Carpophilus (Myothorax) truncatus Murray 1864

Semeraro, Linda, Blacket, Mark J., Rako, Lea & Cunningham, John Paul, 2023, The pest sap beetle Carpophilus Myothorax truncatus Murray, 1864 (Coleoptera Nitidulidae) - a new synonymy and a related new species of Carpophilus, Zootaxa 5301 (1), pp. 51-74 : 55

Carpophilus (Myothorax) truncatus Murray 1864

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Carpophilus truncatus Murray 1864: 381 [original description]; Williams et al. 1983: 11 [World catalogue of Nitidulidae ]; Nagel et al. 1989: [ecology, pollinator of Annonanceae]; Kirejtshuk 1996 [illustration of male genitalia and taxonomy]; Leschen & Marris 2005: 23, 38, 40 [redescription, male features illustrated]; Jelínek & Audisio, 2007: 467 [listed in Catalogue of Carpophilus species from the Palaearctic region, synonymies]; Brown 2009: 15, 20, 22, 30, 38 [distribution in the Pacific region, pest status, diagnostic features].

Carpophilus floridanus Fall 1910 (synonymised with misidentified C. pilosellus, Gillogly 1962 ; treated as a synonym of C. truncatus in Jelínek & Audisio, 2007)

Carpophilus halli Dobson 1954 (synonymised with misidentified C. pilosellus, Connell 1963 ; treated as a synonym of C. truncatus in Jelínek & Audisio, 2007)

Carpophilus jarijari Powell and Hamilton 2019 , syn. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Carpophilus truncatus syntype, ♁, A) dorsal habitus, B) lateral habitus, C) antenna, ventral view, D) prosternum and hypomeron, ventral view, E) metatibia, ventral view. C. jarjari, ♁, F) dorsal habitus, paratype, G) lateral habitus, holotype, H) antenna, ventral view, I) prosternum and hypomeron, ventral view, J) metatibia, ventral view.

FIGURE 2. Carpophilus truncatus syntype, ♁, A) paramere, lateral view, B) parameres, dorsal view, C) sternite VIII. C. jarijari holotype ♁, D) paramere, lateral view, E) parameres, dorsal view, F) sternite VIII.

FIGURE 3. Carpophilus truncatus syntype, ♀, A) dorsal habitus, B) ventral habitus, C) prosternum and hypomeron in ventral view, D) metatibia, ventral view. C. jarijari paratype, ♀, E) dorsal habitus, F) ventral habitus, G) prosternum and hypomeron in ventral view, H) metatibia, ventral view, I) ovipositor.

FIGURE 4. Carpophilus truncatus Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images, A) lateral habitus, B) ventral habitus, C) ventral prosternum, D) male metatibia with basal constriction.

FIGURE 5. Fifth instar larvae, Carpophilus truncatus. A) dorsal habitus, B) lateral habitus, C) ventral head, D) lateral head and pronotum, E) lateral abdomen, 9th segment with dorsal sclerotized plate, F) dorsal view of 9th abdominal segment dorsal sclerotized plate. mas: medial anterior setae, pgs: pregomphal setae; pg: pregomphus, sas: sublateral anterior setae; ug: urogomphus.