Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) doriae Senna, 1893

Mantilleri, Antoine, 2010, A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini), Zootaxa 2516, pp. 1-26 : 10

Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) doriae Senna, 1893

Hoplopisthius doriae Senna, 1893a: 254 .

Stratiopisthius doriae (Senna, 1893) : Senna & Calabresi, 1919: 76. Carcinopisthius doriae (Senna, 1893) : Damoiseau, 1987: 43.

Material examined. Indonesia. N. Guinea, Andai, XII.1875, coll. Bruijn, ɗ holotype ( MSNG); W-Papua, Manokwari Pr., vic. Mokwam (Siyoubrig), 1400–1800 m, 01°06.26'S – 133°54.41'E, 24–28.II.2007, leg. A. Weigel, 1 ɗ ( NME).

Description. Total length: 10.0–12.0 mm. Width across humeral calli: 1.5–1.8 mm. Body red-brown without darker discal area on elytra. Habitus of type: Fig. 19 .

Head ( Fig. 57 ) slightly longer than broad, smooth, shiny. Temples much longer than ocular diameter. Vertex, frons and rostrum without any trace of groove. Prorostrum 0.35 as long as head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Longitudinal groove of venter of head almost missing. Antennomere 3 hardly longer than broad, conical; antennomere 4–8 almost cylindrical, as long as broad; 11th 1.90 longer than 10th.

Pronotum shiny, smooth, the longitudinal groove not very deep. Prosternum grooved on its anterior part; prosternellum distinct. Underside of the first protarsal segment denticulate ( Fig. 60 ). Metasternum shiny, smooth, deeply grooved. Base of elytra almost straight, interstria not protruding forward. Interstria 3, 5 and 7 enlarged at apex, projecting above the apical declivity and forming a tooth ( Fig. 59 ); interstria 5, 6 and 7 connected forward to form a common humeral interstria. External border of apical "forceps" with a small tooth at base ( Fig. 59 , arrow); inner border without median tooth.

Sternites III–IV of abdomen ( Fig. 58 ) very convex, smooth and shiny, not grooved; sternite IV with a strong tubercle before apical declivity. Latero-apical depressions of sternite VII weak. Spiculum gastrale: Fig. 61 . Tegmen: Fig. 62 .

Remarks. This species is also cited from Australia (Coen district, Cape York, Queensland) by Schedl (1959) and Solomon Islands ( Sforzi & Bartolozzi, 2004) but I was unable to confirm these records. Distribution map: Fig. 99 .

Figures

FIGURE 99. Distribution map of Hoplopisthius spp.

FIGURES 17 – 19. Hoplopisthius spp., types. 17, Hoplopisthius maximus n. sp., Ψ holotype; 18, Carcinopisthius loriae Senna & Calabresi, 1919, Ψ lectotype; 19, Hoplopisthius doriae Senna, 1893, ♂ holotype.

FIGURES 57 – 62. Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) doriae Senna, 1893. 57, Head (♂), dorsal; 58, Abdomen (♂), venter; 59, Apex of elytra (♂); 60, Foreleg; 61, Spiculum gastrale; 62, Tegmen. Figures 63 – 71. Hoplopisthius (Pseudotaphroderes) forcipitiger (Damoiseau, 1987). 63, Head (♂), dorsal; 64, Lateral view of pronotum (♂); 65, Abdomen (♂), venter; 66, Apex of elytra (Ψ); 67 – 68, Apex of elytra (♂); 69, Tergite VIII (Ψ); 70, Spermatheca; 71, Apex of gonopods IX. Scale: 1 mm, except fig. 69 – 70: 0.33 mm and fig. 71: 0.17 mm.