‘Bergland’. 107–109, aedeagus, left lateral, dorsal, and ventral views; 110, genital segment; 111, head, lateral view; 112–113, paratype female (same data), 112, spermatheca; 113, meso and metathorax, ventro-lateral view (of left side of specimen). Scale lines = 0.5 mm; a for figs. 107–110, 112; b for figs. 111, 113.

FIGURES 4–16. Adelopsis ascutellaris (Murray, 1856). 4-15, lectotype male in BMNH, from Caracas. 4, habitus; 5–9, aedeagus, left lateral, dorsal, right lateral, and ventral views, and frontal view of aedeagus apex; 10, last ventrite; 11, genital segment; 12, head, lateral view; 13, meso and metathorax, ventro-lateral view (of left side of specimen) [as = anapleural suture; cc = coxal cavity; mc = metastemal carina; msep = mesepimeron; mset = mesepisternum; mte = metasternum; mtet = metepisternum]; 14, mesotarsus and mesotibia; 15, metatarsus and metatibia; 16, paralectotype female in BMNH (same data), spermatheca. Scale lines = 0.5 mm; a for figs. 5–11, 16; b for figs. 4, 12–15.