Tropicis cuccodoroi Lopes-Andrade, 2008

Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano, 2008, An essay on the tribe Xylographellini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae), Zootaxa 1832 (1), pp. 1-110 : 42-44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1832.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:45A82AD6-F369-4A74-A280-048BAE6E2DA5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5127085
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E87B5-FF9A-CE5B-FF6A-4D58FE76FCDD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tropicis cuccodoroi Lopes-Andrade
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tropicis cuccodoroi Lopes-Andrade sp. nov. ( Figs. 146–148 View FIGURES 146–148 , 152 View FIGURES 152–153 , 154A, 155A, 156 View FIGURES 154–157 , 158 View FIGURE 158 )

Etymology

This species is named after Giulio Cuccodoro, who kindly authorized the loan of the Tropicis from the collection of MHNG.

Diagnosis

The species close resembles Trop. brevicarinatus Scott , and it differs from it and the other described Tropicis by the indistinct elytral keels.

Description

Holotype. ( Figs 146–148 View FIGURES 146–148 ) Measurements in mm: TL 1.32; PL 0.42; PW 0.53; EL 0.79; EW 0.58; GD 0.53. Ratios: PL/PW 0.80; EL/EW 1.36; EL/PL 1.88; GD/EW 0.91; TL/EW 2.27. Body dark brown; head and pronotum darker than elytra; basal antennomeres, mouthparts and legs yellowish brown; abdominal ventrite brown. Head with conspicuous and coarse punctation; interstice between punctures smooth, shiny. Each antenna ( Fig. 154A View FIGURES 154–157 ) with ten antennomeres (FL 0.103mm; CL 0.135mm; CL/FL 1.32); length of the antennomeres (in mm) as follows: 0.07; 0.038; 0.035; 0.025; 0.013; 0.015; 0.015; 0.035; 0.038; 0.063. Eyes with greatest width 1.67X the basal width of scutellum. Pronotum deeply and coarsely punctate; punctures separated by a distance of one puncture width or less; interstice between punctures smooth, shiny; anterolateral margins straight; posterolateral angles broadly rounded; posterior margin without rugose border. Scutellum very small, impunctate, glabrous, shiny; basal width 0.075X the EW. Elytral punctation and interstice similar to that of pronotum; elytral apex rounded, without longitudinal keels; apical declivity with very weak concavity, cuticular globules inconspicuous; elytral suture margined at apical third. Each hindwing ( Fig.152 View FIGURES 152–153 ) with apical area bearing two distinct pigmented lines, one near the anterior margin and the other almost reaching the posterior margin. Prosternum with fine, regular, circular microreticulation in high relief. Metaventrite and abdominal ventrites glabrous, bearing microreticulation similar to that of prosternum. Each metatibia ( Fig. 155A View FIGURES 154–157 ) slender, subtriangular, just slightly expanded to apex; outer lateral edge straight, bearing around 5 sparse spines; outer apical edge bearing around 10 spines, close to each other. Male genitalia (in paratypes). ( Fig. 156 View FIGURES 154–157 ) Genitalia elongate, subcylindrical, sclerotized; median lobe nearly 1.3X longer than tegmen, around 15X as long as wide.

Type series

Holotype. ( MHNG) Réunion: / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Pl. des Chicots 21.4. 73 - 1860m Tamisage [handwritten]/ Tropicis cuccodoroi Lopes-Andrade HOLOTYPUS [printed on red paper]. Paratypes. Réunion: Total of 26 specimens (7 LAPC; 19 MHNG) . 7 specimens / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Cilaos Grand Matarum 1.xi.69 tamisage [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion J. David [printed] Foret Bebour Aout 1973 [handwritten] /; 3 specimens / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Brûlé de Mare Longue 23.2.72 tamisage tronc [handwritten] ”; 3 specimens / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Takamaka 26.i.72 chemin du barrage Tamisage souche très humide [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Plaine des Makes 1500m-19.xi.70 s/ ecorces tamarin [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Piste Forestier de la Pl. des Affouches 19.11 . 67 P. K5 [sic] [handwritten]/; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Pl. des Makes 14km - 15.xi.70 tamisage troncset humus [handwritten] /; 4 specimens / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Pl. d’Affouches 1200m-1.xi.71 tamisage souche et humus Gite [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] ND de la Paix 31.xii. 70-1500m tamisage [handwritten] /; 2 specimens / La Réunion P. Schauenberg [printed] Forêt endémique Ravine Grand Chaloupe - 590m 11.i.75 [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Plaine des Cafres ND de la Paix 9.i.72 tamisage [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / La Réunion Y. Gomy [printed] Gite Forestiere de Bebour 22.4.72 tamisage humus [handwritten] /. Mauritius: Total of 76 specimens (2 ANIC, 19 LAPC, 55 MHNG) . 11 specimens labeled / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Macabe Forest 13.i.70 tronc mort [handwritten] /; 5 specimens / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Macabe 11.4.70 [handwritten] /; 6 specimens / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Magenta 11.4.70 [handwritten] /; 50 specimens / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Mont Cocotte 600m 28.i.71 tamisage [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Mare Longue 19.i.71 tamisage tronc [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Mont Cocotte 19.i.1970 tronc mort [handwritten] /; 1 specimen / Ile Maurice Y. Gomy [printed] Riviere Patate 19.i.71 tamisage tronc [handwritten]/. All paratypes with an additional label / Tropicis cuccodoroi Lopes-Andrade PARATYPUS [printed on yellow paper]/.

Variation

Measurements in mm (n = 20, including the holotype): TL 0.95–1.58 (1.19 ± 0.15); PL 0.32–0.53 (0.39 ± 0.05); PW 0.42–0.68 (0.51 ± 0.06); EL 0.63–0.95 (0.74 ± 0.08); EW 0.47–0.74 (0.55 ± 0.07); GD 0.42–0.58 (0.50 ± 0.04). Ratios: PL/PW 0.70–0.89 (0.77 ± 0.04); EL/EW 1.18–1.50 (1.35 ± 0.09); EL/PL 1.63–2.14 (1.90 ± 0.14); GD/EW 0.77–1.00 (0.90 ± 0.06); TL/EW 1.91–2.30 (2.15 ± 0.10).

Distribution

Mascarene Islands ( La Reunion, Mauritius; Fig. 158 View FIGURE 158 ).

Host-fungi

Unknown.

Comments

This species resembles Trop. brevicarinatus Scott from Seychelles, but differs in lacking longitudinal keels at the elytral apex.