Axina heveli Opitz, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564947 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B89F97A-AAA5-4CE2-9DA2-CC47EA03346D |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4565079 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A51487B3-C078-4B1A-FF01-4E5FFDB531CF |
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Felipe |
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Axina heveli Opitz |
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sp. nov. |
Axina heveli Opitz , new species
Figures 70 View Figure 70 , 96 View Figures 94–97 .
Type material. Holotype. Male. Type locality: PANAMA, Canal Zone , 24-VI-1973, Gary Hevel ( USNM) . Paratypes. 2 specimens. Panama: Provincia de Panama, 30 km E Cañita , 28-V-1990, at light, F. Hovore ( WOPC) ; Altos, Isla de Majé , 28-IV-1984, H. P. Stockwell ( AMNH) .
Diagnosis. From superficially similar specimens of Axina nigrifrons , A. heveli beetles differ by showing few asetiferous punctures on the elytral disc.
Description. Size. Length 13.0 mm; width 3.0 mm. Form. As in Fig. 96 View Figures 94–97 . Color. Cranium bicolorous, frons black, remainder flavotestaceous; antenna testaceous; thorax and abdomen flavotestaceous, except metasternum infuscated; elytra bicolorous, basal 1/3 and apical ¼ black, remainder flavotestaceous; legs bicolorous, prothoracic femora flavotestaceous, apical region of mesothoracic and metathoracic femora black, remainder of femora flavotestaceous; tibiae black; tarsi brown. Head: Cranium finely punctate, frons wider than length of antennal pedicel; EW/ FW 60/20. Thorax:Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescences, concave at middle; PW/PL 150/180; elytra, asetiferous punctures not striate, punctures extend to elytron middle, width of interstitial spaces variable; elytral apex subacuminate; EL/EW 510/100. Abdomen: Aedeagus, phallobase tapered distally; phallobasic lobes very short and nearly contiguous; phallic plates serrate; phallobasic apodeme abbreviated.
Natural history. The holotype was collected from Panama during April–June.
Distribution (For a map see Fig. 70 View Figure 70 ). This species is known from Panama.
Etymology. The specific epithet, heveli , is a patronymic that honors Gary Hevel, among the most knowledgeable Entomologists known to me.
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