Apetasimus subalatus (Scott) Scott, 2006

Ewing, Curtis, 2006, Revision of the endemic Hawaiian sap beetle genus Apetasimus Sharp 1908 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), Zootaxa 1385, pp. 1-30 : 29

Apetasimus subalatus (Scott) comb. nov.

Cyrtostolus subalatus Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 457.

Diagnosis

Similar to A. sordidus , strongly transverse, elytra orange-red to dark brick red with lateral dark brown stripe. Male with pygidium wide, subtruncate to shallowly emarginate, anal sclerite with lateral apical margin more distinctly concave than A. sordidus , apex acuminate ( Fig. 7 F), slightly broader at base than apex of pygidium. Wings reduced, slightly shorter than elytron, broadly truncate at apex. Length 4.9–6.7mm, Width 2.1–2.9mm.

Lectotype ɗ, glued to card, card labeled: " Type H.S., Cyrtostolus subalatus , ɗ, Haleakala, Maui, 5000 ft., V 96, Perkins". underside of card labeled "600" / " Type H.T." / "Sandwich Is., 1912–215" (BMNH).

Paralectotypes: 5 Ψ, 5 ɗ (BMNH). 8 Ψ, 2 ɗ (BPBM).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A. A. sordidus, pronotum (dorsal view); B. A. guttatus, prosternum (lateral view); C. A. guttatus, prosternum (ventral view); D. A. atratus, left elytron, dashed line indicates explanate margin; E. A. sordidus, left elytron, dashed line indicates explanate margin; F. A. sordidus, anal sclerite (ventral view); G. A. kauaiensis, apex of anal sclerite; H. Orthostolus nsp., metafemur (ventral view); I. A. guttatus, metafemur (ventral view); J. A. guttatus, labial palp (ventral view); K. Eupetinus impressus, labial palp (ventral view); L A. atratus, anal sclerite (ventral view).