Aphanerostethus decoratus Lewis & Kojima, 2024

Lewis, Jake H., Kojima, Hiroaki, Suenaga, Miyuki, Petsopoulos, Dimitrios, Fujisawa, Yusuke, Truong, Xuan Lam & Warren, Dan L., 2024, The era of cybertaxonomy: X-ray microtomography reveals cryptic diversity and concealed cuticular sculpture in Aphanerostethus Voss, 1957 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), ZooKeys 1217, pp. 1-45 : 1-45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1217.126626

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B699BE7-7D73-4E62-BB4C-7B6090DC7568

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14010185

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/18A0BBAE-835B-5F66-AA3E-7B58AA20FAAD

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scientific name

Aphanerostethus decoratus Lewis & Kojima
status

sp. nov.

Aphanerostethus decoratus Lewis & Kojima sp. nov.

Figs 4 E View Figure 4 , 10 D View Figure 10 , 11 B View Figure 11 , 14 C, D View Figure 14

Specimens examined.

Holotype: Malaysia: • Cameron Highlands , 2. IV. 1990, J. Mateu, deposited in KUM, JHLHY_DAR_079 .

Diagnosis.

Body length 2.2 mm. Cuticle covered in dark to pale brown scales, with distinct, dark, V-shaped band across anterior part of elytra. Funicle with six articles. Procoxae contiguous. Prosternal cavity prominent and with steep lateral ridges. Only odd-numbered elytral intervals with erect scales. Elytral scales concentrated in bundle on first interval at midpoint. Scutellum prominent. Femora with large ventral tooth at midpoint. Metaventrite with a distinct elevated transverse ridge separating the meta- and mesocoxae.

Distribution.

This species is currently only known from one specimen collected at Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.

Etymology.

The specific name decoratus is a Latin participle in reference to the posterior half of the elytra which is adorned with a dense tuft of erect scales.