Deltochilum jocelynae, González-Alvarado & Vaz-De, 2021

González-Alvarado, Arturo & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Deltohyboma Lane, 1946 gilli species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilum), European Journal of Taxonomy 775, pp. 86-106 : 96-99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.775.1551
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589703
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F48795-DC57-FFBE-A63A-A65BFC04FE94
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Deltochilum jocelynae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Deltochilum jocelynae View in CoL sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Close to D. nonstriatum sp. nov. by having striae I–VII inconspicuous ( Figs 1B–C View Fig , 4B–C View Fig ) including apically ( Fig. 5B–C View Fig ). However, it can be distinguished by presenting the smallest and most disperse interstrial punctures ( Fig. 4B View Fig ) as well as most disperse punctures on head frons ( Fig. 2B View Fig ) and on pronotal disc ( Fig. 3B, F View Fig ) and finally, by the well-defined shiny points on the pronotal disc ( Fig. 3B, F View Fig ).

Etymology

A patronym, noun in the genitive case, for Jocelyn Gill. See also the “Acknowledgments” section.

Type material

Holotype GUYANA • 1 ♂; District 8, Mount Wokomung; 5°05′33.4″ N, 59°50′34.4″ W; alt. 1411 m; 4–8 Nov. 2004; B. Hubley leg.; pitfall trap (human dung), primary forest; ROM 2004526; BDGC; [aedeagus and endophallus extracted]; CNC 379889 . GoogleMaps

Paratypes GUYANA • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; BDGC GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 5º07′53.2″ N, 59º48′31.4″ W; alt. 698 m; 21–26 Oct. 2004; ROM 2004509; BDGC GoogleMaps .

Description

MEASUREMENTS AND COLOR. Holotype male, length 8.1 mm, humeral width 5.1 mm. Dark green with some red reflections dorsally ( Fig. 1B View Fig ). Black ventrally, with shiny red reflections on anterior area of metaventral process, meso- and metafemora and ventrite VI ( Fig. 6B View Fig ).

HEAD ( Fig. 2B View Fig ). Dorsal inter-ocular distance approximately seven times width of one eye. Punctures on frons separated by less than one diameter of each puncture. Punctures on head disc separated by less than one diameter of each puncture.

PRONOTUM ( Fig. 3B, F View Fig ). Medial angle slightly projected. Punctures on the disc separated by less than one diameter. Shiny points on disc well-defined and contiguous to punctures.

ELYTRA ( Figs 1B View Fig , 4B View Fig ). Carina of the ninth interstria reaching middle of elytral length. Striae I–VIII inconspicuous including apically ( Fig. 5B View Fig ), only in some parts striae slightly visible and very narrow. Punctures of second interstria on disc separated by one or less than one diameter, on third a slightly disperse. Punctures of third interstria on disc occupying about 1/14 th of the distance between striae II and III. Apical tubercles on interstriae III, V–VII ( Fig. 5B View Fig ).

ABDOMEN ( Fig. 6B View Fig ). Width of expansion of the ventrite I, on ventrite III, subequal to distance between clypeal teeth; expansion reaching distal margin of ventrite IV. Margins of expansion between ventrites II–IV forming an acute angle. Apex of expansion truncate. Basal area of expansion with punctures separated by less than one diameter.

LEGS. Apex of mesotibia on ventral-internal margin with a small spatulate expansion. Expansion of metafemur 1.8 × wider than the width of metafemur basal to expansion. Internal margin of metatibia with large tubercles, occupying almost all metatibial length.

PYGIDIUM ( Fig. 5B View Fig ). Most of the punctures separated by less than one diameter; punctures basally denser than punctures on disc. Discal punctures occupying approximately 1/30 th the width on middle of pygidium.

G ENITALIA ( Figs 7B View Fig , 8B View Fig ). Aedeagus as described in the gilli species group. Medial endophallite slightly sinuate. Sub-medial area of endophallus with scales.

Remarks

Only three specimens are known for this species, all teneral. The holotype does not appear to be teneral externally, however, the aedeagus is poorly sclerotised ( Fig. 7B View Fig ). The paratypes differ from the holotype by the sexual dimorphism and by having the elytra and the pygidium less sclerotised, with those structures light brown ( Fig. 9C–D View Fig ). It appears that this species is sympatric with D. gilli since both species were collected a few kilometres apart (see Fig. 10 View Fig , red square). Deltochilum gilli was collected almost 200 meters higher (altitude) than D. jocelynae sp. nov.. However, both species are easily separated via the elytra; D. gilli has conspicuous striae ( Fig. 4A View Fig ), whereas these are inconspicuous in D. jocelynae sp. nov. ( Fig. 4B View Fig ).