Apetasimus kauaiensis (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 kauaiensis (Scott) comb. nov.

Orthostolus kauaiensis Scott in Sharp & Scott, 1908: 456.

Diagnosis

Similar to A. atratus . Brick red, lateral margin of elytron dark brown, weakly explanate. Male anal sclerite with lateral apical margin straight and convergent, acute ( Fig 7 G), angle more obtuse than A. sordidus ( Fig. 7 F), angle similar to A. atratus ( Fig. 7 L). Pygidium as in A. atratus . Length 5.3mm, Width 2.4mm.

Lectotype 1 ɗ, glued to card, card labeled: " Orthostolus kauaiensis ɗ. Kauai Mts., Wai,-mea, 4000 ft., V–1894, Perkins, Type H.S.", underside of card labeled "257" / " Type H.T." / "Mts. Waimea, Kauai, 4,000 ft., Perkins V 1894." / "Sandwich Is., 1912–215" (BMNH).

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).