Selenophorus fabricii, Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 61-64

Selenophorus fabricii sp. n. Figs 39A, 41A, 42 A–C, 45

Specific epithet.

A Latinized eponym, genitive case, based on the surname of Johann Christian Fabricius, who described Carabus integer , the species with which this one has been confused.

Type material.

Total of 283 specimens collected on the Greater Antillean island of Hispaniola, 156 males and 127 females. HOLOTYPE male, labelled: "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:/ Pedernales, Cabo Rojo/ 10 m.17-55N, 71-39W/ 26-27 September 1991"; "C. Young, S. Thompson,/ R.Davidson, J.Rawlins/ Coastal desert" (CMNH). PARATYPES 282, sex and label data as follows. 53 males, 35 females, labelled same as holotype (CMNH). 5 males, 5 females, labelled same as holotype (UASM). 1 male, 1 female, labelled same as holotype (CASC). 50 males, 45 females, labelled: "DOM.REP.:Prov.Pedernales/ Cabo Rojo, 0-10 m/ 10 SEP 1988, at light/ M. A. Ivie, TK. Philips/ & K. A. Johnson colrs." (WIBF). 5 males, 5 females, labelled same as previous (UASM). 25 males, 25 females, labelled: "DOM.REP:/ Prov.La Romana/ La Romana IX.18.1976/ E.Folch blacklight trap/ in sugar cane field" (FSCA). 6 males, 1 female, labelled: "DOM.REP:Dajabon Prov/ Rio Massacre, 40m.,/ Balneario Don Miguel/ 7 km sw. Dajabon/ 26 May 1973/ Don & Mignon Davis (USNM). 4 males, 3 females, labelled: Rio Massacre, Balneario Don Miguel, 40 m, 7 km SW Dajabon, V.20.1973, D & M Davis (USNM). 3 males, labelled: "DOMINICANREP/ San Cristobal"; "8/9-VI-1969/ Flint &Gomez" (USNM). 1 male, 1 female labelled: "DOMINICANREP/ San Cristobal"; "8-9-VI-1969/ Flint&Gomez" (USNM). 2 females, labelled: "DOMINICANREP/ San Cristobal"; "8-9-VI-1969/ Flint &Gomez" (USNM). 2 females, labelled: "DOMINICAN REP./ Los Hidalgos"; "4-5 VI 1969/ Flint&Gomez" (USNM). 2 females, labelled: "DOMINICAN REP./ Los Hidalgos/ 4-5-June 1969/ Flint & Gomez" (USNM). 1 male, labelled: "DOMINICAN REP./ Jarabacoa/ 3-4 June 1969/ Flint&Gomez" (USNM). 1 male, labelled: "DOMINICAN REP./ Cachon de la Rubia/ nr.Central Ozama/ 10 June 1969 Flint & Gomez (USNM).

Type locality.

Cabo Rojo, Pedernales province, Dominican Republic.

Diagnosis.

This species is readily separated from the other members of the opalinus species group by the very wide striae in the preapical portion of the elytron, relative to the width of the striae on the elytral disc.

Descriptive notes.

Data for SBL in Table 1. Habitus as in Fig. 39A. Clypeus and labrum with anterior margin of each shallowly concave. Antennae and mouthparts testaceous to rufo-testaceous. Legs rufo-testaceous to dark brunneous, femur slightly darker than remainder of leg. Dorsal and ventral surfaces rufo-brunneous to nearly piceous. Elytra with moderate to brilliant iridescence, varying with angles to light source. Ventral surface with faint to moderate iridescence. Head, pronotum and elytra shiny, without microlines visible at 100 ×. Pronotum with posteriolateral angles rounded; posteriolateral impressions and laterally near the bead finely punctate, each puncture bearing a short, fine seta. Base of elytra, intervals 8 and 9 and apical portion of elytra with short, fine setae. Elytral striae impunctate, except the standard setigerous punctures in striae 2, 5 and 7. Elytral striae widened preapically, about as wide as adjacent interval, markedly wider than on elytral disc (Fig. 41A). Intervals with fine micro-punctures. Males with two terminal setae and females with four terminal setae near the posterior margin on sternum VII.

Male genitalia. Fig. 42 A–C. Apical portion of phallic median lobe moderately long, narrowly tapered, symmetrically broadly rounded in dorsal/ventral aspect, ex treme apex curved ventrad; endophallus with one darkened microtrichial field, about medial, in right lateral aspect; without lamina; ostium anopic. Ventral surface of distal 1/3 of shaft with two sharp ridges to apex.

Ovipositor and female reproductive tract. Very similar to those of S. opalinus , Fig. 44B. For details, see this topic for S. opalinus , below.

Geographical distribution.

Fig. 45. The known range of this species extends from Puerto Rico westward to Hispaniola, and then south-westward to Jamaica, the Caymans, the Swan Islands, and north-westward from Hispaniola to the Bahamas and the Key Islands off the coast of Florida.

Chorological affinities and relationships.

Within the opalinus species group, the range of this species is overlapped by the ranges of S. flavilabris (sensu lato), S. integer , S. opalinus , and S. propinquus . Relationships of S. fabricii are not postulated beyond species group membership.

Material examined.

In addition to type material, we have seen a total of 1,633 specimens (843 males, 790 females). See Appendix for details.