Pinodytes sanjacinto Peck & Cook, 2011

Peck, Stewart B. & Cook, Joyce, 2011, Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae) 3077, Zootaxa 3077 (1), pp. 1-118 : 33-34

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3077.1.1

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scientific name

Pinodytes sanjacinto Peck & Cook
status

sp. nov.

Pinodytes sanjacinto Peck & Cook View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 22 View FIGURES 19–27 , 184 View FIGURE 184 , 209–215 View FIGURES 209–215 )

Type material. Holotype male ( SBPC). UNITED STATES. California: Riverside Co., San Jacinto Mts., Lake Fulmor , ± 15 km NW Idyllwild, 26.III.1999, 1530m, oak forest litter, S. & J. Peck, 99–112 . Paratypes (2). UNITED STATES. California: same data as holotype, 1 ( SBPC); Riverside Co., San Jacinto Mts., Vista Grande , ± 20 km NW Idyllwild, 26.III.1999, 1450m, S. & J. Peck, 99–111, scrub oak litter, 1 ( SBPC) .

Material examined. We have examined 3 specimens.

Distribution. Specimens ( Fig. 184 View FIGURE 184 ) are known only from Rivereside County, in the San Jacinto Mountains of southern California.

Diagnostic description. Total length 1.52–1.62 mm; greatest width 0.70–0.76 mm. Color reddish brown; elongate-oval in shape ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 19–27 ). Head. Finely, sparsely punctate; a pair of widely spaced larger punctures on front; shining, with transverse substriate microsculpture on vertex and laterally. Eyes absent. Antenna ( Fig. 209 View FIGURES 209–215 ) with antennomeres 2 and 3 subequal in length; antennomere 5 larger than 4, longer than 6; antennomere 7 longer but not wider than 8; antennomeres 9 and 10 each with a single sensory vesicle indicated apically by a protruding flange.

Pronotum. Finely punctate, punctures separated by 2–3 diameters; shining; with weak transverse substriate microsculpture basally and laterally. Widest near base, sides curving to apex; apical margin weakly emarginate, basal margin nearly straight; apical angles broadly rounded, basal angles narrowly rounded. Elytra. Punctures larger than on pronotum; in longitudinal rows on basal one-half; shining; punctures joined by fine, curved striae giving an imbricate appearance at base. Joined elytra slightly wider than pronotum, widest in basal one-third, roundly narrowing to apex. Legs. Protibia ( Fig. 210 View FIGURES 209–215 ) slender, straight, moderately widened from base to apex; spinose on outer margin and apically; finely spinose on apical two-thirds of inner margin. Mesotibia ( Fig. 211 View FIGURES 209–215 ) slender, straight; strongly spinose on outer margin and apically; spinose on apical one-third of inner margin. Metatibia ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 209–215 ) elongate, slender, nearly straight; strongly spinose apically; smaller spines on apical one-half. Metafemur ( Fig. 212 View FIGURES 209–215 ) slender. Male protarsomeres ( Fig. 210 View FIGURES 209–215 ) little expanded, bearing elongate setae laterally and thin, broad, colorless phanerae ventrally. Mesotarsomeres without phanerae. Venter. Mesoventrite ( Fig. 215 View FIGURES 209–215 ) carinate; longitudinal carina with tooth-like expansion near middle; not excavated behind transverse carina. Male genitalia. Median lobe of aedeagus ( Figs. 213, 214 View FIGURES 209–215 ) broad, with narrow apex. Inverted internal sac ( Fig. 214 View FIGURES 209–215 ) with elongate structures. Parameres ( Figs. 213, 214 View FIGURES 209–215 ) elongate, with flattened apices; extending beyond apex of median lobe; each bearing two setae before apex. Spermatheca. Tubular, slender, curved.

Etymology. The name sanjacinto , a noun in apposition, refers to the occurrence of this species in the San

Jacinto Mountains of California .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Leiodidae

Genus

Pinodytes

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