Katamyurus albopaniculus, Opitz, 2008

Opitz, Weston, 2008, Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemésio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus, Zootaxa 1754, pp. 1-40 : 16

Katamyurus albopaniculus , new species

Figures 41, 48, 49, 54, 55; map 2

Holotype: ♀. MEX. Sinaloa 14 km NE La Cap. De Taxte , 30 Sept. 1990, J. E. Wappes ( FSCA) (Specimen point mounted, gender symbol affixed to paper point; support card; locality label; acronymic repository label; holotype label.) . Paratypes: Fourteen specimens: México : Durango: 18.5 km SW El Salto , 3-VIII-1964, H. F. Howden ( CNCI, 4; WOPC, 6) : Sinaloa: 10 km W El Palmito , 7-VIII-1964, 1616 m, H. F. Howden ( CNCI, 2; WOPC, 1) . México: “ Colonia ” ( ZMHB, 1)

Diagnosis: The members of this species can easily be distinguished from congeners by their significantly more slender forebody. Also, K. albopaniculus specimens are black except for the white tufts of setae on the elytral disc.

Description: Length 6.7 mm; width 1.4 mm. Form: Very slender, particularly forebody (fig. 41). Integument: Black, except six small tufts of white setae on the elytral disc. Head: Eyes large and moderately convex; vertex between eyes narrow Thorax: Side margins subparallel, coarsely punctate; anterior transverse depression absent; elytra, punctations arranged into 10 rows, with six small tufts of white setae. Abdomen: Aedeagus (figs. 54, 55) tubular; phallic plates broad, apex modified into spring-like projections.

Variation: Length 5.0–9.0 mm; width 1.0–2.0 mm.

Natural history: Specimens were collected by beating branches of oak ( Quercus ), in August, at 1616 m.

Distribution (map 2): Known only from western México in the states of Durango and Sinaloa.

Etymology: The name is a Latin compound name that stems from paniculus (= tuft) and albus (= whitish). I refer to the tufts of white setae on the elytral disc.