Discheramocephalus inretitus, Darby, Michael, 2016

Darby, Michael, 2016, Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo, Zootaxa 4097 (3), pp. 416-425 : 421-422

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079376
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/925E7368-2FDD-4D44-BCFE-67A2612FE0C0
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:925E7368-2FDD-4D44-BCFE-67A2612FE0C0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Discheramocephalus inretitus
status	sp. nov.

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Discheramocephalus inretitus View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 2 – 7 , 11 View FIGURES 8 – 13 , 14 View FIGURES 14 – 15 , 22 View FIGURES 20 – 24 , 28 View FIGURES 25 – 30 , 33)

Habitus Fig 5 View FIGURES 2 – 7 . Length 0.64 mm. Colour dusky yellow, head darker, eyes black. Antennomeres 3–11 0.19 mm long. Mentum and submentum Fig. 22 View FIGURES 20 – 24 . Width across eyes 0.16 mm. Head with posterior median semicircular depression Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14 – 15 . Pronotum 0.19 mm wide, 0.18 mm long Fig. 11 View FIGURES 8 – 13 . Elytra 0.38 mm long, 0.25 mm wide. Mesoventral collar and keel Fig. 28 View FIGURES 25 – 30 . Metaventrum without lines. Abdominal ventrites V–VII with median serrations Fig. 33. Pygidium with +/- 12 teeth.

Etymology. Adjective formed from the Latin inretio meaning to catch in a net.

Diagnosis. This species is also very similar to the Bolivian D. stewarti Grebennikov but may be distinguished by its smaller size ( stewarti 0.84–0.88mm) the absence of metaventral lines and the smaller pits in ventrite VIII.

Type data: Holotype: PERU: Cusco Dept.: Villa Carmen Field Station, cafeteria ~ 1.7 km west, research transect, 12.89250°S 71.41917°W, 555m, 28–30.V.2011, D.J. Bennett & E. Razuri, flight intercept trap, PER-11- FIT-015 ( MUSM). Paratypes: 2 exs, same data as holotype ( MUSM); 3 exs., PERU: Cusco Dept.: Villa Carmen Field Station, cafeteria ~ 1.7 km west, research transect, 12.89250°S 71.41917°W, 555m, 22–24.V.2011, D.J.

Bennett & E. Razuri, flight intercept trap, PER-11-FIT-009 ( SEMC / BMNH); 2 exs, PERU: Cusco Dept.: Villa Carmen Field Station, cafeteria ~ 1.7 km west, research transect, 12.89250°S 71.41917°W, 555m, 26–28.V.2011, D.J. Bennett & E. Razuri, flight intercept trap, PER-11-FIT-013 ( SEMC / BMNH).