Currhaeus tabascensis sp. nov.

(Figs. 7, 14)

Type material: Holotype, male, MEXICO: Teapa; Tabasco; Feb H.H.S. Secondary label: Calocladon histrionicum [species name crossed out] sp.? [handwritten]. (BMNH).

Diagnosis: Distal half of elytra and whole suture brown, humeral longitudinal stripes yellow (Fig. 7). Lateral margins of pronotum concave. Aedeagus with phallus slightly shortened, apex subcylindrical, phallobase with medium-sized latero-apical thorns placed in the base of suspensorial arms. Junction between base of phallus and phallobase slightly elongate and narrowed (Fig. 14).

Description: Maxillary palpi brown. Pronotum yellow with median brown subrectangular patch. Elytra with suture and distal half brown, broad humeral longitudinal stripes yellow (Fig. 7). Trochanter yellow, femur and tibia brown.

Eye diameter 2× longer than interocular distance. Antennomere 4 as long as 5, 1.3× longer than 3. Maxillary palpomere 2 considerably longer (2.7×) than 3, 1.2× longer than palpomere 4 length. Pronotum subpentagonal, widest at basal margin, anterior margin rounded, anterior angles slightly produced laterally, lateral margins concave, basal margin bisinuous, median longitudinal carina forming areola at posterior half. Prosternum and mesosternum trapezoidal. Elytra 3.7× longer than humeral width, bearing irregular subquadrate cells. Hind femora as long as tibiae, 2.8× longer than trochanter length. Aedeagus with phallus widened in basal 2/5–3/ 5 in dorsal aspect, phallus apex subcylindrical (Fig. 14A, B). Phallobase elongate, with medium-sized latero-apical thorns placed in the base of suspensorial arms. Junction between base of phallus and phallobase slightly elongate and narrowed (Fig. 14A, C). Body length: about 5.7 mm, humeral width: 1.3 mm.

Etymology: species named after the holotype occurrence site.

Distribution: Mexico (South portion, Tabasco state, Teapa municipality) (Fig. 18).

Remark: the tips of elytra of the holotype are broken, so the measurements related to their length are estimated.