Sapintus francoisi ( Pic, 1902 )

Telnov, Dmitry, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) of the Solomon Archipelago with notes on some Indo-Pacific Sapintus Casey, 1895, Zootaxa 5507 (1), pp. 79-103 : 93-94

Sapintus francoisi ( Pic, 1902) [see taxonomic changes made above] ( Figs 6‒9 , 14 )

= Sapintus minamiiwo Bonadona & Sakai in Sakai, 1986 syn. nov. (see new synonym above)

= Anthicus oceanicus var. guamensis Blair, 1942 syn. nov. (see new synonym above)

Pic (1902: 40) as ‘ Anthicus oceanicus Laf. var. Françoisi ’, original description; Telnov (2014: 264, 302‒303, 316, 344, pl. 54 figs 5‒6) new junior synonym of S. oceanicus , redescription (made as for S. oceanicus but based on a specimen from Malekula Island, Vanuatu, of what in fact is S. francoisi ), records (Ontong Java, Santa Isabel), map. Type material. MNHN. Ecology. Inhabits coastal areas. Distribution. Widespread across the tropical and subtropical Pacific, not uncommon (see above). Likely widely distributed in coastal areas of the Solomon Archipelago but yet only recorded from Santa Isabel and Ontong Java ( Fig. 14 ). Morphology. See discussion above.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Sapintus francoisi (Pic, 1902). A–Female from Malekula Island, habitus, dorsal view; B–ditto, forebody, dorsal view; C–Paralectotype ♀ Anthicus oceanicus var. guamensis Blair, 1942, habitus, dorsal view; D–ditto, forebody, dorsal view [not to scale].

FIGURE 7. Terminalia of male Sapintus francoisi (Pic, 1902). A–Specimen from Malekula Island, tergite VII, dorsal view; B–ditto, morphological sternite VII, ventral view: C–Lectotype ♂ Anthicus oceanicus var. guamensis Blair, 1942, tergite VII, dorsal view; D–ditto, morphological sternite VII, ventral view; E–ditto, tergite VIII, dorsal view; F–Specimen from Malekula Island, morphological sternite IX; G–Lectotype ♂ A. oceanicus var. guamensis, ditto [not to scale].

FIGURE 8. Aedeagus of Sapintus francoisi (Pic, 1902). A–Specimen from Malekula Island (the tip of the apex broken!); B–Lectotype ♂ Anthicus oceanicus var. guamensis Blair, 1942 [not to scale].

FIGURE 9. Aedeagus of Sapintus francoisi (Pic, 1902), details. A–Apex, specimen from Malekula Island (the tip of the apex broken!); B–ditto, lectotype ♂ Anthicusoceanicus var.guamensis Blair, 1942; C–Median portion,lectotype ♂ Anthicus oceanicus var. guamensis Blair, 1942; D–Basal portion with gonopore armature, specimen from Malekula Island [not to scale].

FIGURE 14. Distribution records of Sapintus Casey, 1895 and Notoxinae Stephens, 1829 in the Solomon Archipelago. Black and white circles–S. airi Telnov, 2014; white circle–S. curvitibia Telnov, 2014; squares–S. francoisi (Pic, 1902) [locality in Santa Isabel is indicative for the whole island, since no exact locality information is available]; star–Mecynotarsus solomon Kejval, 2017. Black line: schematic Pleistocene landmass of the Greater Bukida and Greater Gatumbangara islands and other sea-minimum landmasses in the Solomon Archipelago.