Coarazuphium cessaima, Gnaspini, Vanin & Godoy 1998

Pellegrini, Thais Giovannini, Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, Zampaulo, Robson De Almeida & Vieira, Letícia, 2020, Coarazuphium lundi (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle with the designation of a neotype for C. pains Álvares & Ferreira, 2002, Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 287-304 : 301

Notes on C. cessaima Gnaspini, Vanin & Godoy 1998

In the original description of C. cessaima ( Figs. 30 , 33 ) the authors considered the species as anophthalmic. However, we found a scar (similar to a very small eyespot) in all the C. cessaima specimens analyzed in the present study ( Fig. 34 ). Hind wings were not represented in the original paper and are illustrated here ( Fig. 35 ), EL/HWL: 7.31. Two female specimens of C. cessaima were also found in the Gruta Poço Encantado Cave (12°56’42.36”S 41°6’18.72”W), from Itaetê municipality, Bahia state ( Figs. 29, 31, 32 ). This is the first record of the species in a different cave than the type locality, which is Lapa do Bode Cave ( Figs. 27–29, 31 ).

Material examined. Male, fixed in alcohol 70%, with labels and data: white, handwritten, nankin “Itaetê—BA; Lapa do Bode ; VII/2008; Coarazuphium cessaima ; Col. Ferreira, R.L.” / white, handwritten, nankin “ ISLA 2288” ( ISLA).

Female, fixed in alcohol 70%, with labels and data: white, handwritten, nankin “Itaetê—BA; Gruta Poço Encantado; 9–20/IX/2003; Coarazuphium cessaima ; Col. Cabral, B.C. ” / white, handwritten, nankin “ ISLA 66111” ( ISLA).

Female, dry specimen, with labels and data: white, handwritten, nankin “Itaetê—BA; Gruta Poço Encantado; 9–20/IX/2003; Coarazuphium cessaima ; Col. Cabral, B.C. ” / white, handwritten, nankin “ ISLA 66112” ( ISLA).

Figures

FIGURES 27–32. Geographic localization of Coarazuphium cessaima. 27. Lapa do Bode Cave external area; 28. Lapa do Bode Cave type locality entrance; 29. Localization of the Una Karst regions of Itatetê in the state of Bahia, Brazil; The grey area corresponds to limestone groups and the triangle correspond to C. cessaima localities; 30. Coarazuphium cessaima, living specimen; 31. Cave localities, red triangle: cave locality of the holotype, and blue: new occurence; 32. Poço Encantado Cave entrance area. (Photographs 27, 28 and 32 are from Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira; photograph 30 is from Leonardo Souza Carvalho).

FIGURES 33–35. Coarazuphium cessaima. 33. Habitus; Scale bar = 1.0 mm; 34. Detail on eye ommatidia; Scale bar = 0.2 mm. 35. Detail on hind wings; Scale bar = 0.2 mm.