Gonaphodiopsis teopiscaensis, Dellacasa & Dellacasa & Gordon, 2012

Dellacasa, Marco, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Gordon, Robert D., 2012, Systematic revision of Gonaphodiellus taxa, with description of two new genera and fourteen new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (230), pp. 1-41 : 26-27

Gonaphodiopsis teopiscaensis new species

( Fig. 125-129 )

Type locality. 4 mi NW Teopisca, 6500’, Chiapas, Mexico.

Type repository. Canadian Museum of Nature (Howden Collection), Ottawa, Canada.

Description. Length 4.5-5.0 mm; shortly oblong, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous. Reddish brown, pronotum and elytral disc shadowy darker; legs reddish brown; antennal club testaceous. Head with epistome feebly gibbous medially, rather coarsely, somewhat irregularly punctured; clypeus faintly sinuate at middle, round at sides, rather thickly bordered, edge slightly reflexed, nearly imperceptibly bristled; genae broadly round, not ciliate, not protruding from the eyes; frontal suture almost obsolete; front not closely, evenly punctured. Pronotum moderately transverse, convex, dually punctured; large punctures, seven to eight times larger than small ones, coarser and denser on sides; small fine punctures evenly scattered throughout, somewhat superficial on disc; lateral margins feebly arcuate, finely bordered, edge glabrous; hind angles broadly truncate, truncation slightly sinuate inwardly; base faintly bisinuate. Scutellum elongate, flat, sparsely punctured on basal half. Elytra strongly convex, broadened posteriorly, moderately denticulate at shoulder, rather deeply striate; striae fine, coarsely, not closely punctured, crenulate; interstriae convex on disc, subcariniform on preapical declivity, sparsely finely punctured. Hind tibiae upper spur shorter than first tarsal segment; first tarsal segment longer than following three segments combined. Male: pronotum relatively more transverse, less convex and less densely punctured; fore tibiae spur shorter and stouter; aedeagus Fig. 128-129 . Female: pronotum relatively less transverse, more convex and more densely punctured; fore tibiae spur longer and slender.

Type material. GUATEMALA: Quezaltan , 14 Km SW Zunil, m 1340, 20.VI.1993, leg. Génier F., human feces (18 paratypes, CMNO, DCGI) . MEXICO: Chiapas: 4 mi. NW Teopisca, 6500’, 24.VIII.1971, leg. Newton A. (male holotype , and 1 paratype, CMNO ; allotype, DCGI ; 13 paratypes, CMNO, DCGI) ; 10 mi. N Bochil , 04.V.1969, leg. Howden H. (1 paratype, CMNO) ; 6.6 mi. W El Bosque , 4800’, 25-29.VIII.1973, leg. Newton A., cloud forest (2 paratypes, CMNO, DCGI) ; Yerbabuena Reserva , 1750 m, oak pine forest litter, 19.IX.1991, leg. Anderson R. (2 paratypes, CMNO, DCGI) .

Distribution. Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas).

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Bionomics. Almost unknown; the specimens of the type series were collected in May, June and August.

Figures

Figure 120-129. Gonaphodiopsis pachecoi, new species (Rancho Nuevo, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico). 120) Epipharynx. 121-122) Habitus (morphological details and length ideogram). 123-124) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view). Gonaphodiopsis teopiscaensis, new species (4 mi. NW Teopisca, Chiapas, Mexico). 125) Epipharynx. 126-127) Habitus (morphological details and length ideogram). 128-129) Aedeagus (dorsal and lateral view).