Sicoderus striatolateralis Anderson, n. sp.

(Figures 73–74, 81. Map 5)

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Description: Length male, 3.0– 4.6 mm; female, 3.4–4.7 mm. Integument black, shining. Eyes moderately separated by a distance about one-half width rostrum at midlength. Rostrum 1.05–1.11x length elytra in male; 1.20–1.27x length elytra in female. Antennal insertion at about apical 1/ 3 in male, at about apical 2/ 5 in female. Prothorax constricted anteriorly, globose, widest at about middle; punctures moderately dense, regularly spaced, very fine and shallow on disc and laterally on flanks; erect setae absent; posterolateral flange (extended over base of elytra) with dense microstriae. Elytra in dorsal view widest at about midlength, lateral margins convergent both anteriorly and posteriorly; humeri fully reduced, not at all angulate; scattered erect fine setae very few to absent. Strial punctures evident, small, shallow; striae not impressed. Membranous wings absent. Abdominal ventrite 1 of male in middle near posterior margin with two closely spaced small patches of setosity; of female, uniformly convex in middle near posterior margin. Ventrite 5 of male flattened medially towards apex, not setose; of female, uniformly convex. Legs with front femora only with very small, blunt tooth on inner margin; tarsal claws with small basal tooth. Aedeagus (fig. 81) widest at apex, internal sac with pair of superimposed elongate sclerites sinistrally curved at about basal 1/3 of length. Female not dissected.

Material examined: 2 males, 3 females. Holotype male (CMNC), labelled DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Province Barahona, near Filipinas, Mt. Tutu, 26.VI.–7.VII. 1992, P.E. Skelley, day catch beating. Paratypes . Province Barahona, near Filipinas, Larimar Mine, 26.VI.–7.VII. 1992, R.E. Woodruff & P.E. Skelley, day beating (1 female, FSCA). Sierra de Baoruco, El Cachote, 18°03.295’N, 71°09.778’W, 960m, arboreal moss, unsifted, 8.XII.2014, A.S. Konstantinov (1 male, 2 females; CMNC, USNM).

Derivation of species name: This species is named ‘striatolateralis’ after the distinctive microstriate lateral pronotal flange, a feature shared only with S. pseudostriatolateralis .

Natural History: Adults have been collected beating vegetation and from unsifted, arboreal moss (960 m).

Comments: This species is very similar to S. pseudostriatolateralis from Pedernales Province and into Haiti. Sicoderus striatolateralis has a blunt tooth on the front femora, few if any elytral setae and different male genitalia.