Aphelocerus sparicapillus, Opitz, Weston, 2019

Opitz, Weston, 2019, Descriptions of new genera and new species of Western Hemisphere checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2), pp. 959-1076 : 965

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3746744

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3809222

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Aphelocerus sparicapillus
status

nov.sp.

Aphelocerus sparicapillus OPITZ nov.sp. ( Figs 5 View Figs 1-27 , 108, 206 View Figs 201-206 , 267 View Figs 266-269 )

Holotype: ♂. Type locality: Peru, S. a., Nov.11-23-1937, F. Woykowski, No. 3812. A second label reads: Dept. Huanuco, Vic. San Domingo, Andes, 3000 M. el. ( FSCA).

D i a g n o s i s: The genus Aphelocerus KIRSCH was revised in 2005 (OPITZ 2005). This work included a key to species. The available Aphelocerus sparicapillus specimen keys out to A. immarginatus from which the A. sparicapillus specimen differs by showing a non-sagittate aedeagus.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 5.0 mm; width 2.0 mm. Form: As in Fig. 267 View Figs 266-269 . Color: Black; row of white setae on the basal region of the sutural margin; elytral disc with two slightly developed white setal patches. Head: Interocular depression and frontal umbo shallow; antenna ( Fig. 5 View Figs 1-27 ) capitate, funicular antennomeres filiform, progressively shorter and wider towards capitulum, capitulum compact; eyes finely facetted, eye narrower than frons (EW/FW 17/41). Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 108 View Figs 101-117 ) oblong, very finely punctate (PW/PL 75/85); elytral disc with slightly developed anterior and posterior white setal patches, disc with striae of very small setiferous punctures (EL/EW 215/70). Abdomen: Pygidium transverse / scutiform; aedeagus as in Fig. 206. View Figs 201-206

N a t u r a l H i s t o r y: The available specimen was collected during November, at 3000 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: ThisspeciesisknownfromPeru.

E t y m o l o g y: The trivial name, sparicapillus, is a Latin compound name that stems from sparsus (= few) and capillus (= hair); with reference to the patches of white setae on the elytral disc.

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Aphelocerus

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